Kid Cudi Trashes Stage, Hip Hop Festival Comes To Messy End
In a bizarre twist of fate promoters may have dodged a bullet yesterday stuffing up their liquor licensing application as fans nearly rioted at the end of the Heatwave festival event in Melbourne, frustrated after many were left feeling ripped off by the event.
The event ended in spectacular fashion after Kid Cudi was kicked off stage with his set cut short due to organisers inability to keep the rest of the acts on time. Nobody actually started playing until 5.30pm despite the events posted 2.30pm start time, creating a chain reaction that saw Tech N9ne’s set cut from 90 minutes to 50 minutes, and headliner Kid Cudi’s cut in half.
But at least they showed up, fans were let down again by organisers after Chamillionaire failed to show up and perform his set. Organisers have since been waging an online war over social media in an attempt to stop all negative feedback from flowing from disgruntled fans who woke up to the news that the event would have no alcohol.
Fans have had a list of complaints, from general admission ticketholders being granted access into the VIP areas in large numbers, the premium front-row seats having no view of the stage due to the location of the speaker stacks, artists failing to show up to meet and greets fans had paid for, and even the organisers failure to place an ATM on site.
But the shit really hit the proverbial fan when headline act Kid Cudi was cut off, rendering him unable to play some of his bigger hits such as ‘Pursuit Of Happiness’, ‘Day n Night’, and ‘Memories’. The frustrated hip hop artist took out his frustration on anything he could get his hands, knocking over lights and speakers on stage before walking off.
We’ve heard some reports from stage hands working on the event in Melbourne that Cudi was also frustrated after his guitar techs were told by security they couldn’t come on stage despite having full artist credentials.
The crowd erupted in anger at the abrupt ending to his set chanting ‘you are a wanker’ and ‘refunds’ before throwing the only thing available to them, plastic water bottles, on stage in protest. Security eventually intervened after the crowd repeatedly refused to leave the venue.
Ticketek has apparently announced that anyone in Sydney who paid for a meet and greet but didn’t end up meeting the artist/artists will be issued a refund. The move came after the NSW Fair Trading department demanded the festival offer refunds. We’ve reached out to Ticketmaster, who sold the tickets to the event in Melbourne, to find out their position but are yet to hear back.
The disaster in Melbourne is just the latest in a long list of problems with the festival including headliner D12 missing half the dates, and the Perth event being cancelled at the last minute.
In the meantime we’re collecting any feedback/stories people have from the Melbourne event or any of the other dates. If you have a grievance you’d like shared or a story you’d like to tell please email us at tips@tonedeaf.com.au
Zac Lee Rigg: Barcelona is better than Real Madrid, but it might not matter in La Liga
Wednesday's Copa del Rey meeting did little to upset Barca's recent dominance in Clasicos. The thing is, Madrid might not care too much.
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By now it's hardly controversial to claim that Barcelona is the better side when compared with Real Madrid. Three successive league trophies, two Champions Leagues in three years and a staggeringly impressive record in the Clasico under Josep Guardiola have rendered the debate obsolete.
Jose Mourinho, brought in on the back of his treble success at Internazionale, which included a Champions League semifinal win over Barcelona, has largely failed in his task of overtaking one of the greatest teams in soccer history.
Wednesday's game marked another failure. Despite taking the lead early in the two most recent meetings, all Madrid has to show for it is cruelly dashed hopes. This time two defenders scored to rub out Cristiano Ronaldo's capitalization on Jose Manuel Pinto's egregious mistake and lift the Catalans to a 2-1 first-leg lead in the Copa del Rey tie.
Mourinho had never lost at home when leading 1-0 at halftime before. Now he has.
That two defenders scored was not coincidence. One thing Mourinho can't complain about is a lack of chances to crack this Barca team. By now he's figured out how to make his team as frustrating as possible.
Missing of the selfless hustlers he exploited at Inter, Mourinho has adjusted his strategy with Madrid. Several times. This year the broad tactic is to push the energy and pressure high early on, disrupting Barca's passing out of the back and hoping to rattle the tiki-taka groove.
The inclusion of diving, cleat-spike-wielding, eight-cards-in-11-Clasicos Pepe over the cerebral, luxurious Mesut Ozil epitomized the more physical, high-octane lineup.
