We mentioned at the start of '09 that fans in the Seattle area were pissed when Ne-Yo failed to turn up at a New Year's Eve event he was supposed to be hosting in a 'burb of the Emerald City.

Some of them paid up to $1200 for a ticket to the soiree.

How very un-gentlemanly of you, Ne-Yo!

Well, as far as the NYE promoters are concerned, the current king of R&B poptasticness has to fork over some cash for the diss.

Ne-Yo's been hit with a $1.5 million lawsuit by the party planners.

Should they win, the promoters better share the money with the Ne-Yo fans that were taken for a ride!

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Talk about a major scam!

Partygoers in Bellevue, Washington, paid to party with R&B singer Ne-Yo on New Years eve.

The musician was set to perform at Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center with tickets starting at $75 and running up to $1,200 for a VIP table.

The problem?

Ne-Yo NEVER showed up!!!

One party guest, Michael Brandt, said "Everything from the tickets to the Web site indicated that Ne-Yo would be there."

And even worse is the fact that they informed the crowd just 30 minutes before midnight.

He added, "At 11:30 they had a pre-recorded message from Ne-Yo. He was on a plane from Nigeria and not able to come. They probably knew a day in advance. They could have cancelled or given a refund."

However, on New Year’s Eve Ne-Yo did perform on Dick Clark’s Rockin' New Year's Eve TV show. Though the segment may have been pre-recorded. Or was it?

As for the Meydenbauer concert, it had been promoted for weeks on KUBE 93. KUBE program director Eric Powers said, "We were told by the record label and the promoter that it was a done deal, so we were taken aback just like our listeners."

And about 300 tickets were sold through the sponsor Wet Entertainment. The comapny's owner said he'll be consulting his legal team.

Though good luck if you want your money back.

The sponsors, Wet Entertainment, can't be found on the web any longer. And as for the local marketing manager, his phone number no longer works.

Wonder what Ne-Yo has to say about this!

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CLICK HERE to watch the Kennedy Centers Honors' tribute to Barbra Streisand, featuring performances by Beyonce, Idina Menzel and Ne-Yo.

The look on Babs' face throughout is what makes this really presh!

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Things just aren't going Usher's way these days!

His 2004 release, Confessions, sold 20 million copies worldwide.

But, this year's Here I Stand has only sold 2 million worldwide to date.

BOMB!

We doubt the new stuff will fare as well as the '04 mega hit!

And, industry insiders revealed to us that he couldn't even sell out his recent concert in the NYC.

About 1500 tickets were left unsold by the time he took the stage at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Yes, a "Ballroom." Not even one of the City's larger venues!

Good luck with your next album, Usher.

You're going to need to come out with much better shiz to compete with Ne-Yo and Chris Brown who are totally ruling the kingdom you used to rule!

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Music maestro Ne-Yo revealed some interesting stuff at the LA premiere of the flick The Secret Life of Bees this week.

The singer/songwriter/producer is set to work with rocker Marilyn Manson!

Here's Ne-Yo, in his own words, about the collaboration:

"It's going to be interesting. I have no idea what we're going to do, what it's going to sound like. Just Ne-Yo and Marilyn Manson in the same room—we're going to figure something out."

We can't wait to hear what the guys come up with!

Hopefully Ne-Yo can help resuscitate Manson's near-dead career!

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R. Kelly is in legal trouble again.

Thankfully, though, this time it doesn't involve 15-year-old girls.

The I Believe I Can Fly singer believes his former tour promoter - Rowe Entertainment - owes him $3.4 million, and he's asking an LA judge to help him collect!

Kelly claims that Rowe and owner Leonard Rowe didn't cough up all the dough owed to him for shows last year and earlier this year. Rowe said, "No way" but never gave a good reason, so Kelly gets the money.

The singer, who once long ago in the 90s won three Grammys, is now better known for his sketchy business practices and consequent entanglements with the law.

He's been lucky so far, but we'll see if R. Kelly ends up with what he wants this time around.

It looks like he will because Ne-Yo just won a $700,000 judgement against Rowe when he sued for being kicked off the tour early.

We wish R. Kelly would just stay trapped in the closet!

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The American Idol dudes and the Closer singer attend the Hennessy Artistry party in Miami this week.

As Randy Jackson chats with NeYo, Ryan Seacrest thinks to himself "___________."

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CLICK HERE to check out the New Kids On The Block's just-released video for Single.

Poor Jonathan and Danny are barely in it.

At least Joey Mac looks good!

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Let's hope this doesn't hurt his career.

Ne-Yo, who worked with Lindsay Lohan on her upcoming album, is speaking out about his song with the former rehaber.

The track is called Bossy and he says of it, "I gotta admit, we were like … Lindsay Lohan? I mean, I've written for Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Celine Dion and … Lindsay Lohan? But I will say this. We gave her a quality record and she did a ridiculously fabulous job. I was so shocked I had to call her and apologize for what I was thinking because she did so good. I think the world is gonna be surprised."

We will be surprised indeed!

If LezLo's album only sucks a little, we will be surprised.

We're expecting it to suck A LOT!

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