War of words between Azealia Banks and Australian tour promoter

But both the promoter and the travel agent responsible for 212 the stars to our shores responded to her claims by insisting that they had fulfilled their contractual obligations.

Tensions erupted yesterday when the promoter (Bizarro) and travel agent (Point Productions) who arranged her visit issued statements in response to Banks’ complaints about her stay in Australia.

Bizarro had a stormy three-page reading that called the star’s behavior “shameful” and made detailed statements about the havoc they said she was causing backstage.

Banks addressed the statement overnight in videos posted on it. stories from instagram.

“Everyone knows that Azealia Banks is a fucking diva… I don’t have time for any nonsense.

In this statement, in all this hooting and screaming, there is not a word about MY MONEY. Where’s the money, bitch? Where’s the cash, nigga, where’s the cash? It’s not fucking “music friends”, it’s music industry. I don’t care what you think of my character, where’s my money? she asked.

“You’re trying to use reputation damage as a means of not paying someone for the work they’ve done,” said Banks, who canceled her appearance in Brisbane hours before it was scheduled to begin and performed at just 37 minutes in a hurry. rescheduled show in Melbourne.

“Just say you’re broke and go,” she continued.

In a separate communication with news.com.au today, both promoters insist they did indeed pay Banks for the tour. A spokesperson for Bizarro said they paid Banks’ travel agent Point Blank Group (owner of Point Productions) in full for the tour, including a 50 percent deposit back in May.

The spokesperson also stated that “multiple sources” assured them that Banks received the bulk of the touring fee for the upcoming tour.

In response to news.com.au, a spokesman for Point Productions stated that the company had fulfilled its contractual obligations “and claims of non-payment are not true.”

The outrage comes after Banks yesterday called Australians “busted and racist” and called those who organized the tour “pubic lice”.

“So this will be my last Australian tour,” she wrote on Instagram. “You’re all white here – ruined and racist LMAO.”

“Eternally merciful, generous Queen Azealia Banks. I’m not just a charity for fucking Australia. Hope you all enjoyed the show. I had fun – I had fun, I had fun. (But) I won’t come back here,” she continued.

Azealia Banks’ tour troubles began with her first performance at Oakland’s Spark Arena, when fans who had paid over $90 for tickets were furious when her headlining performance was only five songs long.

The following day, her scheduled concert in Melbourne was postponed just hours before the doors were due to open, and Banks criticized her promoters, who in turn blamed her visa issues on her last-minute inability to get from New Zealand. to Australia.

Fans were upset when Banks insisted that the date not be rescheduled, telling them “I’ve got shit to do.”

In fact, the concert was rescheduled and took place on Sunday night, although Banks was almost an hour late to the stage and played only 37 minutes.

On Sunday, December 11, Banks performed to a nearly sold-out crowd at Sydney’s Enmore Theater and presented what was definitely the show of the tour: Arriving on stage just half an hour behind schedule, she performed an hour-long set of 15 songs. all the cult classic hits she’s released over the past decade have been raved about.

But a few days later, the wheels came off again as Banks announced at her show in Brisbane that morning that this would not happen.

Cause? Banks has blamed the behavior of the crowd she has played with in the past, telling fans that the last time she was in town, she was hit by a bank while performing.

“I’m a beautiful black woman and I’m not going to be in front of some audience of white people to throw shit at me,” she said.

It was unclear why Banks left it until the morning of the concert to enforce the Brisbane ban, given that her last performance in the city was back in 2013.

As ticket holders complained on social media, Banks made it clear the feeling was mutual, calling it her farewell tour of Australia because the country makes her “completely miserable.”

At night she made a new statement to the believers, fan advice who attended her Australian tour to “request a refund. I’m so serious.”