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A source reportedly close to the matter told the New York Post the Live Nation-promoted outing may not get through its scheduled finale in September.
“This may not make it to San Francisco,” the source said. “I’m definitely not sure that they’ll make it Aug. 5-6 and Stade De France in Paris Sept. 12-13, but things apparently got pretty heated during a recent emergency meeting, leaving Live Nation and HBO execs scrambling.
LN CEO Michael Rapino and HBO CEO Richard Plepler called the meeting to discuss the matter “before this becomes a public-relations nightmare,” the source said. “Rapino is pissed that everything is so out in the open and things are so heated.”
Things have allegedly gotten so bad that Jay Z and Beyoncé are “not just staying in different hotel rooms, but they have booked separate hotels, and they arrive separately to each show,” the source added. HBO is planning to film the couple’s Paris performances for a special.