Lovers & Friends Festival 2024 Canceled Over Weather Concerns

The Lovers & Buddies Competition in Las Vegas has been canceled attributable to harmful climate situations, organizers have introduced.

The one-day music competition on the Las Vegas Competition Grounds was scheduled to happen on Saturday (Could 4) with a star-studded lineup together with headliners Usher, Janet Jackson and Backstreet Boys.

On Friday evening (Could 3), the competition’s organizers shared a message on social media explaining that the out of doors occasion was being referred to as off due to a excessive wind warning issued by the Nationwide Climate Service.

“The Nationwide Climate Service has now issued a Excessive Wind Warning, together with harmful 30-35 mph sustained winds with gusts probably greater than 60 mph,” organizers wrote. “Following recommendation from the Nationwide Climate Service and in session with native public officers, we should make the most secure choice for our followers, artists, and workers, and cancel tomorrow’s Lovers & Buddies Competition.”

Organizers added, “This was an extremely heartbreaking choice to make as we’re conscious that followers have traveled from everywhere in the world to take pleasure in this unbelievable lineup of superstars and have been trying ahead to this occasion for a number of months. We’ve labored arduous to create an incredible occasion for you, and we’re simply as disenchanted as you’re.”

Followers who bought their tickets instantly via Entrance Gate Tickets will obtain a refund inside 30 days, organizers stated.

The Lovers & Buddies lineup additionally included Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, Nas, Alicia Keys, Nelly Furtado, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Ciara, TLC and Timbaland. As a part of the festivities, Lil Wayne was scheduled to carry out Tha Carter III in its entirety and Usher was set to have fun the twentieth anniversary of his traditional album Confessions.

“Mannn… I’m simply as disenchanted as you’re. We have been on the brink of flip up and have fun in the present day,” Usher wrote on X (previously Twitter). “I’ve to observe the orders of metropolis officers and the Nationwide Climate Service for everybody’s safety and stand robust in my perception that every little thing occurs for a motive.”

Learn the complete assertion from the Lovers & Buddies organizers on Instagram beneath.