When festival favourite Childish Gambino cancelled his Australian tour - which included a performance at Canberra's Spilt Milk - due to a foot injury, fans immediately took to social media, their grief manifesting in colourful ways.
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"I’m GUTTED. Childish Gambino is the only reason I bought Spilt Milk tickets and was gonna travel hours and interstate for," said one Twitter user.
Others went on personal crusades, reaching out to other artists like Janelle Monae and Golden Features, asking them to replace Gambino.
One Aussie legend remained pious in his love of the writer/actor/comedian/director/rapper and created an event on Facebook called 'Sit outside Opera House & play Childish Gambino on my UE boom'.
Facebook user Sheldon Mcloughlin created the DIY music event to preserve a good evening, and the money he spent on Queensland-Sydney flights.
For those who were more set on seeing homegrown favourites Peking Duk and Vera Blue or indie rock boiz The Wombats at the Canberra festival, there is one upside.
After event organisers Kicks Entertainment began offering refunds to ticket holders no longer keen to attend, more tickets have become available to the previously sold out event.
So to the desperate folks who were going to buy tickets from Gumtree flogs for upwards of $300: save your dosh.
Here's the full 2018 line-up, sans Gambino:
The Wombats
RL Grime
YG
Peking Duk
Vera Blue
Hayden James
The Jungle Giants
Thundamentals
Methyl Ethel
Hatchie
Skegss
Cub Sport
Willaris. K
Jack River
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Shockone
Channel Tres
Thandi Phoenix
Manu Crooks
Carmouflage Rose
Kwame
Kira Puru
Miss Blanks
Blanke
Kinder
Ebony Boadu
Moaning Lisa
Spilt Milk, Saturday November 17, Commonwealth Park. Tickets and more info at spilt-milk.com.au.
