MANCHESTER, England (AP) 鈥 Nicki Minaj's concert in Manchester scheduled for Saturday night was postponed after police in the Netherlands discovered marijuana in her bags as she was preparing to leave the country.
Promoter Live Nation said the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will be honored.
鈥淒espite Nicki鈥檚 best efforts to explore every possible avenue to make tonight鈥檚 show happen, the events of today have made it impossible,鈥 the promoter said in a statement. 鈥淲e are deeply disappointed by the inconvenience this has caused.鈥
Minaj tweeted earlier Saturday that she was stopped at the Amsterdam airport as she was about to board a plane for the concert in Manchester. Police told her they found marijuana in her bags, and it would have to be weighed, she tweeted. Cannabis is illegal in the Netherlands, but it is tolerated for recreational use.
Robert Van Kapel, a spokesperson for the Netherlands military police, said a 41-year-old American woman had been arrested for exporting 鈥渟oft drugs.鈥 He did not identify the woman or elaborate on the type of drugs in question. Police later tweeted that they fined the woman and released her.
Minaj, who is 41 years old, tweeted that she believes police just wanted to make her late for her concert in Manchester.
鈥淭old you, it鈥檚 to try to make me late so that they can write negative stories. Jealousy is a disease. You know the rest,鈥 Minaj tweeted.
Her representatives didn't immediately respond to messages Saturday.
The Trinidadian-born rapper is best known for her hits 鈥淪uper Freaky Girl," 鈥淎naconda鈥 and 鈥淪tarships.鈥 She has been nominated for 12 Grammy awards over the course of her career. The Manchester concert is part of her 鈥淧ink Friday 2鈥 tour, which includes stops in Paris, Poland, Germany, Romania and Switzerland.
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Associated Press journalists Michael Corder in The Hague, Netherlands, and Sian Watson in Cannes, France, contributed to this report.
