The promoter of Usher and Chris Brown’s R&B Tour canceled select stadium dates, saying it wanted to protect the health and well-being of the touring party and crew. The cancellations come 13 days before Brown is due to be sentenced in London for affray. Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis posted the promoter’s statement on the event page for the tour’s Oct. 31 show. The statement does not name which dates are affected and does not mention Brown’s court case.
What the Promoter Said about the Canceled Tour Dates
The Lucas Oil page says “the event promoter has made the difficult decision to cancel select upcoming dates on the R&B Tour.” It says the decision was made to “prioritize the health and well-being of the touring party and crew.” The page gives no illness, injury or other detail behind that wording.
The Indianapolis show was set for Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. The stadium said ticket buyers will get automatic refunds to their original payment method within 14 to 21 days. Tickets that changed hands will refund to the original Ticketmaster purchaser, not the person who bought them on transfer.
The Baltimore Banner reported its own check of Ticketmaster and found the listing for the Baltimore show reading “Event Canceled.” The Banner said Ticketmaster, Live Nation and M&T Bank Stadium gave no reason and did not say whether the show would be rescheduled. The Baltimore date was Oct. 17, nine days before Brown’s scheduled sentencing.
Which R&B Tour Dates were Added after the Launch
Neither stadium appeared on the tour’s original schedule. Live Nation’s April 14 announcement listed 33 dates from Denver on June 26 to Tampa on Dec. 11. Baltimore and Indianapolis are not among them. Both shows were added later.
SoFi Stadium’s Aug. 17 release said Brown and Usher added eight stadium dates “following incredible fan demand,” bringing the total to 59. Live Nation’s April count was 33. Adding eight to 33 gives 41, so the 59 figure implies the tour grew by another 18 dates between April and August. The two documents do not explain the gap.
The same SoFi release confirmed one of the new dates: Nov. 16 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. It called that show a fourth Los Angeles date. The April list had only two Los Angeles shows, both at SoFi on Sept. 25 and 26.
The two shows confirmed as canceled came from the expansion, not from the original run. Neither the Lucas Oil statement nor the Banner report says why those markets were chosen for cuts.
What Brown Pleaded Guilty to in London
The Crown Prosecution Service said in a July 24 release that Brown, 37, and Omololu Akinlolu, 40, each pleaded guilty to one count of affray at Southwark Crown Court that day. The CPS described Akinlolu as Brown’s vocal coach.
The charge covers an incident in the early hours of Feb. 19, 2023, at Tape London nightclub in Hanover Square. Prosecutors say Brown hit the victim twice on the head with a glass bottle and that Akinlolu then punched him. The CPS said the victim was treated at St Mary’s Hospital for head and knee injuries.
Senior Crown Prosecutor Claire Campbell of CPS London South called the attack “vicious and unprovoked.” The CPS release records Brown’s guilty plea but includes no statement from him.
The Metropolitan Police had charged Brown with grievous bodily harm with intent on May 15, 2025. The CPS release says both men left the UK after the incident, that a warrant was issued and that Brown was arrested on that date after returning for a Manchester concert on his world tour. The time from the nightclub incident to Brown’s arrest was 816 days.
How Affray is Punished and When Sentencing Happens
Affray is defined in section 3 of the Public Order Act 1986. A person commits it by using or threatening unlawful violence in a way that would make a person of reasonable firmness at the scene fear for their safety. The law says no such person has to be present, and it covers private places as well as public ones. A conviction on indictment carries a maximum of three years in prison, a fine or both.
The CPS legal guidance on public order offences gives the same three-year maximum. It says a weapon carried during public disorder is an aggravating factor, and it lists the type of weapon, whether it was used and the potential for serious injury among the relevant factors. The guidance does not set a sentencing range, and the judge decides the sentence. The CPS release set sentencing for Oct. 26. That is 94 days after the July 24 plea.
How the Oct. 26 Date Fits the Tour Calendar
The cancellations land on both sides of the sentencing date. Baltimore’s Oct. 17 show fell nine days before it. Indianapolis on Oct. 31 falls five days after it. Live Nation’s April list shows five dates after Oct. 26: Atlanta on Nov. 7 and 8, New Orleans on Nov. 20, Miami on Dec. 3 and Tampa on Dec. 11.
The last of those is 46 days after the sentencing date. The last April-list date before Oct. 26 was Houston on Oct. 9. The promoter’s statement links the cancellations to crew health, and the CPS release sets Oct. 26 as the sentencing date. Neither document connects the two.
