Hip hop legend Snoop Dogg has cancelled his one New Zealand show three days before it was set to happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cDue to circumstances beyond our control, Snoop Dogg will no longer be performing in Auckland this weekend,\u201d one of the promoters, 4ward Entertainment, wrote on Instagram on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
“Our goal was to deliver a first-class, New Zealand first show and we are saddened this is no longer possible,” they wrote.<\/p>\n
The gig at Manukau’s Due Drop Arena on 20 September was pitched as a double-whammy Snoop Dogg vs DJ Snoopadelic.<\/p>\n
The “two-in-one experience” would have seen the West Coast rapper perform his biggest hits, as well as a DJ set from DJ Snoopadelic \u2013 his record-spinning alter-ego.<\/p>\n
Opening for Snoop at the R18 event was going to be local hip hop legend Savage.<\/p>\n
Snoop is down to appear at the 2025 AFL grand final on 27 September.<\/p>\n
All refunds would be automatically processed by Eventfinda in the next two to five days, 4ward Entertainment said on social media.<\/p>\n
The cancellation comes a week after it was revealed the promoter of the show, Pato Alvarez, was the \u201centertainment industry figure\u201d accused of sexual assaults against multiple women, Stuff reported.<\/p>\n
Alvarez was found not guilty of 23 charges and guilty of two, involving one complainant, after a 12-week trial in 2023 and was sentenced to 12 months\u2019 home detention.<\/p>\n
Alvarez confirmed to Stuff last week that he is the promoter of the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cSnoop Dogg\u2019s team contacted us directly, wanting to stop in New Zealand for a special performance on his way to Australia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am the promoter of the event for NZ Touring & Events Limited.\u201d<\/p>\n