Lil Wayne arrived nearly two hours late to his Gilford, New Hampshire show, days after skipping a concert in Maine entirely, frustrating fans on both nights.
Lil Wayne drew fresh criticism from fans after arriving roughly two hours late to a Friday night concert at the BankNH Pavilion in Gilford, New Hampshire, the latest in a string of scheduling issues that has followed the rapper’s current tour.
A show that started closer to midnight than showtime
The concert was originally scheduled to begin around 9 p.m., according to attendees, but Lil Wayne did not take the stage until shortly before 11 p.m., roughly two hours behind schedule. Some concertgoers left before he ever appeared, while those who stayed watched him perform for about an hour, extending past the town’s 11 p.m. curfew.
On Instagram afterward, Lil Wayne posted a video praising the show and thanking his New Hampshire fans, without acknowledging the delay or offering any explanation for it. He closed the post by saying he was headed to Iowa next, though he gave no indication of when he might arrive there either. The comments on that post quickly filled with fans expressing frustration over the wait.
One attendee, Natasha Berry, said she had brought her younger brother to his first ever concert specifically because she assumed Lil Wayne would be a safe choice. She described the show itself as enjoyable and memorable once it started, but said she was disappointed that the delay colored her brother’s first concert experience, and said she was unlikely to see Lil Wayne perform again.
Part of a larger pattern this week
The New Hampshire delay came just days after Lil Wayne failed to appear at all for a scheduled tour opener in Bangor, Maine. Fans there waited until around 11 p.m. before being told the show was canceled outright. Lil Wayne later apologized on social media without explaining the absence and rescheduled the Maine date for July 28, telling ticket holders their existing tickets would remain valid.
Together, the two incidents have revived broader conversation about Lil Wayne’s history of tour disruptions, which has included past cancellations and delays in cities like Toronto and Los Angeles. While some previous issues were attributed to illness or technical problems, the recent back to back incidents in Maine and New Hampshire have added to concerns among fans about reliability on this leg of the tour.
What comes next
Lil Wayne’s “20+ Years of Carter Classics” tour, which includes joint appearances with 2 Chainz, is scheduled to continue through October. The rescheduled Bangor show on July 28 will serve as an early test of whether the recent disruptions in Maine and New Hampshire were an isolated rough patch or part of a larger pattern likely to follow the tour through the rest of its run.