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Nicki Minaj fans calling for refunds after 'disgraceful' Malahide Castle concert set

Minaj was an hour and a half late beginning her set and performed for under an hour.

NICKI MINAJ HAS cancelled her performance at a festival in Romania over ‘safety concerns’, the day after she came under fire from fans after she arrived late to the stage while performing at Malahide Castle in Dublin on Saturday – and proceeded to leave early. 

The Trinidadian-born rapper and singer who is based in the US was an hour and a half late to the stage in Malahide. Her support act, Dan Duffy and Dansie, continued playing after Minaj was due to perform to bridge the gap. 

She performed for less than an hour, including time taken for costume changes.

One caller to Liveline this afternoon said that the singer’s set lasted for 55 minutes, but about  15 minutes of that was taken up by costume changes.

Fans are calling upon Ticketmaster for refunds after the disastrous concert left concert-goers waiting in the rain for Minaj to emerge. There was speculation at the venue that she would not perform, and a number of attendees left before she did perform after hearing from others that she wasn’t going to make an appearance.

Ticketmaster has referred fans to organiser MCD to dispute the issue of refunds.

Tickets for the concert were from €89.90. 

Malahide Castle operates under a strict curfew of 10:30pm. Minaj, who was meant to begin at 8:20pm, did not begin her set until around 9:50pm. 

“Under consumer protection law, traders must supply services, including concerts, that match the contract they have in place with the consumer,” said a spokesperson from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).

“Where the trader fails to supply the service in accordance with the contract, the consumer may have the right to terminate the contract and receive a full or partial refund.

The CCPC suggested that customers refer back to the terms and conditions to see if they stipulate the performance times of the artist.

“If after reviewing the terms and conditions the consumer believes that the trader is acting outside of the contract terms and conditions, we would suggest that they consider making a formal complaint to the trader in writing, outlining the issue and how they would like the matter to be resolved,” the Commission spokesperson said.

“Should the matter remain unresolved, the consumer may wish to request a chargeback from their card provider and/or consider lodging a claim through the Small Claims Court.”

MCD have been contacted for comment.

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    Jul 8th 2024, 9:53 AM

    Poor fella having to deal with those lot

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    @John D Doe: poor us having to read your chit,,,

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    @John D Doe: Ha ha John, that did make me smile, as you’re not wrong there.

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    Jul 8th 2024, 1:35 PM

    Considering the amount of broken promises by the British .. seeing will be believing .

    The people of Ireland deserve better than skullduggery and propaganda. FG have never been interested in this .
    Remember we had varadkar and flannigan organising a Black and Tan commemoration

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    Jul 8th 2024, 1:45 PM

    @barry lyons: What broken promises are you referring to? Anything in living memory?

    We had Varadkar and Flanagan overlooking the fact that the Black and Tans were technically members of the RIC, along with many decent Irish policemen who found themselves accidentally on ‘the wrong side of history’, and deserved to be commemorated alongside those who attacked them.

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    Jul 8th 2024, 1:51 PM

    @barry lyons: It was an RIC commemoration.

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    @Sean O’Dhubhghaill which they wanted to commemorate the Black and Tans at . Let us not be revisionist about this :

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    @Brendan O’Brien: Brendan , get yourself a secretary.

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    @barry lyons: Michelle O Neill and the Bomber Kelly attend the PSNI passing out ceremony. The PSNI used to be the RUC

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    Jul 8th 2024, 11:19 PM

    @barry lyons: what broken promises? The gFA remains intact.

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    Will there be a referendum in the south to say no?

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    Do people not understand the good Friday agreement was voted for by 70 % of voters in the North and 97% of voters in the south, I can’t remember anything democratic resounding in my lifetime,

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    FFS, people are concerned about affordable housing, immigration and a myriad of everyday problems and the first thing she starts banging on about is border polls and unity. The SNP allowed their obsession with independence take precedence over actually governing, didn’t turn out too well for them?

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    Am I missing something? I don’t see the Brits contributing to rebuilding any Irish sports stadiums or funding motorways to Donegal or Cavan. If it does happen and I hope that it does, what % are the Brits going to pay. A recent report said it would cost us 20billion for 20 years, total 400bn, does that include the EU’s contribution and will some of those monies be diverted to Ukraine.
    If you listen to UK politicians, after the Brexit and Stormont debacles, it will take many billions of investment to get N.I. running efficiently and effectively again and with the problems they are having, i don’t want to be paying for a brand new 5 bed house and getting a derelict 2 bed and still have to pay renovation costs.

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