{"id":49524,"date":"2025-10-19T20:27:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/brandy-says-dehydration-forced-her-to-abruptly-exit-monica-concert\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T20:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:27:35","slug":"brandy-says-dehydration-forced-her-to-abruptly-exit-monica-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/brandy-says-dehydration-forced-her-to-abruptly-exit-monica-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandy Says &#8216;Dehydration&#8217; Forced Her to Abruptly Exit Monica Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Everyone involved agreed that prioritizing my well-being was of the utmost importance,&#8221; singer says after leaving show mid-song<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/brandy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_brandy\" data-tag=\"brandy\">Brandy<\/a> said in a statement that dehydration was to blame for the singer\u2019s abrupt and early exit from her Saturday night concert with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/monica\/\" id=\"auto-tag_monica\" data-tag=\"monica\">Monica<\/a> in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Boy Is Mine Tour, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brandy-and-monica-the-boy-is-mine-tour-dates-1235370706\/\">co-headlined by Brandy and Monica<\/a>, kicked off earlier this week in Cincinnati. However, at the third show of the tour Saturday in Chicago, video emerged of Brandy suddenly leaving the stage mid-song during \u201cBaby\u201d; she never returned to the concert, forcing Monica to handle the remainder of the show herself, and depriving the crowd from the finale duet of their 1998 hit \u201cThe Boy Is Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brandy Walks Off Stage Mid-Concert, Monica Left to Finish Alone\u201d#theboyismine #rayj #chicago #brandy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DledIaqYBWs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAmid speculation about why Brandy abruptly left the concert \u2014 Monica immediately dismissed any possible bad blood by shouting out Brandy when the show continued \u2014 the singer explained in a statement Sunday morning that she was forced to exit due to health issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI sincerely apologize for the abrupt end to last night\u2019s performance in Chicago. After weeks of nonstop rehearsals, last night I experienced dehydration and feelings of wanting to faint, everyone involved agreed that prioritizing my well-being was of the utmost importance,\u201d Brandy wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI still made the decision to try and return and give it my all despite not feeling OK. With having to make some adjustments and the show being very technical, unfortunately, it was impossible to fully connect sonically with the production, I really appreciate everyone\u2019s best efforts<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBrandy also thanked Monica for \u201cstepping up with such grace and professionalism,\u201d and added that after leaving the show she went to a nearby doctor who apparently gave her the green light to continue with The Boy Is Mine tour, without delay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI look forward to returning to the stage \u2014 stronger and more grateful than ever \u2014 alongside my girl, Monica, tonight in Indianapolis,\u201d Brandy wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brandy-dehydration-abrupt-exit-chicago-concert-monica-1235450137\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Everyone involved agreed that prioritizing my well-being was of the utmost importance,&#8221; singer says after leaving show mid-song Brandy said in a statement that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":49525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}