Azealia Banks’ Wynwood Pride Gig Was a Dry Ice Disaster

Published At: 12 June 2022 , 11:20 AM

Azealia Banks cut short her disastrous headlining set at Miami’s Wynwood Pride Music Festival early Saturday morning, drawing the ire of attendees before a dramatic, mic-tossing exit.

Video from the performance shows Banks — who reportedly showed up onstage over two hours after the scheduled set time — repeatedly telling concertgoers “I’m really not happy to be here” and “I really don’t wanna fucking be here.” At that point, Banks had only performed a handful of songs.

Eventually, following more complaints aimed at organizers (and not the audience), her microphone was cut off. Banks then tossed the mic and, after starting to walk offstage while the audience booed, flipped middle fingers at the frustrated audience. A drink was thrown, security intervened, and concert ended, just four songs after it started.

In a series of tweets after the meltdown, Banks explained the culprit behind her rough night: Dry ice. “Wynwood Pride was way too ghetto. I had to bounce. Every tech rider in Azealia Banks’ history of live performance specifically states – no dry ice as I am EXTREMELY allergic to it. Photos will show massive clouds of dry ice which began to make me lightheaded to a point I could barely stand,” she explained.

Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/azealia-banks-wynwood-pride-disaster-1366737/

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