RadioOnFire.com - The Roots Picnic, the 11th annual summer-starting music festival at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing hosted by Philadelphia’s (and the world’s) greatest hip hop band — was cut short by weather.
Due to torrential downpours later in the evening, the daylong concert ended 10 minutes into the headlining set, featuring comedian Dave Chappelle, the guests and special guests.
“Due to dangerous weather — we are forced to end the show,” read a statement from promoter Live Nation.
The main question of the day before the rain was how exactly would Chappelle’s wishes be abided by in keeping the main stage a cellphone-free zone during the closing performance after people had been free to use them all day. (Lots of threatening voices over the loudspeakers and on video screens to immediately eject all transgressors wound up doing the trick.)
But besides those questions, there was another basic one waiting to be answered: Just who was going to be joining the Roots and Chappelle during the jam session capping the show? The bill only announced Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz and R&B singer Brandy, but since Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Rolodex knows no bounds and Chappelle is such a well-respected figure in the hip-hop-soul world, there was no telling who might show up.
Just as the rains came — with the front of the main stage area, at least, covered by a roof — Chappelle emerged on the stage to introduce them.
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