Anita Baker drops Babyface from tour after “verbal abuse” and “threats of violence” from fans
nme.comAnita Baker has removed Babyface as the support act for her ‘The Songstress’ tour after receiving online “abuse” she suffered from his fans.The tour was announced to honour the 40th anniversary of Baker’s 1983 debut album, ‘The Songstress’.However, this week saw Baker take to Twitter to share her frustrations with Babyface performing longer than “contractually” obligated and also called him her “special guest/support act.” Fans of Babyface would then call Baker names and “harass” her following her comments on the singer-songwriter.
This resulted in the ‘Caught Up In The Rapture’ singer asking him to “call off” his fans, whom she dubbed “Kenny’s Crazies.”Now, the Ohio singer has announced that Babyface will no longer be her opening act on tour from now on.
In a tweet, she penned: “After silently enduring cyber-bullying/verbal abuse [and] threats of violence from the fan base of our special guest/support act, in the interest of personal safety, I will continue ‘The Songstress’ tour alone.
Appropriate refunds will be made. Blessings.”Responding to the announcement about being pulled from the shows, Babyface said: I am saddened by the news that Anita Baker has decided to remove me from ‘The Songstress Tour’.
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