Nigerian artiste, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has come under heavy backlash following his recently canceled ‘Love Damini’ show scheduled for Saturday night at the GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands.
Reports have it fans began trooping into the 41,000-capacity-seater stadium excited to be entertained by the ”Common Person’ crooner only to be informed hours later that the show had been canceled. Burna apologized to fans via his Instastory.
The Grammy-award-winning act apologized to fans via a statement shared on his Instastory, mentioning he was anticipating his performance for his Dutch fans but unfortunately, it couldn’t happen due to “a number of reasons.”
He continued by saying his “amazing team has been hard at work trying to salvage it but we couldn’t do it in time,” adding that a new date will be announced soon.
Burna’s apology however was not accepted by many who have since taken to social media to drag the ‘Love Damini’ crooner.
One aggrieved fan wrote: ”MEHN FUCK BURNA BOY Why are Nigerian artistes so unprofessional.”
Another Tweet read; “Useless. Got us waiting for more than two hours, to cancel the show at midnight. Rubbish.”
Another aggrieved fan tweeted: “Burna isn’t supposed to be a celeb, doesn’t have what it takes. So unwise in handling fans, canceling shows after much delay. That’s disrespectful! More unwise are fans who idolise him, and turn up every time. Y’all create an association to deal with any celeb that messes up. So unwise.”
As some fans dragged the singers, others accepted his apology.
One Trin Bean tweeted; ”Burna Boy has spoken. Forgive, forget, and let him make this up just like we know he will! The world loves you, Damini!.”
Another Burna fan tweeted; ”Burna Boy will be back God pass una.”
Recall in 2019, the singer also had fans waiting for hours at a scheduled show in Canada before releasing a statement saying he was stuck at the airport hence his inability to make the show.
Apple’s Bite reports that in 2019, he won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards, and was announced as Apple Music Up Next artist that year. His fourth studio album, titled African Giant, was released in July 2019. It won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
He was awarded African Artist of the Year at the 2020 Ghana Music Awards. Burna Boy released his fifth studio album, Twice as Tall, in August 2020. It won Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. He won Best International Act at the 2021 BET Awards.
Burna Boy’s sixth studio album, Love, Damini, was released in July 2022 and became the highest debut of an African album on the Billboard 200 chart. It also became the highest charted African album in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and France.
In October, Burna Boy was awarded the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic plaque for his achievements in music. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked him number 197 on its list of the 200 greatest singers of all time.
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