But following a reported dispute over the NRL\u2019s request she play her hit single Dance Monkey, the artist decided to pull out.<\/p>\n
The official line shared by Tones and I\u2019s representatives stated scheduling conflicts ruled her out of performing.<\/p>\n
Yet Tones and I instead played an intimate pop-up show in Victoria over the weekend, which included a meet and greet with fans.<\/p>\n
She also headlined at Deni Ute Muster Festival in New South Wales, where she performed Dance Monkey.<\/p>\n
And the artist could not resist a cheeky swipe at the NRL as she shared the performance on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love to see it,\u201d read the caption, alongside an emoji of a smirking face.<\/p>\n
It comes after many fans felt the NRL sent a not-so-subtle dig at Tones and I by playing Dance Monkey at the Accor Stadium after the first try of the grand final.<\/p>\n
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The Daily Telegraph\u2019s Dave Riccio posted: \u201cCheeky play from the @AccorStadium DJ for choosing Tones I \u201cDance Monkey\u201d for the first post-try song of the grand final.<\/p>\n
Tones and I has previously admitted she \u201cloathes\u201d singing the track, despite it being the song she is best known for.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of the time I don\u2019t want to sing it.\u201d the Aussie said of the hit in 2022.<\/p>\n
Despite a late change to the pregame entertainment, with the NRL instead choosing to honour Jai Arrow and Nathan Charles, the show attracted millions of viewers.<\/p>\n
Channel 9 figures reveal 2.2 million people tuned in for the entertainment – beating Kylie Minogue\u2019s AFL grand final performance by almost 400,000 viewers.<\/p>\n
Amy Shark led a rendition of You\u2019ll Never Walk Alone as Arrow and Charles performed a lap of honour in a car, before being joined by Screaming Jets frontman Dave Gleeson, Peking Duk\u2019s Reuben Styles and members of Grinspoon, also singing Tina Turner\u2019s iconic song The Best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pop star Tones and I could not resist a cheeky swipe at the NRL after turning down the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[462083,485827,463187,485836,377848,377925,485815,485830,485808,485832,418659,377677,485821,431005,455379,383764,485803,376730,485811,485823,395513,485814,25908,458811,485829,391716,485813,485805,64,63,485802,485807,470245,485818,485799,9899,485834,485826,485837,70953,485798,63496,485833,383896,38347,29705,761,762,673,158,455202,485835,141649,485824,485809,485812,57259,128908,485825,1314,85,485801,402771,485831,381861,381352,385285,376941,485819,485828,485810,377490,420644,485806,485800,485816,448455,380184,147872,485804,485822,60939,392174,376539,387947,22514,4098,478997,248194,485820,660,485817],"class_list":["post-917741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-grand-final-show","tag-s-afl-grand-final-performance","tag-s-dave-riccio","tag-s-iconic-song","tag-s-representatives","tag-s-request","tag-s-reuben-styles","tag-000-viewers-amy-shark","tag-2-2-million-people","tag-2022-despite","tag-a-cheeky-dig","tag-a-car","tag-a-cheeky-swipe","tag-a-fallout","tag-a-headline","tag-a-lap","tag-a-late-change","tag-a-lot","tag-a-not-so-subtle-dig","tag-a-rendition","tag-a-reported-dispute","tag-a-smirking-face-it","tag-action","tag-all-things-sport","tag-almost-400","tag-an-emoji","tag-an-intimate-pop-up-show","tag-arrow-and-charles","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cheeky-nrl-swipe","tag-cheeky-play","tag-dance-monkey","tag-dance-monkey-and","tag-deni-ute-muster-festival","tag-fallout","tag-fans-she","tag-grinspoon","tag-her-hit-single-dance-monkey","tag-honour","tag-jai-arrow-and-nathan-charles","tag-kylie-minogue","tag-last-laugh","tag-many-fans","tag-members","tag-millions","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-new-south-wales","tag-nrl","tag-our-new-app","tag-out-the-official-line","tag-peking-duk","tag-performing-yet-tones","tag-pop-star-tones","tag-real-name-toni-watson","tag-row","tag-scheduling-conflicts","tag-screaming-jets-frontman-dave-gleeson","tag-social-media","tag-sports","tag-the-accorstadium-dj","tag-the-accor-stadium","tag-the-artist","tag-the-aussie","tag-the-best","tag-the-caption","tag-the-chance","tag-the-deni-ute-muster-the-daily-telegraph","tag-the-entertainment-beating","tag-the-first-post-try-song","tag-the-first-try","tag-the-grand-final","tag-the-grand-final-pregame-entertainment","tag-the-grand-final-the-tones","tag-the-grand-final-tones","tag-the-hit","tag-the-nrl","tag-the-performance","tag-the-pregame-entertainment","tag-the-pregame-entertainment-love","tag-the-show","tag-the-song","tag-the-time","tag-the-track","tag-the-weekend","tag-tina-turner","tag-tones","tag-tones-and-i","tag-tones-i","tag-victoria","tag-viewers-channel-9-figures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}