Usher and Chris Brown, two of the biggest R&B stars of all time, have been co-headlining a stadium tour this year. It's been a weird ride, and now the ride might be over prematurely. Two shows on the tour have now been canceled amidst rumors of a feud between the two singers.
TMZ has been closely reporting on this story over the past week. Last Thursday, Usher and Brown began a record-setting five-night run at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium but scrapped the portions of the show in which they'd been performing together, opting not to appear onstage at the same time. This left fans dissatisfied and sparked chatter about discord between the two stars, a notion further fueled by Usher telling his hometown crowd, "Welcome to my show." TMZ later reported that the singers had gotten into an argument backstage about whether to start the show on time or wait for crowds to arrive after major traffic delays. (Usher reportedly wanted to proceed as scheduled, while Brown wanted to wait for more people to show up.)
Though Usher and Brown took the stage together at Friday's show, things took another strange turn on Sunday night. Brown brought out Gabrielle Cheyenne, the woman who went viral when Usher brought her onstage in Nashville this summer and she clearly didn't want to be there. Reportedly, she was more interested in appearing with Brown, and on Sunday, she got her wish. Tuesday, TMZ reported that relations between Usher and Brown were "still icy," but it was reportedly unrelated to Cheyenne. Within hours, the duo's Nov. 16 show at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles was scrapped.
Today, Usher and Brown have canceled another upcoming gig, their Dec. 6 visit to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. No official reason for the cancellations has been provided. Maybe an Usher impersonator could do the shows instead? In any case, noted Usher/Chris Brown critic Lionel Richie is surely loving this drama.
