According to the Austinist, the ‘Intimate Night’ with R. Kelly on Mother’s day weekend turned out to be quite a night.
According to someone who attended, it was ‘one of the biggest scams’ this person has ever experienced with ticket prices which ‘ranged from $30 for general admission all the way up an escalating price scale caste system of VIP and celebrity room statuses to the ultimate baller package of $950 for a super-duper-ultra-pimp-VIP bottle service table accommodating eight people.’
Still $30 was a cheap deal for a R. Kelly concert, even though he was playing at the Mansion, a remote Austin Strip Club. Doors opened at 9 pm but after hours of listening to the DJ, R. Kelly was still not there,… he eventually showed up at 12:43, smoking a cigar, and this is what this person had to say about the performance:
‘Then he walks over to the VIP area and touches more hands and stands there. He is not singing. This parade goes on for a worrisome amount of time.
Finally, he finds a mic and sings a very brief a capella ditty. This is followed by a lazy rendition of “Ignition (Remix)” sung over the album version with his vocals still on it. Then after he invites all the pretty ladies to the VIP section to party with him, he moves over there and sits down. It becomes very obvious that this is it; this is the R. Kelly “performance” we just waited hours for.’
Actually Kelly came back behind the mic to demand that ‘pretty ladies come party with him in VIP or he is going to be up out this bitch.’
Audience members rightfully booed, and the event promoter explained that the party was simply hosted by Kelly, and that he ‘wasn’t contractually obligated to sing’.
What was that? Anyway, it’s R. Kelly, what else could we expect from a guy who was used to treat underage women by peeing on them? He comes and sings a sloppy karaoke number of a few seconds and calls it a performance…. It is the right attitude for this type of self-important jerk. Actually the ‘Intimate night’ was the right title to describe whatever happened in Austin if you were one of these sluty bitches, errrr ladies, who got to party with him in the VIP room. Whoever paid $950 to see this douchebag deserved to be peed on anyway.