Kanye West Speaks On Bonnaroo Fiasco
In case you missed it, Kanye West performed at Bonnaroo a few weeks ago.
Due to some complications, he was forced to perform over an hour late, resulting in booing hippies fans and a 4:30 am performance time.
Kanye posted the following on his blog this evening:
I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall… Why???? I understand if people don’t like me because I like me or if people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to much, But this Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I’ve ever had in my life. This is the most offended I’ve ever been… this is the maddest I ever will be. I’m typing so fucking hard I might break my fucking Mac book Air!!!!!!!! Call me any name you want…. arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist, metro, fag whatever you can think of…. BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL! NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL! THIS SHOWS NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE TO LIE ABOUT YOU AND BRING YOU DOWN! LIKE WAYNE SAYS PLEASE DON’T SHOOT ME DOWN CAUSE I’M FLYING! I’M FUCKING HURT BY THIS ONE. ALL I CARE ABOUT ARE THE FANS. JUST SAY THIS OUT LOUD IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE, “KANYE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT GIVING A GOOD PERFORMANCE.” CAN ANYONE HONESTLY SAY THAT ????????? HAS ANYONE EVEN TAKEN THE TIME TO AT LEAST DO THE MATH??? BONNAROO SHOULD HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT IN MY DEFENSE BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN’T LET’S BREAK DOWN THE WALLS ON THIS TRUMAN SHOW AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY OCCURRED!!! FOR OVER A MONTH WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON WETHER OR NOT WE COULD EVEN FIT MY STAGE AT THE FESTIVAL. ONE DAY THEY WOULD SAY YES… WE’D SEND THEM OUR SPECS THEN THEY THEY’D SAY OK… THEN THEY WOULD SEND SPECS BACK THAT DIDN’T FIT THE STAGE. WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH FUCKING IDIOTS WHO DIDN’T REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY PUT ON THIS SHOW PROPERLY. THEY TRIED 2 GIVE ME A TIME SLOT WERE IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE … I HAVE A FUCKING LIGHT SHOW DUMB ASS, IT’S NOT CALLED GLOW IN THE DARK FOR NO REASON SQUID BRAINS! MY PEOPLE WORKED OUT A COMPROMISED STAGE PLOT AND A 3AM TIME SLOT AND I AGREED. FAST FOWARD TO THE DAY OF THE SHOW. MY PRODUCTION MANAGER TRIED TO LOAD IN FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE I WENT ON STAGE BUT THE FESTIVAL WOULDN’T ALLOW US TO DO ANYTHING UNTILL PEARL JAM LEFT THE STAGE. PEARL JAM ENDED ONE HOUR
LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT THAT POINT WE’RE RACING AGAINST THE SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT 4:20AM DON COMES BACK 2 THE BUS AND TELLS ME, ” IT WOULD TAKE 45 MORE MINUTES TO PUT ALL YOUR PYRO IN!” I SAY I HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE . I HIT THE STAGE AND PEOPLE HAD BEEN THROWING SHIT ON THE STAGE AND HAD ACTUALLY HIT THE JANE SCREEN WITH, I GUESS BOTTLES OR SOMETHING AND HAD BROKEN MY FUCKING SCREEN. REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A SHORTY AND WATER WOULD HIT THE TV?????? WHEN I GOT 2 “THROUGH THE WIRE” I STEPPED ON THE FRONT PART OF MY STAGE AND THERE WAS SO MUCH LIQUID ON THE STAGE I COULDN’T MOVE WITHOUT SLIPPING. I HAD TO ADJUST MY WHOLE PERFORMANCE STYLE BECAUSE OF IT. A FEW MORE SONGS IN AND THE SONG WAS ON IT’S WAY UP.. I CUT A FEW SONGS FROM THE SET BECAUSE I WANTED PEOPLE 2 EXPERIENCE STRONGER WHILE THERE WAS STILL SOME DARKNESS TO PERFORM IT IN. I’VE STRUGGLED WITH STRONGER FROM IT’S CONCEPTION. REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEN I CANCELED SOME TV APPEARANCES. IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT TO PERFORM STRONGER IN THE DAYTIME. ANYONE WHO CAME TO THE GLOW TOUR CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE IT PROPERLY. IT BROKE MY HEART THAT I COULDN’T GIVE THESE FANS STRONGER IN IT’S GREATEST FORM… BY THE TIME I GOT TO STRONGER IT WAS DAYTIME AND IT BROKE MY HEART. I’M SORRY TO EVERYONE THAT I DIDN’T HAVE THE ABILITY 2 GIVE THE PERFORMANCE I WANTED TO. I’M SORRY… SOMETIMES I GO 2, 3 DAYS W/O SLEEP WORKING ON MY PERFORMANCE… I HAVE TO ICE MY KNEES AFTER EVERY SHOW AND THEY HURT WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE AIRPORT… HAVING AN EXPENSIVE STAGE CUTS MY PAYDAY IN HALF… CALL ME WHAT YOU WANT BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL!!!
June 24th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
kanye is the man.
June 24th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Bonnaroo = bunch of morons. The name itself sounds stupid.
June 24th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
This fool goin on one of his rants again.
June 24th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Kanye may be cocky as hell but u gotta respect how much he puts into his shows and then the energy he performs them w/. Leaves everything on that stage. Besides the fact that he’s a musical genius!
June 24th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I lost all respect for kanye after his comments on “underground” hip hop.
June 24th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Sometimes I feel like he talks like a politician aka Whatever it takes to cover his ass. Especially after comparing Soulja Boy to Nas. How are you going to say they’re on the same level when on his track Classic featuring KRS-ONE and Nas he says “What do it take to be a legend like Nas is?” Obviously not much if Soulja Boy = Nas.
June 25th, 2008 at 8:06 am
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. alright. ok. wussup? shut up.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:52 am
HAVE SOME DIGNITY KANYE! You wouldn’t have had to make a blog about your horrible Bonnaroo experience if, instead of chilling in your trailer, you went out on stage and EXPLAINED IT TO US! You wouldn’t have had an hour and a half of 50,000 ex-fans screaming obscene chants at the stage. I’ve been to plenty of shows where the performers were very late but because they had respect for the crowd, they came out on stage and let their fans know that they were going on late. Kanye is a little boy who thinks he deserves the respect of a seasoned performer but doesn’t have the experience or wisdom of one. The entire blog screams “pity what I go through” and “I give it my all for my fans.” Not sure about the rest of you but that just finished off what little respect and sympathy I had for Kanye.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Kaynes Fuckin Ill
I Dont Know How He Got Best Artist Lass Night [I Rather Have Kanye Over Wayne So Congratz] But You Can Hate Him As Much As You Want…But You Gotta Respect How Much He Puts in Juss To Make People Enjoy A 3 Or 4 Minute Song
June 25th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
in his blog he talks all about how he wants people to love his show and see his hard work. I was AT BONNAROO and his show sucked a fat one. The sun came up towards the end which made the entire reason for taking 2 hours to set up his lights a huge waste. Simple solution for kanye, next time get ur shit prepared, stop pointing fingers take some responsibility, and finally if you work so hard to entertain and impress the people then at least provide an environment where the fans have an oppurtunity to enjoy the music instead of leaving them out to dry.