STG Cancels Azealia Banks Show At Neumos

June 9, 2016• byMichael Strangeways

Well, that was quick.

We reached out to Seattle Theatre Group about their just announced booking of controversial rapper Azealia Banks for a July 7, 2016 show at Neumos on Capitol Hill, the city’s predominate LGBTQ neighborhood. Banks has come under fire from members of the community for her use of the slur “faggot” and inflammatory remarks she has made on social media about gay men.

STG quickly responded to community unhappiness over the booking by canceling the show:

“The most recent STG booking of Azealia Banks at Neumos turns out to be an unfortunate oversight on our part. We did not appropriately take into account the adverse impact this booking would have on the Capitol Hill community, for which we are apologetic. The show has been cancelled.“

Why didn’t they just move it away from the Hill to STG’s U-District theater, The Neptune?

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.