The real reason behind Wailer's Absence was actually more than him simply missing his flight. He in fact did not even go to the airport. The word is that his daughter told him that she had dreamt the plane he would have been coming to Trinidad in had crashed and he had died. Wailer has always had a fear of flying and for roughly twenty years or so had not left Jamaica to travel anywhere because of this. You can't blame the man for not wanting to fly and although the patrons missed out on his wonderful live performance, better safe than dead.
Shadow too created a bit of a stir when he verbally roughed up a cameraman who was filming his performance to be shown on the two large screens flanking the stage. Shadow approached the man asking him why he was, "doing that" and as the man attempted to explain, Shadow became belligerent telling the man he was no friend of his and called on the promoter, Roy Maharaj of TriStar Promotions to get the cameraman off the stage. As the man continued to try to explain, Shadow began to insult him and so he eventually left the stage.
Although reggae crooner, Glen Washington started off his performance on a high note having the women swooning as they danced to his music, the audience eventually drew weary of his monotone style and started to clap him off the stage. He failed to recognise their displeasure mistaking their actions as a call for more and ended up on stage for well over an hour. Although he was for the most part a source of boredom, Washington did have several bright moments.
The rains came down as preparations were being made on stage for veteran reggae singer, Joseph Hill and Culture. By the time he finally hit the stage many people had left their seats and flocked to the foot of the stage. As the band kicked off the music, people began bouncing with hands lifted chanting for the artiste who sent them into further frenzy as he took the stage. Culture had folks dancing and singing along for over an hour as the group delivered a scintillating performance.
