June 19th, 2009 at 7:18 am by
Anne

A Manhattan club owner is threatening to sue Beyonce because of a cancelled concert she planned to do. She was scheduled to perform at ‘M2′ with the owner agreeing to pay $200K for the gig.
People lined up in advance for tickets, and the owner Joey Morrisey already shelled out $100K in preparation of the show. Her people cancelled on Wednesday:
“They said they were too busy with the launching of the tour and that they wouldn’t have time to do the kickoff party,”
Beyonce offered to hang out for an hour on Sunday to make up for it, but that’s not good enough according to Morrisey:
“I mean, we sold tables for thousands of dollars for the show, and spent $100,000 renting a soundboard and other equipment, as per their stipulations. What good does her showing up for an hour do me? They’ve been totally unwilling to agree to another show.”
Morrisey is planning a million-dollar lawsuit claiming his bar suffered a:
“loss of reputation” [in addition to the sunk cash.] “We had an overwhelming response from our clubgoers, who were lining up to buy tickets and tables. This will come as a great disappointment to all of them,” he claims, adding, “If Beyoncé cancels and doesn’t give us a new date, this hurts our credibility in night life.”
According to PageSix the gig was on Beyonce’s website but was taken down and her Sony reps had not responded to PageSix’s emails.
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