The Cornell Concert Commission canceled its Saturday concert featuring singer Ty Dolla $ign due to the artist’s “scheduling conflicts,” according to a Friday email sent to ticket holders by CCC, Multicultural Community-Fueled Activity Board and Campus Activities. Tickets will be fully refunded, the email added.
The concert, hosted by CCC in collaboration with MCFAB, was set to take place in Barton Hall at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Ty Dolla $ign informed the concert organizers of his cancellation “[l]ate Wednesday night,” and the organizers were unable to secure a replacement artist due to the short notice, according to the Friday email.
CCC hosts their collaboration with MCFAB at the end of every spring semester. Last spring, the organizations hosted rapper Ken Carson. CCC and MCFAB originally jointly announced that Ty Dolla $ign was set to perform this year in a March 11 Instagram post.
Ty Dolla $ign is a rap and R&B artist and producer best known for his songs "Paranoid," "Or Nah," "Blasé” and his collaborations with other artists. He released two albums with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, titled Vulture 1 and Vulture 2 in 2024.
Dua Saleh was set to open the event as a special guest. Saleh is an alternative rap artist and poet who is also known for their portrayal of Cal Bowman on Netflix’s Sex Education.
The cancellation of the concert was “deeply frustrating” news for CCC selections director Julia Minogue ’27, given that the organizations had worked for over 100 hours since September to coordinate the event with more than 30 other student leaders, she wrote in a statement to The Sun.
“We were all looking forward to a huge Barton show to end off the year,” Minogue wrote. “Hours of work were poured into this show, whether it be the selection process, tabling, designing posters, booking venues, arranging production needs, ordering food, gathering and training volunteers. … It is truly disappointing to not see this show come into fruition.”
“My immediate reaction was disappointment,” said Neha Patil ’28, who was planning to attend the event.
Patil shared that she and her friends had planned to attend the concert for more than a month in advance and that it was particularly upsetting due to Ithaca’s usual lack of proximity to concerts.
“I personally am a big fan of Ty Dollar $ign,” Patil said. “I was really excited to see him and hear his hits.”
Minogue told The Sun that CCC selected Ty Dolla $ign on account of his popularity based on multiple data points from sources including Spotify and Instagram, as well as opinions expressed by CCC’s g-body and e-board.
CCC typically organizes three concerts per semester — collaborating with other student organizations including MCFAB and the Cornell Asian Pacific Student Union. This spring, however, they only organized two concerts, with singer Sarah Kinsley’s March 7 performance and Ty Dolla $ign’s concert originally scheduled for Saturday. The cancellation of Saturday’s concert means that CCC will have only hosted one concert this semester.
CCC’s collaboration with MCFAB and CCC’s homecoming concert are their biggest shows of the academic year, according to Minogue.
Student tickets were sold at an “early bird” price for $20 from March 11 through March 16. The standard price for student tickets was then set as $25.
Ticket holders can expect a refund to their account to be received within five to 14 business days, according to the Friday email.
Giselle Redmond is a member of the Class of 2028 in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is a staff writer for the News department and can be reached at gredmond@cornellsun.com.
