Ne-Yo is being taken to court by a promotion company for failing to appear at a Seattle-area New Year’s Eve concert. According to the “Maryland Daily Record,” Wet Entertainment is suing the GRAMMY-nominated R&B singer for 500-thousand-dollars. They are also suing the booking agent, Mike Esterman, for one-million-dollars in damages for not ensuring Ne-Yo’s performance, and for failing to return 95-thousand-dollars in up front fees. Esterman finds little merit in Wet Entertainment’s case. On Wednesday he told MTV News, quote, “The promoter is looking for a lottery ticket to make some big money off of a big name.” Representatives for Ne-Yo have not yet commented on the lawsuit.

A legendary rock group has spoiled the latest debuts for Ne-Yo and the other person who album came out.  According to Billboard.com, Metallica continues to hold the top spot on the Billboard 200 Album chart after selling 337-thousand in its second week out.  Ne-Yo’s “The Year of the Gentleman” came in second place with sales of 250-thousand.  It marks the first time he hasn’t debuted at number one.  The other person album latest effort were failed, titled “Brass Knuckles,” took the third spot after moving 84-thousand units hell nahll.  In 2004, Nelly released the discs “Sweat” and “Suit” on the same day.  They were purchased a combined total of 738-thousand times in their opening week.  Elsewhere on the chart, DJ Khaled entered at number seven with his disc “We Global.” 

It looks like Ne-Yo is getting paid for a tour that he never got the chance to finish. According to E! Online, the R&B star was granted a default judgement of over 700-thousand dollars in a lawsuit he filed against the tour’s promoter, Rowe Entertainment. Ne-Yo filed the litigation back in December, one month after he was dropped from R. Kelly’s 25-date “Double Up” tour. Ne-Yo claimed he was let go because he was receiving a better response from the audience than Kelly during the first two shows. Rowe Entertainment countered that Ne-Yo’s camp failed to provide a signed contract. But the promoter didn’t respond to the lawsuit, forcing the judge to find in Ne-Yo’s favor. R. Kelly, who was recently acquitted on charges of child pornography, was not named in the lawsuit.