{"id":356758,"date":"2025-08-19T12:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/356758\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:17:12","slug":"rapper-doechii-pulls-out-of-performances-at-all-points-east-and-bristol-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/356758\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Doechii pulls out of performances at All Points East and Bristol festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 27-year-old, whose real name is Jaylah Hickmon, will also no longer perform at France\u2019s Rock En Seine festival in Paris, with no reason given for the rapper\u2019s absence at the events.<\/p>\n<p>An All Points East statement read: \u201cUnfortunately Doechii will no longer be able to perform at All Points East on Saturday, August 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d like to apologise to any disappointed fans and hope to welcome Doechii back to All Points East in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNh-FDmIaNN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>The Florida-born artist was due to perform at All Points East on Saturday, followed by Forwards on Sunday, while her Rock En Seine performance was due to take place on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The All Points East statement continued: \u201cWe\u2019re very sorry to announce that Doechii will no longer be performing at her upcoming shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is an incredible artist, and, like all of her fans, we were hugely excited to see her on stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll Points East has an amazing line-up including Raye, Tyla, Jade, Jyoty, Nao and many more, and it\u2019s set to be a truly unforgettable day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A replacement for the star has not been announced by either of the UK festivals at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from Forwards read: \u201cWe are very sad to announce that Doechii will not be performing at her upcoming shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is an incredible artist and we were as excited as you were to bring her to our hometown of Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so proud of this year\u2019s Sunday line-up, with three amazing female headliners in Jorja Smith, The Last Dinner Party and Olivia Dean gracing our stage, as well as a plethora of other amazing musical talent across the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNh-KXRMg5Y\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Ticketholders have not been told whether they will be able to get a refund for the events following the cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>Doechii\u2019s North American tour begins next month, with a further set of US dates announced for October earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper first became known for her track Yucky Blucky Fruitcake, when it went viral following its release in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Doechii achieved worldwide fame in 2024 with the release of mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal, which includes the songs Denial Is A River, Catfish and Nissan Altima.<\/p>\n<p>Months later, the record gave the rapper her first Grammy Award for best rap album, with nominations for best rap performance and best new albums at the 67th award ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>She is also behind the viral hit Anxiety, which was released after a YouTube video of Doechii singing the song, which samples the 2011 hit Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye and Kimbra, resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>The positive online response encouraged the rapper to release the full version, which saw her reach number three in the UK singles chart.<\/p>\n<p>Forwards, All Points East and Doechii\u2019s record label have been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 27-year-old, whose real name is Jaylah Hickmon, will also no longer perform at France\u2019s Rock En Seine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-356758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115055391200804217","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}