Kanye Angers Thousands at Bonnaroo Festival

Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 @ 04:48 in Music by Ben Meredith

Hip-hop super star Kanye West managed to piss off a crowd of thousands at the Bonnaroo Festival this past weekend by missing his scheduled performance time of 2:45am by 2 hours. Before he hit the stage at roughly 4:30am, the crowd was throwing glow sticks and chanting "Kanye sucks!" The delay was result of West's stage set up, involving a space theme with many props. However, part of the delay was also caused by taking down the set of the musical act before Kanye...none other than Pearl Jam. Angry fans did not know this, but it made no difference as many went back into their tents while Kanye's act bled into sunrise. In this case, for Kanye, it was harder, better, slower, stronger. You can read more about it on the NY Times.

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