{"id":2000054,"date":"2023-08-14T13:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lionel-richie-fans-furious-as-he-cancels-concert-1-hour-after-start-time-blaming-severe-weather\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:47:41","slug":"lionel-richie-fans-furious-as-he-cancels-concert-1-hour-after-start-time-blaming-severe-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lionel-richie-fans-furious-as-he-cancels-concert-1-hour-after-start-time-blaming-severe-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie fans angry as he cancels concert due to &#8216;severe weather&#8217; after just 1 hour."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flionel-richie-fans-furious-as-he-cancels-concert-1-hour-after-start-time-blaming-severe-weather%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000054&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Recording artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/music\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lionel Richie<\/span><\/a>  infuriated fans on Saturday night when he postponed\u2063 a sold-out\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/music-industry\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">concert<\/span><\/a>  in\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-york-city\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York City<\/span><\/a>  one\u200b hour after the show was scheduled to \u200dbegin.<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-j-declares-state-of-emergency-as-severe-winter-storm-brings-snow-and-high-winds\/\" title=\"N.J. declares state of emergency as severe winter storm brings snow and high winds\">severe weather<\/a> and being unable to land in the NY and surrounding areas, \u2062I\u2019m unable to\u200d make it to the show tonight. I\u2019m so bummed,\u201d the singer\u2062 shared on X. \u201cWe\u200d are \u2063rescheduling the show to Monday Aug 14. Can\u2019t wait to perform for you\u2063 all. Tickets for tonight\u2019s show are valid for the show on Monday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Due \u200dto severe weather and being unable to land in the NY and\u200b surrounding areas, I\u2019m unable to make it to the show tonight. I\u2019m\u2062 so bummed.\u200b We are rescheduling the show to Monday Aug 14. Can\u2019t wait to perform for \u200byou all. Tickets\u200d for tonight\u2019s show are valid for the show on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lionel Richie (@LionelRichie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LionelRichie\/status\/1690521475844018176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fans were furious not just with the news but also with the timing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPress team lies. What actually happened? Nobody flies in late and blames weather,\u201d one concertgoer\u200b <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EddieAbroad\/status\/1690541523945893888\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">replied<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cWeather\u200c was A OK. We\u200c are\u200c a group of 12 \u200band so disappointed but not as disappointed as the tourists \u2063and fans who \u2063made plans\u200b around the\u200c gig and wil [sic] now miss it.\u200b What\u2019s \u2063the real, substantial \u2063and \u2063genuine reason?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another account <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LionelRichie\/status\/1690521475844018176\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u200b \u201cSounds like bad planning\u2062 on your part [Lionel Richie], trying to fly in at \u200dthe last minute. I\u2019ll take\u2062 a refund please \u2013 no thx to \u200dMonday!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen the \u2018weather excuse\u2019 feels cloudier than the actual\u2062 sky\u2026 Why no heads-up before we crammed the auditorium? C\u2019mon press team, all of us and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-rapper-dmx-dies-aged-50-one-week-after-heart-attack-according-to-family-a-warrior-who-fought-till-the-very-end\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Rapper DMX Dies Aged 50, One Week After Heart Attack, According To Family. \u2018A Warrior Who Fought Till The Very End\u2019\">countless fans<\/a> are waiting for the real\u200b story,\u201d a \u200cthird <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SylvstrAnthny\/status\/1690817966664028160\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">chimed in<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou had us sit in the Garden for an hour when you\u2063 knew in advance you wouldn\u2019t\u2063 make it. Refund the tickets\u2026 forget \u2064the \u200ddouble\u200b parking, car service and travel costs to attend \u2064on Monday and we will call it\u2063 even,\u201d another complained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richie did a show Friday \u2064night in Boston and was scheduled\u2064 to appear\u2062 with Earth, Wind,\u2064 &#038; Fire on Sunday. The last-minute rescheduling forced the band to push\u200d back the show they had scheduled for Monday night in\u2063 Connecticut. It \u2062also meant a planned appearance by former New \u2064York Yankees slugger\u2063 Derek Jeter, who was set to host a fundraiser for his \u2064charity in conjunction \u2062with the \u200cshow, wouldn\u2019t \u2063happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDue to unforeseen circumstances,\u2062 the Earth, Wind &#038; Fire concert scheduled \u2063for \u200cMonday, August 14th \u200cat Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport has been \u200crescheduled\u200d to Wednesday, August 16th. All \u200dtickets purchased \u200bfor original date will\u2062 be honored. Because \u200cof prior commitment for Wednesday, Derek Jeter will no longer be able to attend the\u2063 rescheduled date,\u201d Earth, Wind &#038; Fire shared on Instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Richie angered fans by delaying a sold-out NYC concert, blaming severe weather for his inability to land in the area. &#8220;I&#8217;m so bummed,&#8221; he expressed regretfully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2000055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}