To an extent, it worked. Barcelona looked disjointed and, at times, crude. It made for less aesthetically pleasing viewing. The thing is, the talent on Barcelona told. This is, after all, the better team. Lionel Messi, the best player in the world who had otherwise been strangled out of the game, chipped the backline in a rare moment of gasp-inducing vision for Eric Abidal to score. And before that Barcelona scored from a corner.
No, seriously. Check the highlights; Barcelona scored from a set piece.
"I keep on thinking that the difference between the two teams are details,” Guardiola said. “We almost never score from a corner and today we did."
Barca played Madrid's game and still won.
But here's the kicker: Barca's dominance may not be enough.
Despite a devastating 3-1 loss in the league back in December, this ruthless robot Mourinho has turned Real into keeps roaring along. Madrid has a sickeningly high goal difference of 46; aside from Barca (44), no other team in La Liga is in the double digits. And, more importantly, the capital club is five points clear at the top of the table.
Barca can win all the cup games it wants, keep standards ridiculously, freakishly high in the big matches, even dominate the Clasicos. Madrid will just keep scything down smaller teams like a harvester tractor, punishing Barca's every draw with cynical consistency.
Mourinho seems to have realized this. He's no longer poking people in the eye, no longer blaming referees for every game he should have won. He's toned down the antics surrounding the Clasico.
"The responsibility is mine, especially when my team loses,” Mourinho said Wednesday. “Victory has many fathers; defeat only one.”
One unfamiliar with Mourinho's body of work might confuse the sentiment underlying that quote with humility.
It's just that he's focused on other things than the Clasico right now. Namely, trying to beat
Jose Mourinho, brought in on the back of his treble success at Internazionale, which included a Champions League semifinal win over Barcelona, has largely failed in his task of overtaking one of the greatest teams in soccer history.
Wednesday's game marked another failure. Despite taking the lead early in the two most recent meetings, all Madrid has to show for it is cruelly dashed hopes. This time two defenders scored to rub out Cristiano Ronaldo's capitalization on Jose Manuel Pinto's egregious mistake and lift the Catalans to a 2-1 first-leg lead in the Copa del Rey tie.
Mourinho had never lost at home when leading 1-0 at halftime before. Now he has.
That two defenders scored was not coincidence. One thing Mourinho can't complain about is a lack of chances to crack this Barca team. By now he's figured out how to make his team as frustrating as possible.
Missing of the selfless hustlers he exploited at Inter, Mourinho has adjusted his strategy with Madrid. Several times. This year the broad tactic is to push the energy and pressure high early on, disrupting Barca's passing out of the back and hoping to rattle the tiki-taka groove.
The inclusion of diving, cleat-spike-wielding, eight-cards-in-11-Clasicos Pepe over the cerebral, luxurious Mesut Ozil epitomized the more physical, high-octane lineup.
To an extent, it worked. Barcelona looked disjointed and, at times, crude. It made for less aesthetically pleasing viewing. The thing is, the talent on Barcelona told. This is, after all, the better team. Lionel Messi, the best player in the world who had otherwise been strangled out of the game, chipped the backline in a rare moment of gasp-inducing vision for Eric Abidal to score. And before that Barcelona scored from a corner.
No, seriously. Check the highlights; Barcelona scored from a set piece.
"I keep on thinking that the difference between the two teams are details,” Guardiola said. “We almost never score from a corner and today we did."
Barca played Madrid's game and still won.
But here's the kicker: Barca's dominance may not be enough.
Despite a devastating 3-1 loss in the league back in December, this ruthless robot Mourinho has turned Real into keeps roaring along. Madrid has a sickeningly high goal difference of 46; aside from Barca (44), no other team in La Liga is in the double digits. And, more importantly, the capital club is five points clear at the top of the table.
Barca can win all the cup games it wants, keep standards ridiculously, freakishly high in the big matches, even dominate the Clasicos. Madrid will just keep scything down smaller teams like a harvester tractor, punishing Barca's every draw with cynical consistency.
Mourinho seems to have realized this. He's no longer poking people in the eye, no longer blaming referees for every game he should have won. He's toned down the antics surrounding the Clasico.
"The responsibility is mine, especially when my team loses,” Mourinho said Wednesday. “Victory has many fathers; defeat only one.”
One unfamiliar with Mourinho's body of work might confuse the sentiment underlying that quote with humility.
It's just that he's focused on other things than the Clasico right now. Namely, trying to beat
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