Thursday 16 July 2009

Video: So Sick - Ne-Yo cries off Manchester gig
























Los Angeles R&B star Ne-Yo tonight provided drama at Manchester's M.E.N Arena after aborting his near sell-out show half way through a headline set.

The self-proclaimed ‘smooth’ pop icon complained of illness after a couple of songs and appeared visibly uncomfortable, at one stage asking for patience from a loyal and fervent Arena audience.

The aborted set relied on backing tracks and audience vocals, with Ne-Yo even pushing out an unknown female singer from his own record label to placate a restless crowd.

By 10pm the singer and his dancing partners trundled off stage, leaving their bemused band charged with an awkward fill in. To his credit, Ne-Yo emerged teary eyed (quite a contrast to his gyrating antics some 10 minutes earlier) vowing to return to the city and finish the show at a later date.

After a similar walkout earlier in the current tour, we weren't totally surprised at Ne-Yo's cry off, captured on video below:



Read our full review of the gig for Manchester Evening News here.

7 comments:

  1. haha i hate him, so funny to see him cry cos he got a cough... awww pathetic to be honest haha!

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  2. what a nob annon get over yourself least he can cry we were in the front row and he was amazing and still trooped on despite how ill he was. bless him love sobie x

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  3. FUNNY HOW U ANONYMOUS THO HE WAS WELL HE SAID HE'LL BE BACK

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  4. SORRY THAT WAS HE WASNT WELL

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  5. He wont be back!!! Yeah i was there too and that fake arse cry because of a fever thats why women are the stronger sex....MAN FLU AGAIN!!!!! What you dont realise is that he is up where he is because of people like us that buy his songs and albums and tickets to half hearted concerts!!!! Truly disappointed yes im a fan also but its not always ok to just pull out us mums who take our daughters has to make up for the shit that was pulled last nite if he were that ill then why is tonights and tomorrows show going ahead??? The least he could of done is let us know whats going on....Bull shit if you ask me!!!!!

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  6. FFS the guy is human - he tried to give a good show but he was ill. Give him a break! What would you have done if you were ill????????? I saw him in Glasgow on the 13th and he was totally amazing - luv him to bits and hope he is feeling better!

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