<div id="subtitle">Judge orders concert promoter to pay Ne-Yo $700,000 over dropping him from R. Kelly tour</div><div><p>A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered a concert promoter to pay R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo $700,000 stemming from A lawsuit filed earlier this year.</p><p>Ne-Yo was dropped from R. Kelly's tour last year after two shows. He claimed he was dropped because he had upstaged Kelly, an allegation the singer vehemently denied.</p><p>Kelly was not a party to the lawsuit. Ne-Yo (real name: Shaffer Smith) instead sued the tour's promoter, Georgia-based Rowe Entertainment Inc.</p><p>Rowe Entertainment never answered the lawsuit, and last week Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Malcolm Mackey ordered the company to pay Ne-Yo and his touring company $700,320.</p><p>Rowe Entertainment said in a statement posted on its Web site after the lawsuit's filing that it couldn't obtain a "final, fully executed contract" from Ne-Yo's agent.</p><p>Ne-Yo's CDs "In My Own Words" and "Because of You" both had sales of more than 1 million.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=31770317&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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