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Gigs & Festivals
Ne-Yo blogs about tearful early exit from Manchester gig
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 20 July 2009
Ne-Yo has spoken about a gig in Manchester last Thursday, in which he was forced to leave the stage, in floods of tears, because of ill health. The tears, it seems, were because he has never had to prematurely quit a show before. The R&B star was apparently clearly struggling during his show at the MEN Arena last week, before making an impromptu departure from the stage. He reappeared shortly later in floods of tears to tell the audience: “I’ve never not completed a show, I’ve never done this before”.
Commenting on the aborted gig and the tears, Ne-Yo wrote on GlobalGrind.com: “Basically, I have an issue with not knowing when to say enough is enough, so last night in Manchester, my body said it for me. I got on stage energized and ready to go, even though for the last five days I’ve been dealing with a sinus infection. I paid it no real mind, and kept on going, like I always do. My voice couldn’t take it. From the first song I knew something was wrong. I shoulda stopped there, but I come from a school where no matter what, the show must go on. It wasn’t until about four songs in that I came to the painful realisation that my voice was done, literally nothing left, and that I would have to stop the show”.
He continued: “I’ve never had to stop a show, never dreamed I’d ever have to. So when I had to walk out on that stage and tell 12,000 of the people responsible for making me who I am that I could not perform for them, it literally broke my heart. I cried harder than I have in a very long time with no shame whatsoever”.
For anyone wanting to mock Ne-Yo for the tears, you know, for being a bit of a girl about it all, well, he has this to say: “To anyone out there that would like to question my manhood because of this I’ll say this to you: If the one thing you cared about more than anything else in the world was threatened or even taken from you, if you knew that the people you cared for the most you had to disappoint and it was your fault… and this didn’t spark some kind of emotional outbreak within you… then with no shame I’ll say you are truly a stronger man than I. Thanks to the fans for the love and concern. And to the bloggers… go to hell”. So that’s you bloggers told. See you in hell.
