Babyface Asked Not To Perform At Anita Baker’s Due To Technical Issues Delay Concert Fans React

Anita and Babyface's tour stopped in Newark, NJ Wednesday night, and slowly turned into a nightmare for fans. The show was delayed 2 hours, and when it finally started the audience was told there were "technical issues" and Babyface, the opening act, would not be performing. The boos rained down immediately. The fan rage really boiled over, though, when Babyface posted a message explaining why he didn't go on, saying "I was asked not to perform in order to give Ms. Baker her space and time to perform her show in its entirety. After that, the comment section was lit, with many folks teeing off on Auntie Anita accusing her of all sorts of diva-ness. However the "technical issue" was a problem with the massive video wall for Anita's set the touring company could not get it to work properly and there were also sound problems. After such a long delay, the whole show was up against curfew the concert had to end by 11 PM and tough decisions had to be made. there was a discussion about Babyface shortening his usual 1-hour set, but ultimately that didn't happen. Anita did go on around 9 PM and perform her full set, but she still had to combat audio issues and those crappy video screens.

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