Brandy Norwood and Monica Arnold’s Saturday, October 18, The Boy Is Mine Tour live performance got here to a screeching halt.
The 2 singers had been in the midst of performing one in every of their duets on Saturday when Brandy, 46, all of the sudden walked offstage, in line with social media footage.
“Wait, what? We’re all in shock,” one fan wrote through X. “How come Brandy left the stage midway by the #theboyisminetour? Nobody is aware of what occurred, however Monica needed to shut the live performance alone they usually didn’t sing ‘The Boy is Mine.’ She was [also] having audio issues.”
Neither Brandy nor Monica, 44, have publicly addressed the state of affairs. Us Weekly reached out to reps for each stars for remark.
Brandy and Monica, recognized for his or her hit 1998 duet “The Boy Is Mine,” kicked off their joint tour earlier this month.
“This Second 🖤These Occasions 🖤Our Music,” Brandy and Monica captioned a joint Instagram publish on Friday, October 17. “We’re happy with us and pray every evening you all are happy with us as properly. #BiggerThanMusic.”
The dynamic duo introduced their coheadlining tour in June, revealing through social media that they might be performing throughout 27 cities in the US from October to December.
“Monica and I coming collectively once more isn’t simply in regards to the music — it’s about honoring the place we got here from and the way far we’ve each come,” Brandy stated in a press release on the time. “‘The Boy Is Mine’ was a defining chapter in R&B, and to share the stage all these years later is larger than a reunion — it’s a celebration of progress, sisterhood and the love our followers have given us from day one.”
Monica echoed her fellow performer’s sentiments in her personal assertion.
“This tour is a celebration of our historical past, our influence, and the followers who’ve grown with us,” she wrote in a press launch. “Brandy and I’ve been on our personal distinctive journeys, and coming again collectively on this approach is a reminder of the ability of respect, energy and actual music. We’re giving the folks what they’ve been asking for, and doing it with grace, love and objective. God’s timing completely aligned us.”
Monica later informed Essence earlier this month that the Boy Is Mine Tour was a piece of “divine timing.”
“Entering into this tour looks like a full-circle second,” Brandy added to the outlet. “It’s an opportunity to honor the place we’ve come from, to rejoice the individuals who’ve supported us from the very starting, and to share the stage in a approach that feels contemporary, highly effective and deeply linked to who we are actually. It’s emotional, it’s inspiring and it jogs my memory that music actually is timeless.”
She continued, “Once we’re collectively, it creates a way of stability and help that enables me to be totally current. Sharing that bond together with her goes past the music — it displays a mutual respect and understanding that’s been constructed over years of experiences.”
The Boy Is Mine Tour may even function particular performances from visitors Kelly Rowland, Muni Lengthy and Jamal Roberts.