Due to a contractual disagreement over his appearance at the Tobago Rhythm and Soul Festival on April 19, Brian McKnight may be sued by Nu Wave Event Solutions Ltd., an entertainment firm located in Trinidad. In a pre-action protocol letter, the business demands a US$32,500 return or cancellation.
The letter claims that McKnight’s initial contract with Nu Wave to play at Port of Spain on May 13, 2023, was canceled because of “national security concerns.” According to the promoter, the updated agreement prohibited McKnight from performing in Trinidad and Tobago without first notifying Nu Wave or arranging a new date for the concert.
Nu Wave, however, claims that recent rumors that McKnight will perform at the Tobago event caught them off guard and that this puts their own intentions to reschedule the original concert in jeopardy.
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“The Artist has agreed to appear… without informing my client of the same and without honoring the terms of the amended contract,” the letter states. “It is my instruction that an appearance by the Artist in Tobago will have a deleterious effect on the prospects of success of my client’s event.”
By April 19, the business had demanded that McKnight either cancel his presentation in Tobago or return the payment. If that doesn’t work, Nu Wave claims it would proceed with injunction action against McKnight and the Tobago event producers.
The requests, according to attorney Coppin, were “rational compromises,” in accordance with the Civil Proceedings Rules for pre-litigation behavior. In the past, Nu Wave Event Solutions has hosted celebrities including Beenie Man, Chaka Khan, and John Legend. Brian McKnight was scheduled to be the main act at Eat, Drink, Jazz in October 2018, however, the event was canceled due to low ticket sales. McKnight had previously played in Trinidad in 2013.
Due to low ticket sales, McKnight’s June performance in Detroit had to be canceled.
A subsequent performance in Washington, DC, similarly had trouble, and seats were sold for less.
It is said that a fan-driven boycott in reaction to his distance from his three oldest children—Briana, Niko, and Brian McKnight Jr.—from his previous marriage to Julie McKnight is the reason behind his dwindling ticket sales and postponed performances.
