Club Owner Threatens To Sue Beyonce
Scroll down to read my rare defense of Beyonce in this situation.
Swiped from That B*tch:
You can hire Beyonce to perform at your venue, but she might not show up. That’s the deal with M2 club in NY so they’re threatening to sue her ass. M2 contracted Beyonce to perform at their club tommrow night to kick off her North American tour, but Sasha cancelled on them at the last minute saying she didn’t have time for a show, but that she would come hang out for an hour instead. M2 was not having it. They say they’ve already sold tables for thousands of dollars, plus kicked out over 100 grand to rent soundboards, wind machines and lighting and stuff. The club is claiming a “loss of reputation” in addition to the cash spent. The owner was all like, “We had an overwhelming response from our clubgoers, who were lining up to buy tickets and tables. This will come as a great disappointment to all of them. If Beyonce cancels and doesn’t give us a new date, this hurts our credibility in nightlife.”
Here’s where I defend Beyonce for the first time ever on this blog: Why should she perform at some hole in the wall joint even for $200,000 when that’s no money to people on her level? If rappers such as T.I. and Lil Wayne can command fees of $150,000 just to show up and drink Patron in the VIP, why should someone of Bey’s caliber perform for a measly $50,000 extra? These nightclub owners have lost their minds.
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Did you have to use the wax picture of B? And did hell freeze over…wow. They should have put it in the contract. I say get over it.
plus kicked out over 100 grand to rent soundboards, wind machines and lighting and stuff.
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They thought adding in the “wind machines” would have made it a done deal. LOL. Yes that wax figure is ugly.
WHAT?!?! nothing bad to say about Beyonce? SHOCKED>
anyway she accepted that offer so she should perform. if she dont then id sue her too.
@ KC I swear I was thinking the same thing about the pic.
A woman must know her worth.
& what idot books a star who is in the middle of a tour to perform? I think she was nice enough to say she’ll still show up. The people who brought tickets would be just as happy sitting in the same room as Bey as the would to see her hair blow. Use the wind machine to cool the place down. Cause you know their AC is probably busted.
I am still pissed as hail bout her and these damn wind machines….does she like her hair blowing that much or does she get that dayum hot??
I love Bey btw…
And i don’t and wont’ defend beyonce.
She signed a contract. How long ago did she sign this contract and beyaki always tours. A contract is a contract. She’s an entertainer that always has alot going on, she shouldn’t of signed for it then, esp since its pocket $$ for her.
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Umm Sandra sorry you’re wrong, the fee wasn’t hidden when Beyonce’s team signed that agreement, if it wasn’t enough cash they shouldn’t have entered into a legally binding contract. I say they sue to recoup their losses and for any possible damages their image receives as a result of this no show artists reneging on their contract.
I knew it wouldnt take Daddy Matthew long to release a statement
Are you kidding Daisy. Don’t say page but copy & paste it if you can.
Ice I left wk for the day so I’m on my crackberry can’t cut n paste what he said but n a nutshell he said they didn’t sign a contract to do a show
Statement on Beyonce Launch Party Cancellation
NEW YORK, June 19 /PRNewswire/ — The cancellation of the launch party for Beyonce’s “I AM…” tour, first scheduled for this Saturday at M2, was a result of a breach of contract by the promoter. Beyonce never had a contract with the club itself and no one in her camp dealt directly with the venue. The superstar was never scheduled to perform but was to serve as a co-host and introduce singer/songwriter Solange’s performance. Patrons were falsely promised a performance by Beyonce.
SOURCE Music World/Columbia Records
http://news.prnewswire.com/
This is the same thing they were doing at her pre/post party shows on her European leg of her tour. Solange did the performing, she just introduced her. I said $200,000 was kinda cheap for the likes of Beyonce as well.
bey dont perform in “clubs” anywayz so i wouldnt even believe it. she has a TOUR so aint no way she wasting a song to perform at some club! now they just get a cheaper version of bey…solange! who’s album was/is THE SHYT!!
Well if they sued they feel she signed a contract to perform so I say let the courts decide lol
THEY HAVEN’T SUED YET, HE IS THREATENING TO SUE. I THINK THE PROMOTER IS THE ONE WHO IS GOING TO LOSE.
well… if they didnt have a contract that was stupid on the promoter’s part.
i like solange’s cd too.
@MUNCH
YOU are THE MAN (Uh I mean, THE WOMAN !!!) LOL
That Wax Figure doesn’t look like Beyonce at all…
@Sandra
“when that’s no money to people on her level?”
Have you forgotten it’s the people on that level that got her where she is today!!!!
Auntie ?? Did your page get hacked ?? Is this really u ?? I never thought I’d see the day that you would *gulps* DEFEND Beyonce`…I love B but I don’t think I can get used to you being nice to her…lol !
I thought that was Jennifer Lopez.
Dhoward I will fight u lol ova that J Lo dig
Team Daisy !!!
LOL
If it wasn’t for the so called people who “aren’t on her level” she wouldn’t be where she is today!
Whatever she was suppose to contribute, canceling at the last minute is very unprofessional. And daddy knowles isn’t exactly the most honest person when it comes to money..I say sue her azz and let the judge sort it out
I CALLED THE VENUE, THEY SAID SOLANGE IS PERFORMING TOMORROW NIGHT AND THAT I COULD PURCHASE A TICKET AT THE DOOR FOR $45. SO I AM GUESSING EVERYONE KNEW SOLANGE WAS PERFORMING LIKE THE ADVERT/FLYER SAID.
OKAY I JUST SAW THE COMMERCIAL FRO TINY AND TOYA’S SHOW ON BET! TINY’S SPEAKING VOICE……………..
DEAD and GONE at Munch calling the club..LOL
THIS IS HOW IT started w/WHITNEY….her first canceled apperance and a year later…well you know the story …lol
come on sandra…she should have not accepted then…that’s unprofessional..im sure she knew it was a hole in the wass as u call it before she accepted the $…
WELL HEARSAY IS A MUTHER DAISY, I GOT IT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH THAT SOLANGE WAS PERFORMING LIKE THE FLYER I SAW SAID. THE FLYER SAID SPEACIAL APPEARANCE BY BEYONCE, AND PERFORMANCE BY SOLANGE, THIS WAS BEFORE THIS SUPPOSED LAWSUIT THREAT. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THE SAME THING SINCE THE EUROPEAN PART OF THE TOUR. MAYBE THE CLUBOWNER SHOULD GET DIFFERENT PROMOTERS FOR HIS CLUB.
SPECIAL, SORRY FOR TYPO.