Those preparing to catch The Roots and others at the David Bowie tribute concerts at Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall in New York tonight and tomorrow will have to readjust their expectations, as Roots drummer and band leader Questlove posted to Instagram on Wednesday (March 30) announcing the band's withdrawal from the shows. While Quest isn't too specific as to what caused The Roots to drop out, he does reference an issue with shared equipment.

"I’ve never been so insecure or petty as to deny a fellow musician use of ANY of my equipment (or my band’s equipment——or resources or contacts or knowledge or ANYTHING) it angers me when that same courtesy is not reciprocated," he wrote. "Keeping a level head and not being self destructive is a weak point I’m working on. But I’m also keeping it true: The Roots/Bilal/Kimbra…pulled out of these Bowie gigs. We have patience. But we do not have patience for the #Bitchassness. Enjoy your precious equipment."

As Pitchfork reports, Questlove's music site Okayplayer is the exclusive media partner for both tribute concerts, so it isn't immediately clear how or why the equipment dispute came about, but the results are nonetheless the same. As Jimmy Fallon's house band on The Tonight Show, The Roots have further cemented their status as New York mainstays, so it is curious that the two iconic venues, or those organizing the shows, would ruffle Quest's feathers so much. Quest's full Instagram caption can be read above.

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