N-Dubz cancel show 'at the last minute' after support acts perform

Fans were near aggravated and disappointed aft hip-hop trio N-Dubz cancelled a amusement "at the precise past minute" aft its enactment acts had performed.

The concert, astatine the Motorpoint Arena successful Nottingham, was portion of the group's The Back To The Future circuit pursuing their caller return aft 11 years.

One instrumentality said she felt "mugged off" by the cancellation.

N-Dubz apologised but said vocalist Dappy had been advised by doctors to remainder and would beryllium incapable to perform.

Hours earlier the show, Dappy posted connected his Instagram communicative that his dependable was "basically gone" arsenic a effect of doing "too galore shows backmost to back".

In a abstracted communicative post, helium aboriginal said: "I'm truthful atrocious Nottingham."

But the cancellation was not confirmed by the venue until fans had watched the enactment acts, with an announcement displayed connected a ample surface connected the main stage.

Katie Simpson, 21, from Nottingham, said she felt "mugged off" by the group, adding the ambiance became "really scary" aft the announcement.

"Everyone was fuming, they were throwing drinks connected the signifier and pouring brew everywhere," she said.

"There was warring and radical were going up to the stewards to inquire what was going on. 

"They virtually fto america down 5 minutes earlier they were coming on. They've taken the implicit mick retired of us."

Ms Simpson has called for a refund aft the cancellation, saying she would not privation to spell to a rescheduled performance.

Nottinghamshire Police said officers had not received immoderate reports of disturbances.

Some societal media users described the quality arsenic "appalling" and a "joke".

Others asked wherefore organisers had allowed fans to get and the different acts to spell up if they had been alert of Dappy's condition.

The radical consists of Dappy - existent sanction Costadinos Contostavlos - his relative Tulisa Contostavlos and Fazer, existent sanction Richard Rawson.

On societal media, N-Dubz aboriginal wrote: "We're truthful atrocious we had to cancel the amusement tonight.

"We tried to bash everything imaginable to marque the amusement happen, but a doc advised astatine the precise past infinitesimal that Dappy was incapable to execute and needed to remainder tonight.

"The O2 Arena amusement time [23 November] and the remainder of the circuit volition inactive beryllium going ahead. We volition marque a further connection aft Dappy has seen the doc again time morning."