Stormzy to replace A$AP Rocky as Open’er Festival headliner after his arrest in Sweden

Poland's Open'er Festival has replaced A$AP Rocky with Stormzy today after the Testing rapper was arrested in Stockholm after an alleged assault.

The festival thanked Stormzy on socials, writing, "Stormzy is coming to Open’er! This year’s Glastonbury headliner in just a few hours decided to help us, and we are very grateful for that. Respect!"

Stormzy is coming to Open’er! This year’s Glastonbury headliner in just a few hours decided to help us, and we are very grateful for that. Respect! See you in @MiastoGdynia tonight at 0:30, Orange Main Stage @stormzy @Orange_Polska pic.twitter.com/Pc0YoCIRG1

— Open'er Festival (@opener_festival) July 4, 2019

Pitchfork reports that A$AP Rocky was arrested yesterday (3 July) after reportedly kicking and punching a man on Stockholm's streets.

The "Praise The Lawd" rapper shared footage of the situation on his Instagram, writing, "We don't know these guys and we didn't want trouble, they followed us for four blocks, and they were slapping girls' butts who passed, give me a break."

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SO A FEW DRUG ADDICTS ARE NOT MY FANS , WE DONT KNOW THESE GUYS AND WE DIDNT WANT TROUBLE , THEY FOLLOWED US FOR 4 BLOCKS , AND THEY WERE SLAPPING GIRLS BUTTS WHO PASSED , GIVE ME A BREAK

A post shared by PRETTY FLACKO (@asaprocky) on Jul 2, 2019 at 7:56am PDT

In a second clip, A$AP Rocky added, "Hits security in the face with headphones then follow us."

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A post shared by PRETTY FLACKO (@asaprocky) on Jul 2, 2019 at 8:06am PDT

CNN reports that A$AP Rocky's lawyer, Henrik Olsson Lilja, said, "We are working hard with this and confident that the prosecutor will take a decision in favor of my client when he gets the full picture."