Usher and Chris Brown Cancel Two More R&B Tour Dates

Usher and Chris Brown have cancelled two more stops on their R&B Tour: a Nov. 16 concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and a Dec. 6 show at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Billboard reported the cancellations. As of Nov. 11, Ticketmaster was showing cancellation notices for both shows.

No reason had been given for the Los Angeles or Miami cancellations at the time of publication.

The two new cancellations bring the total number of cancelled tour dates to six. All six came from dates added in August, which extended the run beyond its original schedule. Four of them came in October, when shows in Baltimore, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Columbia, South Carolina were called off. The tour said those October cancellations were made to protect the health and well-being of the touring party and crew, meaning the performers, band and staff who travel with the show.

Nine dates remain, with the final show set for Dec. 12. A tour is a moving operation, and each cancelled night means a night of work lost for the people who build the stage, drive the trucks and staff the venues.

The tour's five-show run in Atlanta began on Nov. 5. Billboard reported that the opening night started more than two hours late and without the two headliners performing together. The fifth and final Atlanta show was scheduled for Wednesday night, Nov. 11.

Money is another part of the picture. In September, the tour grossed $77.4 million from 423,000 tickets across 10 shows, according to Billboard. "Gross" is the total amount taken from ticket sales before costs such as staff, venue fees and transport are paid.

Chris Brown also has a court matter on record. He pleaded guilty to a charge of affray, a public fighting offence, in July. He was due back in court on Oct. 26 over a 2023 nightclub assault case in London, in which he received a suspended jail sentence with no additional jail time. A suspended sentence means the prison term is not served unless a new offence is committed within a set period.

Ticket holders for the cancelled Los Angeles and Miami shows can check Ticketmaster for updates on their orders.