Travis Scott claims that lightning was the explanation that his Circus Maximus present in Johannesburg, South Africa began late.
On Saturday (Oct. 11), Scott carried out on the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg for over 70,000 followers. The present was each bit as huge and cinematic as Scott’s exhibits at all times are — nevertheless it began over an hour and a half late, which followers initially speculated was as a result of Scott hadn’t arrived on time.
It seems, although, storms had been the explanation for the delay, in line with Scott himself. He hopped on social media to make clear what occurred when he noticed a fan’s put up concerning the scenario.
“Travis Scott finally gets on stage, over an hour late,” wrote somebody on X — prompting Scott to put up his personal message.
“Wasn’t a hour late,” he wrote. “Lighting delay, brudda. Flame always ready.” Scott wrote “lighting,” moderately than “lightning,” nevertheless it appears to be only a spelling error, as a result of it was thundering and lightning on the market.
“Never late to a night show,” Scott continued.
When he lastly took the stage although, Scott gave followers the fad they had been anticipating, performing songs like “My Eyes” and “Modern Jam” from Utopia and “Dumbo” and “Champain & Vacay” from Jackboys 2.
Though Scott was late to his present, of us there have been grateful they nonetheless received to expertise it in its entirety. That wasn’t the case for upset followers on the Leeds Festival in the UK in August when the rapper ended his headlining set early and abruptly left the stage.
While in the midst of an hour-long set, Scott stopped performing and exited the stage rapidly after 24 songs, with out giving a motive for his departure. One fan speculated that he might have injured himself by getting too near close by pyrotechnics. In reality, in one video from the occasion, Scott seems to shake his hand and cease rapping after he got here into contact with among the flames.
In the aftermath, Scott did not reveal the reply to the thriller. Instead, he requested followers to ship him video footage of his efficiency. “Who got the over head video of the intro of the set at Leeds,” wrote Scott on X. “Champain and dumbo that was maddd wild.”