From what i gather Spank Rock, who is due to play tonight in Sydney and tomorrow at the Big Day Out hasn’t actually made it to Australia. While his DJ crew are here and performed at the Gold Coast Big Day Out, it was without Spank Rock himself. It appears that he never made it through airport security in New York.
There’s no official word yet on the band’s website or myspace, bar a comment from an unhappy punter in the Gold Coast and a reply comment from Spank Rock stating,
"I’m terribly sorry for not making it out to BDO. You should know that there is no place i’d rather be and I’ve been looking foward to the festival for months. I ran into some trouble at JFK airport and was forced to miss the trip."
So it seems fans like me who were excited about the gig tonight and at the BDO may be in for some disappointment. The Spank Rock gig last year was amazing and while his DJ’s are good, it’s no Spank Rock gig. Who knows, he may yet get a late flight, but he wasn’t in town last night so it seems unlikely.
UPDATE
Spank Rock wasn’t at the gig in Sydney tonight and may not be on the rest of the Big Day Out tour. The shows will continue as DJ sets with Chris Rockswell and Ronnie Darko with some MCing from Pase Rock.
I hear that Spank Rock was stopped from boarding his flight because he had a belt with a knuckle duster buckle. But take that as the unsubstantiated rumour it is till an official announcement is made.
I wonder what poor old Spank got in trouble for?
Yeah i wonder too. Anyone know?
The kids who were DJing with Diplo tell me the same thing… I wonder what happened? I hope it’s sorted for tonight, I’ve got my dancing shoes on in anticipation!
daaaaaaaang i already bought his sideshow ticket for monday!
Yeah I heard they were terrible at GC Big Day Out, now I know why
He better be here for tonight’s show!!
pase rock and chris rockswell are in australia, the rest of the crew (inc. naeem aka spank rock) didn’t make it out of the u.s. for a number of reasons. gig’s going ahead with chris on decks and mc-ing from pase.
Yeah, I was thinking that Spank Rock’s sideshow at the Metro last night might have been a bit of a let-down with no lead MC! You’d think that a refund would be in order…
There were plenty of signs posted at the entrance warning people that he wasn’t appearing and refunds were available if desired. Judging from the turnout most people chose to go.
Can’t find your pics from this gig anywhere online. Were you taking them for press or a mag?
I took some too, if anyone is interested. They’re not as good as Boudist of course. http://www.inthemix.com.au/photos15/070124-spankrock
Dam….Was gold coast that bad…. i though the crowd was allright.