Key Takeaways
- Ebro Darden suspects low ticket sales—not a rumored feud—drove Usher and Chris Brown’s two R&B Tour cancellations, calling their alleged dispute a “marketing hustle.”
- The singers canceled their Nov. 16 SoFi Stadium and Dec. 6 Hard Rock Stadium shows without an explanation.
- Despite reports of tension over their Atlanta show’s start time, Brown and Usher shared the stage at their final Atlanta show, with Brown calling Usher “my brother.”
Ebro Darden has his doubts about a rumored feud between Chris Brown and Usher being the reason behind the cancellation of two upcoming shows on the R&B Tour.
On the latest episode of The Ebro Laura Rosenberg Show, Ebro admitted he thought their feud was a “marketing hustle,” with the thought that “controversy sells.”
Ebro questioned the reported issue at the center of their dispute on Nov. 5, which is a disagreement over the start time of their show at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. With traffic and street closures causing many attendees to arrive late, Brown allegedly wanted to delay the show while Usher preferred to go on as planned.
“These are touring veterans. These are concert veterans,” the former Hot 97 morning show host said. “If they have a problem, I don’t believe that’s the problem. And if they’re trying to make that the problem, I think that’s because they’re trying to sell tickets.”
“I think this cancellation may have something to do with ticket sales,” he added.
On Tuesday (Nov. 10), TMZ noticed that Brown and Usher cancelled concerts on Nov. 16 at SoFi Stadium and Dec. 6 at Hard Rock without providing a reason. Ticketmaster only shared that ticketholders would be receiving a refund.
Rosenberg added that he “immediately thought they obviously didn’t sell” when he found out about the cancellations. “They pushed it till they ran out of gas,” he added.
One day after sources told TMZ that the relationship between the two was “still icy,” Brown and Usher appeared onstage together during their final show in Atlanta, with the former referring to the latter as “my brother.”
