- Music
- 09 Jul 18
Drake Makes Surprise Appearance At Wireless Festival
Canadian rapper Drake shocked crowds at the Wireless festival by appearing as a surprise headliner.
Music fans attended the event expecting to see DJ Khaled who was forced to pull out at from the gig at the last minute. Khaled was due to perform on the Main Stage on Sunday evening but cancelled due to "travel issue".
Fans then speculated as to who would take his place, with the Wireless Festival taking to Twitter promising something special.
Due to travel issues DJ Khaled will not be performing but we are working on something special that won’t disappoint...
— Wireless Festival (@WirelessFest) July 8, 2018
The new headliner was then revealed to be Drake who performed several new songs from his latest album Scorpian .
SURPRISE! ?‘??‘?@Drake pic.twitter.com/7SfzRlxt29
— Wireless Festival (@WirelessFest) July 8, 2018
The performance was well received by crowds, with some people opting to scaling trees in order to get a better view of the stage.
Drake Wireless set had people climbing trees
Climbing trees pic.twitter.com/XQQNjaly0e— UK Rap (@UKRap) July 9, 2018
Meanwhile, Khaled was heavily criticized by his followers over his withdrawal from the event, due to a lack of apology over not attending Wireless and his latest Instagram posts of him enjoying himself on a sun holiday.
