Followers have been a little bit confused after leaving a live performance for Brandy Norwood and Monica Arnold's The Boys Is Mine Tour this weekend with out listening to the duo's 1998 basic.

The R&B singers have been acting at Chicago's United Heart on Saturday night time when Brandy walked off stage in the midst of a tune. In movies of the second shared throughout social media, she seemed to be combating technical difficulties proper earlier than exiting. Some clips present her approaching the backstage sound sales space.

"Give me one second, y’all," she says in fan-recorded footage. "I gotta get my…"

The Grammy winner then disappeared and by no means returned, leaving Monica to carry out the subsequent few songs of their set on her personal. Whereas earlier exhibits have concluded with the duo's No. 1 duet, "The Boy Is Mine" (which they named the tour after), the Chicago crowd was despatched dwelling with out listening to the closing quantity.

Followers reacted with concern and frustration within the aftermath of Saturday's efficiency, with one X person writing, "We're all in shock. How come Brandy left the stage midway by way of 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.'"

Now Brandy has addressed her sudden exit in an announcement shared with Leisure Weekly.

"Thanks all for the overwhelming love, assist, and — most significantly — your prayers," Brandy started. "I sincerely apologize for the abrupt finish to final night time's efficiency in Chicago. After weeks of nonstop rehearsals, final night time I skilled dehydration and emotions of eager to faint. Everybody concerned agreed that prioritizing my well-being was of the utmost significance."

She defined that regardless of not feeling nice, she determined to carry out, along with her group making some technical changes for her. "Sadly, it was unattainable to completely join sonically with the manufacturing," Brandy wrote. "I actually respect everybody's greatest efforts. I'm deeply grateful to my sister, Monica, for stepping up with such grace and professionalism and your complete crew for his or her continued care and assist."

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Noting that she went straight "from the world to see a physician close by," Brandy assured followers that she is taking precautions and shall be again for the singers' Sunday night time present in Indianapolis.

"I stay up for returning to the stage — stronger and extra grateful than ever — alongside my lady, Monica, tonight in Indianapolis," she concluded in her assertion.

Saturday's hiccup comes simply three nights into the duo's reunion tour, which they kicked off greater than 25 years after the discharge of their hit "The Boy Is Mine," which grew to become a cultural phenomenon amid rumors of a feud between the singers.

Whispers of unhealthy blood between Brandy and Monica circulated after the tune hit airwaves, fueling hypothesis with its narrative about them combating over a boy. The rumors reached a fever pitch after report producer Dallas Austin claimed that he noticed Monica punch Brandy within the face backstage at an awards present earlier than a efficiency of the only.

Brandy's brother, fellow artist Ray J, has additionally mentioned that the feud was "100% actual," claiming that being pitted in opposition to each other incited competitiveness between the 2 girls. Not one of the rumour stopped them from collaborating on the 2012 tune "It All Belongs to Me," having their well-known Verzuz battle in 2020, or embarking on their new tour.

Addressing the alleged stress between them in a joint interview with Gayle King in June, Monica mentioned, "It began as nothing and it actually did flip into one thing."

She added that they’ve since communicated immediately as a result of on the time, "there was a number of confusion and battle and there was lots of people round."

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Monica additionally slammed the music business for pitting them in opposition to one another. "I used to be 18, she was 17 once we did the report," she mentioned. "Folks overlook that you just're having this dialog about kids, principally. You're inciting a riot amongst kids! We have been youngsters… We didn't actually know one another."

For her half, Brandy quipped, "The tune didn't assist both. We have been combating over a boy."

The Boy Is Mine Tour is about to proceed with Sunday's live performance at Indianapolis' Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

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