Mariah Carey

Hong Kong fans of U.S. pop diva Mariah Carey have been left disappointed after a row between her management and promoters ended with a planned weekend concert being cancelled.

Carey’s manager says a financial default by a promoter, and not poor ticket sales or demands by the pop star, caused the cancellation of her weekend show in Hong Kong.

Carey, who recently finished her nationwide “Adventures of Mimi” tour, was to perform Saturday at an outdoor space in Hong Kong. It was to be the last stop on the tour after performances in Japan this week, her manager, Benny Medina, said on Thursday.

But in a posting on its Web site, promoter Concerts Asia said the Hong Kong date was canceled because the 36-year-old singer had made “specific last-minute demands which we find wholly unreasonable and not with the best interests of Hong Kong, us and also the fans.”

The promoter also said it had only sold 4,000 tickets, despite a “substantial” advertising campaign.

However, Medina disputed those claims. He said 8,000 tickets had been sold, and blamed the cancellation on the tour promoter’s failure to pay Carey money due to her.

“If there were only 10 people in this venue, and this particular promoter … had fulfilled his contractual obligations, we would be there. Mariah Carey loves her fans in Southeast Asia,” Medina said.

Mariah Carey’s Hong Kong concert this weekend has been cancelled after the singer made a string of unreasonable diva demands, IMDb.com reports.

Promoters are furious at Carey’s requests but refuse to divulge what they are. However, they insist that sluggish ticket sales also contributed to the cancellation.

In a statement posted on their website, Concerts Asia says,

“As promoters of the Mariah Carey Hong Kong concert, we have decided to cancel the event effective immediately due to both the poor response of public ticket sales and also due to specific last-minute demands which we find wholly unreasonable and not with the best interests of Hong Kong, us and also the fans.”

The company claims that only 4,000 tickets have been sold despite a huge advertising campaign.

Mariah the actress or Mariah the singer……..whats your pick ??? Mariah Carey joined the list of those celebs who have tried to gain for themselves “the jack of all trades ” tag . The list is endless..Jlo…Jessica Simpson…and so on . Mariah’s movie soujourn took a sabbatical with the failure of Glitter…….so now the question is as to what makes these so talented and so successful ( in their respective fields ) celebs suddenly looks towards other fields…perhaps ” grass is greener on the other side” syndrome ?????

I mean Mariah who is such a fabulous and successful singer …what was the need for her to act..ok I do agree with the creative satisfaction et all but didn’t you see the effect it had on her image . But the minute she came back with a new album and concert ….everything seems to be back to normal …why ? simply because thats what her fans love her for ! Well that’s what I feel …..so Mariah just sing on coz as I have said earlier ” Mariah & Music ‘BELONG TOGETHER’ “

Recently I came across an article talking about the ‘octaves’ of Mariah Carey .Some claimed that it was seven at the start of her career while some decided to stick with a modest 4 or 5 .So whether it was her octaves or life ( personal or professional) it’s been a constant roller coaster ride with it’s respective ups and downs.


I actually managed to chalk out a few pointers talkin about Mariah’s ups and downs in life which is as follows :

• Mariah carey was born on 27th March 1920 in Huntington ,New York .
• Her hit albums included Mariah Carey (1990), Music Box (1993) and Butterfly (1997). In 1993 Carey married Tommy Mottola, the head of Sony Music and Columbia Records (Carey’s label) .Carey and Mottola were divorced in 1998.
• In 2001 Carey left Columbia to sign with EMI’s Virgin Records for a reported $100 million; her first Virgin album, Glitter, the soundtrack to her semi-autobiographical 2001 movie, was widely considered a disappointment.
• In July of 2001 Carey was hospitalized for exhaustion, and the next month her publicists said that Carey was also receiving psychiatric treatment.
• The next year she split with EMI, which paid $28 million to buy out the remainder of her contract.
• By the end of 2005 she was at the top of the charts again, and her album, The Emancipation of Mimi, featuring the hit single, “We Belong Together,” earned 8 Grammy nominations. She won three, including one for Best Contemporary R&B Album.

Wow !!! Mariah has truly shown her GLITTERING personality and her ADVENTUROUS spirit which ‘never says die ‘ .So all we can say is that no matter what ” Music & Mariah …..’Belong’ together ” !!!!!

In a time of wishing for a figure and body everyone can die for Mariah Carey seeks to differ ……such that she even refuses to own a set of scales - because her muscles make her seem heavy.

The curvaceous singer, who went on a strict fish only diet earlier this year to shift the pounds, isn’t interested in weighing herself because she knows she is in great shape.She said: “I don’t own scales - what’s the point? Muscle weighs more than fat anyway, so why torture yourself? It’s more important to be happy with how you are.”

Mariah ! I totally agree with you …..I kind of share the same phobia…It’s not what shows on the scales …….but what you feel that matters !!! RIGHT !

