Nicki Minaj’s concert in New Orleans was canceled hours before the show
Nicki Minaj.
Jamie McCarthy/WireImageNicki Minaj is forced to move a concert for her Pink Friday 2 World Tour after you have felt ill.
“Due to doctor’s orders, Nicki Minaj must reschedule her NOLA show tonight,” the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans announced via Instagram on Monday, March 18. “Since Nicki is still sick, our team doesn’t want to risk making others sick, and Nicki might not be able to give NOLA the show they deserve.”
The statement continued: “We are working hard to find a new date, so please save your tickets and we will inform you shortly.”
In the days leading up to her performance, Minaj, 41, dropped hints that she wasn’t feeling her best. Over the weekend, the artist said she was experiencing symptoms of COVID-19.
“Barbz please send me healing energy,” she wrote via X on March 16. “I woke up feeling like I had Covid. Thank God not. You are just everything. I appreciate you. I love you so much.”
Minaj continued, ‘I’m going to Station Head in a few minutes. Barbz, tell everyone. …and my voice will probably sound a little different.”
But while headlining the Rolling Loud festival in Los Angeles on March 15, Minaj received positive receptions from thousands of concertgoers.
“🙏🏽 and the love and appreciation they showed to the barbz,” she wrote on X after the performance. “Thank you, @RollingLoud and for every barb that gave me the most amazing energy that mentally pushed me through my show. KALI!!!!!!”
The Pink Friday 2 World Tour – with special guest Monica – started on March 1 in Oakland, California and will make stops in the United States and Europe before ending in Berlin on June 7.
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Before her first show, Minaj gave fans a taste of what to expect when they see her perform live.
“I’ve done three world tours now, so my fans know the material, so my focus on this tour will definitely be on the new album, creating a world of that album and sprinkling everything else around that,” she said. Watch what happens live with Andy Cohen in December 2023. “But of course we’re still going to have as much fun with our throwbacks as ever. I always make sure I do my rap stuff, my pop stuff, like, everyone’s having fun. I make sure my fans feel well nourished during the show.”
Minaj’s next scheduled show is on Wednesday, March 20 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.