Anne Marie gave a free gig to her fans after South Korea’s Holiday Land venue, at which she was initially set to play, had been declared ‘structurally unsafe’. In a Twitter video to her fans in Korea, the ‘Rockabye’ singer said, “I don’t really know what’s going on, but I’ve been told that the stage I was performing on is structurally unsafe so I’m not going to be able to go on”. She added. “I’m so sorry. I’m so annoyed, and I’m just gonna cry in my room the whole night.”
A little later on, Anne Marie announced that she had rented out the Rubik Lounge at Incheon’s Paradice-City Hotel, and would be set to play at the venue at 10.30pm. The set was live streamed via Instagram for those unable to attend.
“Honestly, we did not know this was going to happen, so we’re all just making it up as we go,” she addressed the crowd from the stage. “So these guys are just playing whatever comes into their heads”
The singer also candidly declared, “To be honest, soon, I’m just going to be asking if anyone wants to hear a specific song because we have no setlist.”
The setlist included songs from her ‘Speak Your Mind’ debut album, ‘2002’, ‘Alarm’ and ‘Friends’, (a collaboration with American producer Marshmello), with a number of tracks being rearranged to a more acoustic sound due to the lack of time in the build up to the set.
TO MY KOREAN FANS. pic.twitter.com/yo3fdSoZAv
— ANNEMARIE (@AnneMarie) July 28, 2019
앤마리 종이비행기 이벤트ㅠㅠㅠ pic.twitter.com/ch8q8tQmzW
— Ya (@oriariana) July 28, 2019
It's been an emotional day pic.twitter.com/dh2ApbpCjJ
— ANNEMARIE (@AnneMarie) July 28, 2019
The 28 year old artist from Essex rose to prominence in 2015 following ‘Rumour Mill’, a song that despite landing at only 67th in the UK Charts, would help her launch a career of her own, and have her collaborate with artists including Clean Bandit, Sean Paul and French DJ/producer David Guetta. In the coming week, she is set to perform in China, before European festival appearances throughout August and September.
