The Roots cancels David Bowie tribute concerts over dispute

American hip-hop band The Roots have cancelled David Bowie tribute concerts that they were scheduled to perform, multi-instrumentalist Questlove has announced.

They were to perform on Thursday and Friday.

Questlove wrote a lengthy Instagram post about the concerts, attributing the band's cancellation to a dispute over sharing equipment, reports variety.com.

"Mood. 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," Questlove wrote.

"(Believe you me I was about to get Tom Petty or Petty Wap or Pet Rock and C L Smooth or Black Petty or however you wanna roll with it)... 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 pulled out of these Bowie gigs. We have patience. But we do not have patience for the Bitcha**ness. Enjoy your precious equipment," he added.