Nicki Minaj confirms new date for Manchester present at Co-Op Dwell

Nicki Minaj has confirmed a date for her rescheduled Manchester live performance at Co-Op Dwell, which was postponed on the eleventh hour over the weekend after she was arrested in Amsterdam.

Earlier at the moment (Could 28), Minaj tweeted that subsequent Monday, June 3 is the brand new date for her Manchester live performance, which was initially set to happen on Saturday, Could 25.

“OK guys, I used to be JUST RE-ADVISED that we truly CAN NOT do some other date for the make up #gagcityMANCHESTER date moreover JUNE third,” she wrote on Twitter/X.

“So JUNE third is the brand new official date for all ticket holders who initially had tickets to the MAY twenty fifth #Manchester present. I apologize for all of the inconvenience this has brought on. I actually hope you can also make the #JUNE3rd present. It’ll be actually particular. Ticketmaster will contact you to advise formally. #GAGCITY”

“Love you,” she concluded.

OK guys, I used to be JUST RE-ADVISED that we truly CAN NOT do some other date for the make up #gagcityMANCHESTER date moreover JUNE third. So JUNE third is the brand new official date for all ticket holders who initially had tickets to the MAY twenty fifth #Manchester present. I apologize for all of the…

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) May 27, 2024

The rapper was on account of take her ‘Pink Friday 2’ dwell present to Manchester’s Co-Op Dwell as a part of her ongoing UK and European tour, however she was arrested earlier that day in Amsterdam, the place she says she was held in a jail cell for “5-6 hours”.

Footage that Minaj live-streamed herself confirmed her being detained by Dutch police for allegedly “carrying medication” whereas travelling between nations. The Dutch Nationwide Police Corps confirmed that she had been arrested, however that she had since been launched.

Whereas Minaj’s livestream was accessible by followers, no announcement was manufactured from her absence till 9:30pm that evening. Followers had reportedly been ready within the venue since 7pm.

Minaj posted on social media within the early hours of Sunday morning (Could 26), apologising for the present scenario and updating her followers. “Thanks to everybody who prayed for me at the moment,” she started. “Could God cowl you & all that’s linked to you. Could you be blessed past your creativeness.”

She defined that, by the point she arrived in Manchester, she narrowly missed out on making it to Co-Op Dwell. “They knew I’d nonetheless discover a method to carry out even when it got here all the way down to my final 90 minutes within the constructing which might have been till 1130pm,” she wrote. “The constructing was prepared to go previous 11pm. So grateful to them for that.”

Minaj added that she believed the intervention by authorities was deliberate, and that she’s going to “have the attorneys & GOD take it from right here”. In a separate tweet, she praised her Manchester followers for being a “class act” whereas ready for a brand new date.

Minaj’s eleventh-hour present postponement is the most recent in a string of unlucky incidents for Co-Op Dwell. The Manchester venue, which is the biggest indoor enviornment within the UK, delayed its opening by three weeks because of the technical points and the constructing not being prepared. This resulted in the postponement or cancellation of a number of high-profile live performance dates for The Black Keys, Olivia Rodrigo and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, amongst others.