Coolio’s last performance was at a small Belgian festival – due to a mistake

Source (paywalled): [https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20220929\_93695549](https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20220929_93695549)

Translation of the part that matters via DeepL:

**Huh, this is not the Netherlands**

Last summer, Coolio was in our country, headlining Parkpop Oostkamp. “It turned out weird,” says organizer Stijn Degrande. “Back in 2019 we got the offer from Coolio’s management that he wanted to perform with us. We found that very strange: such a world star wanting to come to Oostkamp. Later it would turn out that there was a formidable misunderstanding at play. Anyway, the management said: make an offer. We are a free festival, so we cannot pay very much. We offered for Coolio what we also offer for great Belgian artists. And lo and behold: our offer was accepted. Coolio would come to Parkpop Oostkamp in 2020.”

But then corona broke out and the whole world basically flatlined. Only this summer did Parkpop Oostkamp go ahead and Coolio would come. “When he arrived, we immediately saw that Coolio was disappointed,” says Stijn Degrande. “He had thought he was coming to Parkpop The Hague. A festival with almost 100,000 spectators. But this was Parkpop Oostkamp, with 8,000 spectators.”

But Coolio quickly put himself over the disappointment and gave a very tasteful performance. By the end, he was even completely over his head with happiness. “Coolio often performs on the circuit of nineties celebrities. So with an older audience. But we attract a lot of young people. Coolio was happy and proud to establish with us that the Tiktok generation still knows his songs – especially Gangsta’s paradise,” says Stijn Degrande. “After his performance, he even requested a T-shirt from the festival and wore it when he checked out of his hotel. Parkpop Oostkamp was Coolio’s first Flemish performance in more than 12 years. We are happy and proud, but also sad that he gave his last performance with us.”

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Edit: As commenter Pumpkonut has pointed out, it’s not his final performance overall. It’s just an interview about his last performance *in Belgium*. Bit of a misleading title here that they didn’t bother to correct or address in the rest of the article. <\_<