Nicki Minaj will reportedly not take the stage in New Orleans for her Pink Friday 2 World tour stop in the Big Easy on Monday night (March 18).
Hours before showtime, the Smoothie King Center released a statement claiming that due to illness, Minaj was forced to postpone the performance to a later date on doctor's orders.
“Due to doctor's orders, Nicki Minaj has to reschedule her NOLA show tonight. With Nicki still sick, our team doesn't want to risk getting others sick and Nicki wouldn't be able to give NOLA the show she deserves,” the venue wrote on Instagram.
No new date has yet been announced, but Smoothie King Center staff are “working diligently to find a new date” with Minaj's team. “Please hold your tickets and we will let you all know soon,” they added.
Advertising sign Live Nation has been contacted for comment.
Nicki will have an extra day off on Tuesday (March 19) to recuperate before she's scheduled for three back-to-back shows later this week. The “Anaconda” rapper is scheduled to perform a pair of shows in Atlanta before heading to Orlando on Friday night (March 22).
Doors at the Smoothie King Center were to open at 7 p.m. ET before Minaj took the stage after Monica around 9 p.m. ET.
The Queens rap legend headlined Friday night (March 15) at Rolling Loud California, but let fans know in the hours after the show that he wasn't feeling well. Minaj revealed to X that she “woke up feeling” she had COVID-19, but luckily she tested negative.
“Barbz pls send me healing energy. woke up feeling like i had covid. Thank God I don't,” Nikki wrote on March 16. “You are everything. I appreciate you. I love you so much.”
Nicki Minaj is currently on the North American leg of her Pink Friday 2 World tour in support of Pink Friday 2 album, which arrived in December. The sequel topped the Billboard 200 with 228,000 album-equivalent sales in its first week to close out 2023.
Find the post from Smoothie King Center about the postponement below.
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