Nicki Minaj’s much-anticipated Pink Friday 2 tour in Manchester, England, hit a roadblock this weekend. This came after the rapper was briefly detained by Amsterdam authorities for allegedly carrying drugs in a bag, just hours before her scheduled performance. Organisers later released a statement clarifying the details of the postponed show, stressing that Minaj did her best to resume but was unsuccessful due to the ‘impossible’ situation.
Nicki Minaj’s UK Pink Friday 2 tour cancelled
Co-op Live Arena released a statement saying, “Despite Nicki’s best efforts to find every possible way to make tonight’s show happen, today’s events have made this impossible,” leaving fans disappointed and eager for an update on the rescheduled date. “We are extremely disappointed by the inconvenience this has caused,” it further read. The Pink Friday tour was one of the most awaited concerts in the UK, the rescheduled date for which has not been announced yet. According to the organisers, the concert tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled date as well.
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Nicki Minaj arrested and fined for alleged drug possession
Nicki Minaj was fined heavily after she was detained by Amsterdam authorities on suspicion of allegedly carrying drugs. The incident took place at Schiphol Airport. Dutch authorities confirmed the news, saying, “We have just released a 41-year-old American woman who we arrested this afternoon in Schiphol on suspicion of exporting soft drugs.”
The American rapper and songwriter is said to have been fined heavily before the show was officially called off. During the pre-concert livestream, the Pink Friday crooner can be seen being approached by police who ask her to stop the show and cooperate with the investigation. “After consultation with the Public Prosecution Service, the suspect was fined and can continue her journey,” officials confirmed on X. However, the exact amount of the fine was not disclosed.
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Prior to her arrest, Minaj was seen taking several photos of the incident at the airport and she later shared those photos on her social media. When asked to cooperate by officers while they were checking her bag, Minaj, 41, responded, “But didn’t you plan on doing this from the beginning? Why didn’t you search it before you got on the plane?” She further claimed that they were intentionally trying to stop her tour by lying to her and even said, “They are being paid a lot of money to try to make my tour fail because a lot of people are upset that it’s so successful and they can’t get a shit out of me. They got caught stealing money from my travel/jet. They got fired from their jobs. They got pissed. Etc.”
