Timbaland Phones In Flint Benefit Show After Champagne Dispute: Report
Flint, Mich.'s tainted water crisis has seen major donations (in both $$ and H2O form) from artists including Pearl Jam, Meek Mill, Cher and Big Sean. On Thursday (Jan. 28) Timbaland was booked to play a Detroit-set benefit but the New York Daily News is reporting that he intentionally flubbed the performance over a champagne mix-up. Timbo's crew reportedly wanted Jay Z's Ace of Spades; the venue only had Dom Perignon.
What came next, according to Club Bleu co-owner Mitchell Jaworski, was a letdown. “They had about 15 bottles of liquor and champagne, which is extremely excessive especially for a charity event,” Jaworski told the NYDN; the paper reports that the event raised $3,000 for Flint, a scant-looking figure next to the list of booze consumed. “They seemed more concerned about getting every drop of liquor.”
At the end of the night, Timbaland's set—billed as a half-hour DJ set and a performance of five to eight songs—fizzled completely. A since-deleted post on Club Bleu's Facebook said Timbaland "just stood there" once he hit the stage at 1AM, neither performing nor DJing.
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