50 Cent Shortchanges Sold-Out Crowd

Mark Guarino of the Chicago Daily Herald says of 50 Cent’s performance last week: “The star sold his fans more than two quarters short when he walked off the stage at the House of Blues Saturday night after an 11-song, 25-minute set. Fans booed and he didn’t return. Cher and Mariah Carey have been getting away with that kind of diva temperament for years. But these days, in the age of instant celebrity and reality television stardom, more first-time performers have been groomed to believe they’ve earned the right to flaunt bad attitudes and obnoxious temperaments to the peril of their public.”