Proof has emerged that Snoop Dogg will still headline the AFL Grand Final entertainment despite his recent controversial comments on same-sex relationships.
The hip-hop icon, 53, sparked calls for the AFL to cancel his performance after controversial comments last week – but it’s now looking like he’ll still take the stage.
Snoop is bringing his legendary DJ Snoopadelic Pop-Up Shows to Sydney on Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28 – the day after the Grand Final – a clear sign his Melbourne set is still on.
Mudcrab Music teased the string of Sydney events on social media.
‘It’s happening. The one and only Snoop Dogg is pulling up to Greenwood Hotel with his legendary DJ Snoopadelic Pop-Up Show,’ they began.
‘Sunday, 28 September 2025. One night only. One party you’ll never forget. Tickets will move fast – don’t sleep.’
Proof has emerged that Snoop Dogg will still headline the AFL Grand Final entertainment despite his recent controversial comments on same-sex relationships
Along with his Greenwood Hotel gig, he will also be performing his DJ set at the brand-new Bella LIVE venue in Bella Vista, Sydney, on Saturday night, followed by Cargo Bar on Sunday.
It comes after footy legend Brendan Fevola claimed that controversial US rapper Snoop Dogg will be dropped as the headline AFL Grand Final entertainment act due to controversy around his songs and comments on women and gay people.
The rapper’s selection to perform at the AFL’s showpiece event has divided Aussies, with some saying that the league is undermining its commitment to respecting women.
Fevola believes that the AFL will backflip and axe Snoop from his headlining gig.
‘On Snoop, I might have some goss about that,’ Fevola told 101.9 The Fox’s Fifi, Fev & Nick on Monday.
‘They’re going to axe him. Because of his lyrics in his song and he talked about gay parents over the weekend,’ he said.
‘I think he will get the a**e, and they are going to go for an Aussie artist to play at the MCG.
‘That will happen, take that to the bank. He will get the [a**e], which he should.’
Snoop made controversial comments last week which prompted calls for the AFL to scrap his scheduled performance – but it has now come out the performance will still go ahead. Snoop is set to bring his legendary DJ Snoopadelic Pop-Up Show to Sydney on Sunday, 28 September
The performance is just one day after the Grand Final – proving that his Melbourne performance is going ahead as scheduled
Given Snoop’s huge profile, the move would be sure to make headlines outside Australia.
Last week, AFL CEO Andrew Dillon defended the decision to pay Snoop a rumoured $2million to perform at the grand final.
‘We cannot vouch for every lyric in every song ever written or performed by any artist who has or will appear on our stage, Australian or international,’ he said.
‘It’s also important to remember that we have engaged Snoop Dogg in 2025 as the person he is today.
‘He has spoken publicly about his past, he has changed, and today he is a grandfather, philanthropist, he helps rehabilitate youth, and he’s a global entertainer who has performed at both the Super Bowl and the Olympic closing ceremony to audiences of more than 100 million people.
‘In those environments, his performances were appropriate and well-received, and his performance this year at our grand final will be fitting for the best sporting event in the country.’
However, Snoop proved Dillon wrong when he appeared on a podcast last Thursday.
The 53-year-old was discussing taking his grandson to see the kids’ movie Lightyear, which features two female characters who kiss.
Snoop Dogg said his grandson asked him, ‘Papa Snoop, how she have a baby with a woman? She’s a woman.’
He responded, ‘Aw s**t, I didn’t come here for this s**t, I just came here to watch the goddamn movie.
‘So that’s like f**k me, I’m scared to go to the movies now, y’all throwing me in the middle of this s**t that I don’t have an answer for… it threw me. Do we have to show that at that age? They’re going to ask questions. I don’t have the answer.’
Snoop also said, ‘they putting it everywhere’ as he began talking about the depiction of same-sex relationships in popular culture.
