Carey was no diva, says manager

Mariah Carey’s manager says a financial default by a promoter, and not poor ticket sales or demands by the pop star, caused the cancellation of her weekend show in Hong Kong.

Carey was scheduled to perform Saturday at an outdoor site in Hong Kong. It was to be the last stop on her “Adventures of Mimi” tour after performances in Japan this week, her manager, Benny Medina, said Thursday.

But in a posting on its website, promoter Concerts Asia said the Hong Kong date was canceled because the 36-year-old singer had made “last-minute demands which we find wholly unreasonable.” The promoter also said it had sold only 4,000 tickets.

Medina, in an interview, disputed those claims. He said 8,000 tickets had been sold and blamed the cancellation on the tour promoter’s failure to pay Carey money that was due to her.