MUSIC…….I always knew there was something so magical about it……..and by magic I don’t imply the soothing and relaxing Magic but I am referring to the actual magic…you know na…..the “open sesame”..”abracadabra” kind of magic. mmm…..
Magic…Mariah and Music!

Well it’s quite unbelievable but a source has revealed that a fan of Mariah told her that her ‘Music’ had the power to open up anything…..including GARAGES!!!Ya…Garages ..can you believe it ……absolutely unbelievable…So Mariah Carey’s voice can come in handy when it’s time to go for a drive !

Carey told a magazine that a fan once told her that when she was listening to a Carey C.d and she hit a particular high note, her garage door would open or close ! wow !!! Sounds great but it’s a bit creepy too…….you know the whole doors opening and closing on their own…haunted houses…WAIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!I think I’m watching too many horror movies nowadays!

I’ve heard about the power of music but this really takes the cake! But I must say that it would be an interesting experiment…I think I should try it out on my Garage too …….!

Many of us don’t know this but Mariah’s sister has been arrested as a hooker. Apparently she has even advertised on the internet services under the name of April offering her services.

Mariah’s sister Alison was also diagnosed with HIV+. But one cannot jump to conclusion just using that. The question I want to raise is are stars affected by the acts of their siblings? Every individual is responsible for conducting his or her own life. Surely mariah has no control over her 44 year old sister but in the due process it isn’t fair making her lose her star status.

Let us look at other celebrity siblings. Janet cannot be linked with Michael just because he was involved in a child molestation case. Mary Kate Olsen is more popular than her sister Ashley even before the Anorexia problem arised. What pressure do star siblings undergo as they get pulled more and more into the limelight unwantingly? We must view individulas as just that. That is for the people they are!

Mariah Carey’s much “emancipated” concert ..The Adventures Of Mimi finally reached it’s finale on the 10th of october after creating waves for around 1 1/2 months throughout America. The concert tagged ‘THE ADVENTURES OF MIMI The Voice…….came as the perfect continnum to her superhit album ‘The Emancipation of Mimi’.

The grand finale for the concert took place on tuesday night in the US airways centre in phoenix . Mariah’s concert had been criticised on many grounds like

• Her costumes …a James Bond styled suit ,“R&B superhero” costume as well as a sexy leotard and garter number encrusted with Swarovski crystals !
• Her september 8th concert where she was booed by the audience for coming more than 2hrs late.
• Too much concentration on clothes , back dancers and less on Mariah’s singing .

But on the other hand Mariah’s concert’s were also filled with some lovely memories like:

• Her 7th september concert saw a varied of emotions like a lady who came on stage and asked Mariah to name her unborn child ….a marriage proposal and lot more.
• The concert again proved one thing that Mariah was back and wasn’t gonna fade away so easily.

As the concert reached it’s final lap the hysteria was clearly visible with a nearly full capacity audience and Mariah’s powerpacked voice…It was the perefct farewell to Mariah’s ‘adventurous’ concert. As Mariah prepares to take her concert overseas …….. plans of a Dvd about the concert to be released very soon ……..all that we can say is that Mariah All The Best for whatever “ADVENTURES” you plan ahead !

Great news for all you Mariah Fans……..you can now also be apart of Mariah’s adventures that too sitting right at home . Mariah is all set to launch a DVD called ‘Divarie’ which is a collection of memories of her latest concert …Adventures of Mimi ! The disk is to document highlights from her tour including all her diva like exploits while on the road.

The Adventures Of Mimi …a concert which was a follow up to Mariah’s album The Emancipation Of Mimi ……..managed to recieve a variety of reviews throughout. Alot of flak was recieved in regard to Mariah’s “over- the- top” costumes and the priority given to them over her actual performances. There were some bad incidents which may not be included in the DVD like the concert which took place on the 8th of October in California where the audience whowaited for almost 2hrs for the diva to arrive greated her with Boos… On the other hand there were some memorable incidents like the 7th October concert that took place on October 7th at L.A… Which was a mixed bag …a variety of emotions like a Marriage proposal … naming of an unborn baby and much more !The concert wound up yesterday ,10th october with the final concert in Arizona .Mariah is also planning to fly out of the country with her concert very soon.

A DVD of the entire concert…interesting! well till the DVD is release we can just “emancipate” it’s release !!!

How would you feel if you put your heart and soul into something and in the next moment you realise that what you have been putting your heart and soul into for is not yours only! Well perhaps that is what Janet jackson must be feeling.

You must be wondering why Janet Jackson is being talked about here ..relax I’ll tell you!Apparently Janet Jackson put onpounds for a film only to discover later that the role was lapped up by singer Mariah carey. The movie in question is Tennesse . The role went to Mariah and poor Janet was left with the extra pounds!

Poor Janet it’s ok………..as they say you lose some you win some !! I’m sure Mariah agrees with that!