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Frank Ocean Pulls Out Of Another Festival & Fans Are Not Pleased
11 May 2017, 10:54 | Updated: 11 May 2017, 10:58
The ‘Blonde’ singer has cancelled two upcoming headline slots due to "production issues”.
Frank Ocean has cancelled a headline festival slot for the second time this month.
According to his representatives, the 'Blonde' hitmaker has pulled out of Hangout festival in Alabama due to "production delays beyond his control".
The festival announced on their official Twitter page that French band Phoenix would be replacing Ocean 19th May.
.@wearephoenix will now headline Friday night of Hangout Fest replacing Frank Ocean. Stay tuned later today for schedule. pic.twitter.com/S6wzRJZxHz
— Hangout Music Fest (@Hangoutfest) May 10, 2017
.@wearephoenix Due to production delays beyond his control Frank Ocean will be unable to perform. He passes on his apologies & hopes to return to AL soon.
— Hangout Music Fest (@Hangoutfest) May 10, 2017
The news comes just days after the R&B singer cancelled his forthcoming appearance at Washington's Sasquatch! Festival, citing the same reason as above.
LCD Soundsystem are now scheduled to fill Ocean's place on 26th May.
Following the news, fans took to social media to express their dismay.
Frank Ocean broke my heart by pulling out of this festival, goodnight
— jennt (@pennyjilling) May 11, 2017
Glad I bought a ticket to @Hangoutfest to see Frank Ocean only to have him back out... should have just gone to Fyre Festival
— Alex Zani (@zanivsfly) May 11, 2017
Frank Ocean cancelled his appearance at the festival I was supposed to see him at. pic.twitter.com/pIqjoCqRch
— Elli Mac (@clt95) May 11, 2017
I bought tickets to a music festival in another state (hangout fest) JUST TO SEE FRANK OCEAN. and Franky drops out with two weeks left. Kms
— Christian (@Polanskeet) May 11, 2017
I reminisce about the days before Frank Ocean pulled out of Hangout music festival, back when I had hope for the future
— willa (@willashampo) May 8, 2017
Frank is set headline an extensive amount of shows on the US and European festival circuit this summer, including the UK's Lovebox and Parklife.
If no more cancellations occur, Ocean's next scheduled live performance date is at Barcelona's Primavera Festival on 2nd June.
In related news, the 'Ivy' singer was recently enlisted as Vogue's photographer during the Met Gala 2017.
