Kanye West Doesn't Care About Festival-Goers

By Marcus Gilmer in Arts & Entertainment on Jun 16, 2008 9:29PM

Oh, Kanye, what will you do next? The omnipotent Mr. West had actually dropped off our radar for a spell (thanks, in part, to the new Lil Wayne record), but reemerged over the weekend thanks to some antics at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. This year, Bonnaroo included bands as divergent as Sigur Ros, Metallica, and Kanye. It also differs from other fests in that sets continue through the night. Case in point: Kanye was supposed to go on Sunday morning at 2:45 a.m. but didn't take the stage until 4:25 a.m. Many in the crowd, apparently, did not approve of Kanye's tardiness, chanting, "Kanye sucks!' The delay was blamed on getting Kanye's futuristic set together. Some even went to great lengths to make their displeasure publicly known.

We can understand the frustration those festival goers probably felt, standing around in the middle of the night, especially since Kanye's crew had over 2 hours after Pearl Jam to set up the stage. But, without defending Kanye, we wonder if these people have ever seen a hip hop show before. Besides, there were no lack of alternatives, including fellow hip hop star Taleb Kweli, crazy duo Ghostland Observatory, and the funky, hippie friendly Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk. Also, sleep.

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