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| Wiley walks off stage at Cockrock festival, calls audience 'pagans' | Wiley walks off stage at Cockrock festival, calls audience 'pagans' |
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| Wiley has called the audience of a festival in Cumbria "pagans" after he was pelted with beer cans and booed off stage just 15 minutes into his set. | Wiley has called the audience of a festival in Cumbria "pagans" after he was pelted with beer cans and booed off stage just 15 minutes into his set. |
| As seen in the video above, the grime MC is met with jeers from the audience, before he takes to the mic saying: "This is the truth, if one more can comes flying I'm coming off stage. You cannot throw cans at me because of a situation that I had with my agent … you can't be angry at me." | As seen in the video above, the grime MC is met with jeers from the audience, before he takes to the mic saying: "This is the truth, if one more can comes flying I'm coming off stage. You cannot throw cans at me because of a situation that I had with my agent … you can't be angry at me." |
| This Saturday's events were triggered following a string of tweets from Wiley, who shared his dismay while en route to Cockrock festival in Cockermouth: "Just the name makes me not wanna go," he wrote, before adding: "My agent knows that there are cool places to play and other places are just not worth the hassle." | This Saturday's events were triggered following a string of tweets from Wiley, who shared his dismay while en route to Cockrock festival in Cockermouth: "Just the name makes me not wanna go," he wrote, before adding: "My agent knows that there are cool places to play and other places are just not worth the hassle." |
| As well as slamming the festival's name, Wiley said he was unhappy with his agent for making him play a farm in Cumbria: "Billy please stop sending me to farms to perform please mate. I am a yardie man." | As well as slamming the festival's name, Wiley said he was unhappy with his agent for making him play a farm in Cumbria: "Billy please stop sending me to farms to perform please mate. I am a yardie man." |
| Following his short set, the 34-year-old took to Twitter, claiming he "faced up to a few Pagans and got paid ....#LightWork haters suck ur mum". He added: "All pagans from yesterday's festival get the off my @'s and go and find something constructive to do and let me spend this money in peace." Reverend and the Makers and local band Colt 45 filled in for his headline performance and, according to Cockrock's director Marie Whitehead, they "more than made up for" the MC's departure. She told a local newspaper she would be taking legal advice. | Following his short set, the 34-year-old took to Twitter, claiming he "faced up to a few Pagans and got paid ....#LightWork haters suck ur mum". He added: "All pagans from yesterday's festival get the off my @'s and go and find something constructive to do and let me spend this money in peace." Reverend and the Makers and local band Colt 45 filled in for his headline performance and, according to Cockrock's director Marie Whitehead, they "more than made up for" the MC's departure. She told a local newspaper she would be taking legal advice. |
| Today, Wiley has denied the rumours that he walked off stage before finishing his set, tweeting: "You think I would drive 7 hours and perform for 15 mins while dodging a few bottles and coins to give them back money ......Are u mad lol..." | Today, Wiley has denied the rumours that he walked off stage before finishing his set, tweeting: "You think I would drive 7 hours and perform for 15 mins while dodging a few bottles and coins to give them back money ......Are u mad lol..." |
| Wiley's festival-based Twitter outbursts last month led to the MC withdrawing his set at Glastonbury, after he attempted to cancel his performance by tweeting the Glastonbury Twitter account: "Please cancel me I do not want to play for you ever again... please cancel me without sueing I would like that." | Wiley's festival-based Twitter outbursts last month led to the MC withdrawing his set at Glastonbury, after he attempted to cancel his performance by tweeting the Glastonbury Twitter account: "Please cancel me I do not want to play for you ever again... please cancel me without sueing I would like that." |
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