Source: NBC News
BERLIN — A German concert arena canceled its contract Tuesday with the organizer of an R. Kelly tour, days after the R&B star was charged in the United States with sexually abusing four people, including three underage girls, dating back to 1998.
“Regarding the new and objective facts, we have decided to cancel the contract,” Ratiopharm Arena in Neu-Ulm wrote on its Facebook page. The operators of the arena had already removed advertisements for an April 12 concert from Facebook on Monday.
“We regret the fans’ understandable disappointment and ask them to turn to the tour’s organizer” regarding possible reimbursement of their tickets, Ratiopharm Arena wrote. The concert’s organizer, Thomas Bernard, did not return several requests for comments.
The operator of the Sporthalle Hamburg arena, where the other German concert is planned for April 14, said they’d already tried to cancel the contract with Kelly’s representative before the R&B star was charged,…
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