Sorry Barbz, you're going to have to wait a little longer to see your queen Nicki Minaj in concert.
On Monday (August 21), it was announced that Future would no longer be a part of the North American leg of his and Nicki's tour "NICKIHNDRXX," which was scheduled to kick off next month, and those tour dates would be pushed to Spring/Summer 2019.
"Due to scheduling conflicts Future will not be on the North American run," read a press release. "Nicki Minaj will be announcing new North American dates to kick off in May 2019. Refunds for the previously scheduled North American dates will be available at point of purchase, with new Nicki Minaj on-sale details announced soon."
After fans speculated about the possible cause of the tour rescheduling — many claimed her recent beef with Travis Scott or her rumored low tour ticket sales may have been the cause of her now-delayed North American Tour — Nicki set the record straight on Twitter early Tuesday (August 22) morning.
"Future and I will now start the European leg of our tour first, so those dates will stay exactly the same and the U.S. leg of the tour will now start in May," the "Chun-Li" rapper explained in a video. "With Future's schedule, I may have to take another co-headliner or I may just do it like I did 'The Pinkprint Tour' and it wouldn't be a co-headline. I probably will just have three or four opening acts."
"This is all happening because I pushed my album back two months and I just finished writing and recording literally hours before the album came out," she added. "Now, I simply don't have the time to rehearse and be on the road and give you guys the level of a show I need to give. [I'm] working tirelessly to give you the best show of my life. I really apologize but it will be worth it."
On Monday, Page Six reported that Nicki was "spiraling out of control," amid low tour ticket sales.
“Nicki’s tour could be the most disappointing ticket sales of the year for any artist," a Live Nation (the American ticket company) source told the site. "These are big arenas with up to 20,000 capacities. Sales for opening night in Baltimore is 2,000 tickets. LA is 3,400, New Orleans 1,000, Denver 1,300, Chicago 3,900. Even her hometown Brooklyn is only 5,050.”
Nicki has been dealing with a lot this month. After her album, Queen, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart earlier this month, the "Barbie Dreams" rapper accused Travis Scott of manipulating sales of his album, Astroworld, to get the No. 1 spot.
“I put my blood sweat and tears in writing a dope album only for Travis Scott to have [his girlfriend] Kylie Jenner post a tour pass telling ppl to come see her & [her daughter] Stormi,” she tweeted. “I’m actually laughing. #Queen broke the record of being number 1 in 86 countries.”
Nicki has also gone on a few Twitter rants attacking her ex, Safaree, radio DJs, and really anyone who's pissed her off this month. Most recently, she came under fire for calling herself American abolitionist and political activist, Harriet Tubman.
"I am Harriet Tubman. Leave me alone,” she told TMZ.
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