CHRIS BROWN IS GETTING NO FAN APPRECIATION ON HIS LATEST TOUR!

Looks like Chris Brown's past might haunt him "Forever."
The scorned singer is attempting a comeback with his "Fan Appreciation" tour, which kicks off next week, but he hasn't had much luck filling even the small venues he's set to perform in.

The gigs - which start at the House of Blues in Houston on Nov. 14 and end in the Big Apple's Nokia Theater on Dec. 15 - aren't even close to sold out. In fact, anyone who's interested can still purchase up to 50 tickets at a time for Brown's opening night.

"This is definitely not the outcome [Chris' label] Jive Records hoped for," says an industry exec, adding that the poor ticket sales are surely a result of Brown's now-infamous altercation with Rihanna in February. "Chris lost a lot of fans after he assaulted Rihanna. And after that whole scandal, he's not exactly kid-friendly. What parent would buy their children tickets to his concert?"

Brown's agent, meanwhile, says he's not worried about the sluggish sales. "Dates are expected to sell out," insists the flack, "and given the economic climate, ticket sales are doing very well."

But another industry insider says the tour may be premature, considering Brown's "Graffiti" album doesn't drop until Dec. 8. "Had this tour fallen on the heels of a smash album, compared to his climbing single 'I Can Transform Ya,' ticket counts might have been better," says the source.

That logic may explain why the release of "Graffiti" has been pushed up a week - it was originally slated for a Dec. 15 debut.

"This may be Jive's way of boosting Chris' head count for the Manhattan show," says the music insider. "The turnout at Nokia is pretty crucial. If he can get a big crowd in New York City, it'll be a good sign that he can regain control of his career."

That may be increasingly more difficult for the controversial crooner, now that Rihanna is finally speaking up about what actually happened between the two on that fateful February night. Among other interviews, the songbird is doing a segment on today's "Good Morning America," which will continue tomorrow on "20/20."

While the "Good Girl Gone Bad" isn't bashing her ex - she refers to him as her first "big love" before labeling the situation as "unfortunate" - she may not have to.

"Chris made his own bed," says our source. "And now he has to lie in it."