Frank Ocean Cancels Sasquatch! Set, Replaced by LCD Soundsystem
The bad news: Frank Ocean has canceled his headlining set at Sasquatch! Festival, set to take place May 26 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. The cancellation is “due to production delays beyond his control.” The good news: He’s being replaced by LCD Soundsystem. A representative for WayHome festival, taking place in Ontario in late July, tells Pitchfork that Frank is still scheduled to perform, but there is no word yet on whether any of Frank’s other scheduled festival appearances, which include stops at Panorama Festival, Primavera Sound, and FYF are also affected. A rep for NorthSide festival in Denmark also told Pitchfork that Frank is currently set to perform as planned. Frank’s first performance, at Hangout Festival in Alabama on May 19, still appears to be on. Below, read LCD Soundsystem’s Al Doyle’s comments about the band’s appearance at Sasquatch! Fest.
Sasquatch! We’re not here to repeal & replace Frank Ocean; I’d like to have seen him too… we just got asked to help out, so let’s dance!
— al doyle (@aldoyletweets) May 5, 2017
Srsly Frank Ocean’s show at Brixton towards the end of his Channel Orange tour was incredible. Whole room singing and worshipping.
— al doyle (@aldoyletweets) May 5, 2017
No artist likes to cancel, & I know it’s a total fucken bummer when you don’t get to see your main hero, but we’ll play extra hard for you.
— al doyle (@aldoyletweets) May 5, 2017
These are Frank’s first dates since the release of Blonde and Endless. Frank has fed his fans a relatively steady stream of new music recently, appearing alongside Migos on Calvin Harris’ “Slide” and dropping a series of new tracks: “Chanel,” “Biking” featuring Jay Z and Tyler, the Creator, and “Lens.”
Frank Ocean:
05-19-21 Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Music Festival
05-26-28 George, WA – Sasquatch! Music Festival
05-31-06-04 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
06-09 Aarhus, Denmark – NorthSide Festival
06-10-11 Manchester, England – Parklife Festival
07-14 London, England – Lovebox Festival
07-22 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Festival
07-28 Randall’s Island, NY – Panorama Festival
07-28-30 Oro-Medonte, Ontario - WayHome Music and Arts Festival
08-10-12 Gothenburg, Sweden – Way Out West
08-11-13 Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival
Watch the music video for “Nikes” below:
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