Azealia Banks has cancelled her June, July and August summer festival dates which means the rapper will not be a headliner at Rough Beats.

Despite “212” fast becoming an anthem and Banks’ universally praised breakthrough performance at Coachella Festival in April, a decision has been made by her new management that she needs to get back into the studio and invest more time on her forthcoming debut album ‘Broke With Expensive Taste’.

The American rapper, currently one of the most played artists on Spotify, was due to perform at Love Box, Rockness, Parklife, Wakestock and her first festival headlining show at Rough Beats Festival in Yorkshire on 9th June.

Rough Beats festival organiser, Mike McSherry comments: “Obviously we’re gutted that a really exciting new artist like Azealia has cancelled. We were pretty chuffed about getting in there early and backing her to be a great act even before her debut releases. However, I think her management have made the right decision. As great as her Coachella performance was, the UK audience is going to need more than half hour of material from a headliner. There’s no doubt that her UK tour in the Autumn will be brilliant and when she’s a bonafide megastar this time next year, maybe we’ll be able to persuade her back to the NY of the UK”.

Other acts playing at the three days Rough Beats Festival in Yorkshire are Gruff Rhys, Pulled Apart By Horses, Django Django, Francois And The Atlas Mountains, Mahala Rai Banda, Craig Charles, le KKC Orchestra, Nelski, Rise Kagona (Bhundu Boys) and lots more.

McSherry added: “By any measure, we’ve got one of the most exciting, credible and fun festival line-ups this summer and we’re now working on replacing Azealia Banks with an equally great act. We’d strongly recommend anyone planning to come to the festival to buy their ticket before the beginning of May or risk missing out”.