Lil Wayne will no longer perform at Strawberries & Creem festival, after the Home Office refused to let him enter the United Kingdom.
A reason for the Home Office’s decision wasn’t immediately available, and The Times has reached out to Lil Wayne’s team for comment.
In an attempt to appease fans, the festival brought in Ludacris to fill in for Lil Wayne on Saturday night. The festival will also offer Saturday ticketholders free entry to Sunday’s slate or a discount on tickets for next year’s festival.On the eve of his Uproar Festival, Friday at the L.A. Coliseum, Lil Wayne expresses some surprising opinions about the states of hip-hop and U.S. skateboarding.
“Across the weekend, we still have an incredible array of artists joining us,” the team said. Others billed to perform include Mabel, Tion Wayne and Knucks. Wayne has not yet released a statement on the late switch. His removal from the lineup comes less than a week after he was tapped to fill in for the Migos at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City but had to pull out just before the event, citing “flight disruptions.”