Azealia Banks

Azealia Banks' Australia leg tour company has unleashed on the divisive rapper now her domestic tour has ended. Bizarro reeased a statement to med...

The pièce de résistance, however, was pulling out of her Brisbane show just hours before she was due on stage at The Tivoli. It was all go then, too, as she'd taken time out to trash her relationship with UK duo “Her slanderous claims made against us personally as individuals and scammers are entirely false.

Azealia Banks has ended her contentious Australian tour with a bang by making a series of fiery public potshots at the country.

"We deliver the highest standard of excellence to all of our talent. We can confidently say that we did everything possible to meet Ms Banks’ expectations, and to create an accommodating and safe experience for her, her fans and everyone involved at the shows and on tour," they said in a statement. “Whilst we have paid our fees to Azealia’s touring agent, we have also been led to believe that the majority of her tour has been paid to her personally in full, despite her willingness to burn down every show of the run,” they said in a statement. “She was not present for any press opportunities, she failed to arrive at any event in a timely manner, she willingly posted inaccurate, disrespectful and slanderous content online, and her lack of care and appreciation for her fans, who make such an event possible, was disgraceful,” they said. Try 1 month free. Stream 25+ news channels in 1 place.

Azealia Banks slammed Australia in a series of IG stories today (Dec. 20). She called Aussies "broke & racist", also slamming tour promoters.

After an Australian radio host tweeted to congratulate her for her performance, she called Australia’s audience a “terrible crowd to play for” and “violent and belligerent”. She continued in her story that she’d spend a lot more more to sue these Australian promoters for their “little Australian pennies”, calling it “charity. In 2016, someone threw a beer can at her during her Melbourne performance, which led to her leaving the stage in only 90 seconds. She called it the most “racist and demoralising experience” of her life, adding that she is on a really “good track” right now. In her subsequent stories, “Chaos & Glory Recordings” record label owner slammed the Australian dollar by writing: “$1 AUD = .61 USD”. 20), the “212” artist slammed the country once again, calling it “broke and racist” following her past experience.

Bizarro claims the US rapper was always late and showed 'lack of care' towards fans, while the artist hit back alleging she had not been paid.

Bizarro said there had been “consistent mention” the process would be worth it due to her intention to return to Australia in 2023. “We were blown away,” Bizarro said. The performance was widely lauded by fans. “I know that hurts for a white man but you bitches are broke … Bizarro said it did “everything” to aid the application process on the morning of the show but final approval arrived too late, resulting in the postponement of her first performance hours before doors. “The lack of care she shows to her team, the people she works with, and her fans was truly disappointing to see,” it said.

The New York rapper, 31, lashed out in a fiery rant on Instagram on Tuesday, accusing her Australian touring agents Bizarro and Point Productions of being ...

We deliver the highest standard of excellence to all of our talent. '$1 AUD = .61 USD,' she wrote in one post, before adding: 'Honestly, I'm not trying to rag on Australia even more than I have been, but this little 61 cents to the dollar... 'Her allegations against us are untrue and we disagree with her comments. 'The entire run was a set-up scam between Bizarro and Point Blank Productions. I enjoyed myself. The dispute between Banks and her promoters exploded on Tuesday when she took to Instagram to call Australia 'broke and racist'.

Rapper Azealia Banks claims she hasn't been paid for her ill-fated Australian tour, and is publicly demanding the organisers pay up.

The reason? In separate communications with news.com.au today, both promoters insist they did in fact pay Banks for the tour. I had fun – I did, I enjoyed myself. Where the cash at, n***a, where the cash at? I hope y’all enjoyed the shows. This is not the f**king ‘music friends’, this is the music industry. [Promoter’s shock claims about Azealia’s tour](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/tour-promoter-bizarro-blasts-azealia-banks-disgraceful-conduct-throughout-australia-tour/news-story/e736826daa18e14e8d8b9c2ef9e14bb0) [‘Untrue’: Azealia’s tour promoter hits back](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/azealia-banks-slams-broke-racist-aussies-as-tour-finishes/news-story/a372c93f4abb4d026f921c066a2065b4) [dubbed Australians “broke and racist”](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/azealia-banks-slams-broke-racist-aussies-as-tour-finishes/news-story/a372c93f4abb4d026f921c066a2065b4) and labelled those who organised the tour “pubic lice”. Where is the money, bitch? [cancelled her Brisbane show](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/us-rapper-azealia-banks-cancels-brisbane-show-says-australia-made-her-utterly-miserable/news-story/85a14e3d73320dcb4d4e27eae097a023) a few hours before it was due to start and [performed for just 37 minutes](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/azealia-banks-slams-broke-racist-aussies-as-tour-finishes/news-story/a372c93f4abb4d026f921c066a2065b4) at her hastily rescheduled Melbourne show. The representative also stated that “multiple sources” had assured them Banks had been paid the majority of fees for the shows on the tour that went ahead [blistering, three-page read](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/tour-promoter-bizarro-blasts-azealia-banks-disgraceful-conduct-throughout-australia-tour/news-story/e736826daa18e14e8d8b9c2ef9e14bb0), labelling the star’s conduct “disgraceful” and making detailed allegations about the havoc they say she was causing behind the scenes.

Everybody knows, Azealia Banks is a f*cking diva, I don't have time for f*cking bullsh*t.”

That was the most racist, most demoralising experience of my fucking life and right now I’m on a really good track." Next time I will listen to myself. For I am more often than not.... In a post yesterday, Banks wrote, "My gut instinct told me not to come down here and stay my ass home. In response to the comments from Bizarro and Point Productions, Banks has taken to Instagram today, sharing, “Everybody knows, Azealia Banks is a fucking diva, I don’t have time for fucking bullshit.” In their post yesterday, Bizarro stated, “We were not naive to Azealia’s reputation, but we were excited by her as an artist and felt confident that these were over sensationalised by the media and that she meant well.”

After Azealia Banks called its Australia tour promoters Bizarro and Point Productions "pubic lice", Bizarro has responded in a lengthy statement.

In recent years, however, Banks has more often been in the news because of her [controversial views and social media stoushes](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/azealia-banks-a-brief-history-of-the-rapper-s-public-feuds-and-tirades-a7026016.html). The saga, which we first wrote about [here](https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/azealia-banks-australian-tour-over/), included a cancelled show in Brisbane, a rescheduled show in Melbourne, visa issues and missed flights, all of which were punctuated by Banks’ [belligerent](https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/f77c25ac023450be4e379c210865ba77) social media posts. According to the statement, the promoters put in “hours of desperate work” to make shows go ahead with an artist who was seemingly doing her best to sabotage them. [Azealia Banks Slams Australian Tour Promoters, Confirms This Tour Will be her Last](https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/azealia-banks-australian-tour-over/) [Azealia Banks Pulls Pin On Brisbane Show, Vows Never To Return To Australia](https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/azealia-banks-pulls-pin-on-brisbane-show-vows-never-to-return-to-australia/) [Darren Hayes Cancels Gold Coast Date on 2023 National Tour](https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/darren-hayes-cancels-gold-coast-date-on-2023-national-tour/) [Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/), and was placed sixth in Pitchfork’s [best songs of the 2010s](https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/). [Azealia Banks](https://musicfeeds.com.au/feeds/azealia-banks/)’ beleaguered Australian tour has reached its predictable close as promoters [Bizarro](https://ra.co/promoters/71300) label her behaviour on tour as “disgraceful”.