I seriously can’t imagine what Drake fans must have gone through this week. After Drake postponed his Amsterdam shows, at the beginning of the year, due to production issues that had to be solved, Drake was supposed to make up for these shows this week. However, with the first show, he already ran into problems. All the fans had made it out to the venue already and then there was the painful announcement that the show would be taking place two days later, because Drake had fallen ill.
This little announcement made headlines, even in regular news shows. Lots of fans showed their disappointment. For all fans, it was the second time their show got cancelled and some fans weren’t even going to make it to the makeup show.
For a moment, I thought I actually knew one of these unlucky fans and very quickly checked with her to find out if Drake ever made it to her show after it got cancelled earlier this year. He did. Yeah! And even said that the show was amazing. Drake was completely forgiven by her, ‘cos he was worth the wait. So, I’m happy to boldly assume all disappointed fans from last Monday were as happy with him as ever on Wednesday.
Nevertheless, it’s very intriguing to me how that works for artists. When Drake cancelled his original shows, he still went to Amsterdam to party and even performed as a surprise at someone else’s show. I kind of thought it looked like he was playing hooky out in the open, but there was no realistic reason to think so. After all, the shows were delayed due to the production issues.
This week, he was unfit to perform on Monday, but he sounded incredibly good in his show a day later. Bits and pieces of it were aired on entertainment shows. I don’t know about you, but I still cough and feel week for weeks after a regular flu. So, again, I just wondered if he was playing hooky again or just partied too hard to perform on Monday. It just looks irresponsible, but then again I couldn’t judge whether it would’ve been irresponsible to put him on stage.
It just looks like some artists cancel or come late to their shows with a little too much ease. I’m sure you too are aware of Lauryn Hill’s reputation, who only performs when the planets have aligned correctly and she feels it’s the right night to take to the stage.
