Lil Wayne Got Booed After 5 Hours Late At His Own Concert

[RAMROD 110,244]

At 10:40 on Thursday night — 20 minutes before the originally scheduled end time for Lil Wayne’s concert at PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte — a woman in the seat directly behind me started cursing the type of blue streak typically reserved for, well, a Lil Wayne song.

And she was hardly the only fan who was growing more and more irritated by the hip-hop star’s unexplained tardiness: Ten minutes later, hundreds if not thousands of his fans started booing, boisterously.

It was all completely warranted.

Just imagine having heeded the warning about traffic and arrived at, say, 5:45 p.m., then having headed straight in. You got a beer, got a snack, were in your seat by 5:55; then over the next FIVE HOURS, you’re treated to 41 minutes of T Lew, 29 minutes of Tyga, and 3 hours and 50 minutes of twiddling your thumbs.

The boos made things interesting — and loud — but otherwise, it was getting quieter after 10:30. Couples and friends were running out of things to talk about, running out of social-media feeds to look at on their phones.

I saw yawning. I saw people just kind of staring off into space.

Meanwhile, there hadn’t been a peep about what was causing the delay. But there was some developing speculation that the venue might unilaterally cancel the show if it got to 11 p.m. and Lil Wayne still hadn’t emerged. No telling what kind of chaos might ensue, in that scenario.

As it turned out, that scenario was avoided. At 10:57, the rapper passed through the gates and under the arch emblazoned with the words “THA CARTER,” white electric guitar slung over his shoulder, massive blunt wedged between the fore and middle fingers of his left hand. And as if it was an otherwise-totally normal night under otherwise-totally normal circumstances, he embarked on a mostly masterful 90-minute-long set showcasing both his deep catalog and his stable of “Young Mula” artists, no apology apparently necessary.

It was a show that Lil Wayne could have been proud of, and that I’d have been grateful to have seen ...

... if he hadn’t been so obnoxiously discourteous.

Even if you walked away from the show after it ended at 12:27 a.m. feeling like it was the best concert you’ve ever attended in your entire life, you couldn’t have possibly preferred that he go on so late, on a school night.

https://amp.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/c5-things-to-do/article312256651.html

Edited yesterday at 02:18 AM by RAMROD

[weed 74,502]

Staying the 5 hours just to boo him once he arrives, dilfgubldiufgbsoadibfgs I love that

[Lord Mayhem 1,295]

Absolutely disrespectful and he deserved to be booed...im surprised they didn't refund people

[Rahrahbitchson 20,571]

I can't picture somebody in this planet saying "I wait 5 hours for a Lil Wayne concert" 

[27monster27 13,655]

I hope he gets treated the same way Madonna does over this. That is really bad. At the bare minimum give an explanation.

[NUTELLA 12,210]

Imagine giving Lil Wayne not only your money

but also over 7 hours of your time in this one life

[FATCAT 60,338]

I'm shocked anyone was left after 5 hours

[Chesescake 4,015]

And he wonders why he wasn't invite to performed at the Superbowl

[TwistedTeeth 2,367]

Why would a man be 5 hours late to wear a t shirt and jeans on stage 

[dynamite 60,388]

There aren't many people, if any, who I'd wait that long for 

Especially not little ****ing Wayne 

[RebeldeFaith 5,555]

I have some coworkers that went and they said the show was barely enjoyable because everyone were completely mad at him, and many people started walking out as soon as he hit the stage.

[ALGAYDO 32,997]

1 hour ago, TwistedTeeth said:

Why would a man be 5 hours late to wear a t shirt and jeans on stage 

Straight men are something else. The GP just absolutely loves POS men for some reason 

[Defmix100 6,427]

Am I misreading it? It says the boos happened way before he was even there not once he showed up

[AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,480]

Honestly there needs to be consumer protection laws around this. Clearly stated start times required, with refunds issued after 2 hours. No insurance against it, and fine issued. Nominal GDP for a crowd of 19,500 people is $666,000 over 5 hours. On top of that the downstream effects of this is crazy too. The stage crew that was probably there until 5am packing everything up, security that probably didn't leave until 2-3am. It's not just blatantly disrespectful, but disregards the safety of the teams that have to stay late and work extended hours to wrap the show up after. On top of transportation issues for concert goers. Refunding/fining artists/organizers/venues would fix this issue across the industry VERY quickly. 

[palma 8,253]

I mean it sucks but I'm more surprised that an arena full of people would be willing to wait 5 hrs for Lil Wayne