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Kendrick Lamar has pulled out of his his slot at this year's Parklife festival due to scheduling conflicts, and will be replaced by A$AP Rocky.
The Manchester festival announced today (May 20) that the 'Swimming Pools' rapper won't be appearing at the Saturday (June 7) of the weekend anymore due to his forthcoming tour - and will be replaced by New York MC A$AP Rocky.
"Unfortunately due to a scheduling conflict with Kendrick's tour, he will not be able to appear at next month's Parklife," a statement from Parklife reads. "However, the Parklife team are very excited to announce that A$AP Rocky has now confirmed to play the festival as one of only two UK festival appearances for 2014.
"We have been trying to get A$AP to play Parklife for a long, long time so are made up that he'll be joining the party on Saturday, June 7."
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