Prince Cancels Concert in Rio de Janeiro

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Prince cancels his August 27th concert in Rio de Janeiro with an email to the promoters of the Back 2 Black festival stating that he can’t be there on that date.

No other explanation was given and promoters of the festival have offered no other insight as to why His Purple Badness cancelled.

Prince has not performed in Brazil since the first Rock in Rio festival 20 years ago. The cancellation leaves a bitter taste in many Prince fans mouths who have been waiting to see him perform. Many fans have paid for flights and booked hotels in Rio just for the event.

At least Chaka Kahn and Macy Gray are still scheduled to perform, but for those Prince fans, this is of little consequence.

Refunds for those with tickets to the Prince night of the festival will begin this Thursday.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 at 9:53 AM. It is filed under Celebrities, Music, Rio de Janeiro and tagged with , , . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

One Response to “Prince Cancels Concert in Rio de Janeiro”

  1. Brasil: Best Live Music of my Life!! « Everybody Loves the Sunshine says:
    501Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:02:10 +0000am29102Wednesday BRSTWed, 19 Oct 2011 11:02:10 +0000amvAmerica/Sao_PauloWednesday at 11:02 AM

    [...] on various political and cultural issues. The big shocker of the weekend was when Prince suddenly canceled his performance just days beforehand in a one-liner e-mail with no other explanation. While this was a huge insult [...]

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