Usher & Chris Brown Face Refund Petition After Atlanta Concert Falls Short
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Usher and Chris Brown face a refund petition after Atlanta concertgoers paid for a joint show and left feeling shortchanged.
A fan named Rhonda McKenzie wants her November 5 performance at Mercedes-Benz Stadium redone or ticket buyers reimbursed.
Her Change.org petition passed 1,200 signatures by Sunday, adding a formal demand to the complaints about Thursday’s concert. Attendees described a show that began around 10 P.M. despite its advertised 7:30 P.M. start.
McKenzie and other attendees said their tickets cost hundreds of dollars, with some spending thousands expecting both singers to perform together. Instead, they described separate sets without the shared songs that had been part of the tour.
“This is my first concert experience that I went to where I really felt jipped. I really felt I did get robbed,” McKenzie told WSB-TV’s.
Attendees described Chris Brown finishing alone while suspended above the stage, leaving them unsure whether another performance was coming.
The station hadn’t received responses from the singers’ representatives, Live Nation or Ticketmaster, by Sunday night, and neither performer had publicly explained Thursday’s delay.
The petition adds another complaint to a tour that already canceled October stops in Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Columbia. Organizers attributed those cancellations to protecting the health and well-being of the performers and crew during the lengthy stadium run.
Last week’s missing duets also fed rumors that Usher and Chris Brown were feuding, with TMZ reporting an alleged backstage dispute after their separate performances.
Chris Brown pushed back on his Instagram Story with “Internet cap. don’t fall for it,” although he didn’t identify which claim he meant.
They returned to joint performances Friday, including “Back to Sleep” and the “It Depends” remix, before sharing Sunday’s stage too.
Those later appearances followed Thursday’s complaints about the missing collaborations, but the petition seeks a remedy for people who attended the opening Atlanta concert.
The remaining Atlanta concerts are scheduled for November 10 and November 11 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
