Adam Saleh unhappy with RedFestDxb
The YouTuber posted a video online alleging organisers were rude to his management
Arab-American YouTuber Adam Saleh has gone on another rant, this time directed at RedFestDXB organisers.
The 23-year-old, who recently made headlines after he was removed from a Delta Airlines flight, was set to appear at Dubai Media City Amphitheatre on Friday, the second day of the annual music festival.
He shared a bill with Demi Lovato, Tove Lo, Sean Paul, G-Eazy and others.
However, Saleh alleged that when the event was postponed a day due to bad weather, the RedFestDXB organisers wouldn’t get back to him with specifics regarding rescheduling his appearance. He added that “just one person” from the RedFestDXB team looked down on him for being a vlogger.
“The event organisers of RedFest were so rude. So rude to my management. They would hang up while my management was calling them. If they didn’t want me there, they could have just told me that in the first place,” Saleh said in a video, which was titled “Update: I Have RESPECT for Myself” and clocked in at just over nine minutes.
“I don’t feel wanted, I feel really left out. I will not be performing even if they do agree to me right now,” said Saleh.
“I’m not at the same level as Demi Lovato or Sean Paul and G-Eazy. They’re on another league. But why get me to promote it all over YouTube, all over my social media for the world and then to just look down at me?”
Organisers responded saying the pressure of rescheduling the event led to some cancellations.
“We wanted to ensure the artists finished on stage by around 8pm so parents can bring their kids and be home ready for school the next day,” they said in a statement emailed to tabloid!.
“As a result we had no option than to limit some of the appearances from our special guests including Adam Saleh to ensure all artists performing had time to prepare their full production and sound checks. We would have loved to have had Adam appear at the festival but due to the rescheduling this wasn’t possible.”