Justin Timberlake canceled his Tuesday night show in Newark, New Jersey due to injury, four months after his DUI arrest.
The 43-year-old singer made the announcement on his Instagram early Tuesday, informing his fans that the concert had been postponed.
He assured ticket holders that he would “reschedule” the tour date “as soon as possible” but did not reveal the nature of the “injury that prevents me from performing.”
“I promise to make it up to you and give you the show you deserve,” he wrote. ‘Thank you all for understanding. I always appreciate your support.”
Timberlake’s arrest for DUI came shortly after midnight on June 18, when he was detained after leaving the American Hotel in Sag Harbor in the Hamptons.
Justin Timberlake canceled his Tuesday night show in Newark, New Jersey due to injury, four months after his DUI arrest; photographed on stage on Monday in New York City
He assured ticket holders that he would “reschedule” the tour date “as soon as possible” but did not reveal the nature of the “injury that prevents me from performing.”
In his Instagram announcement posted Tuesday, he wrote, “I’m very sorry to postpone tonight’s show. I have an injury that prevents me from performing.”
He told fans: “I’m very disappointed not to see you all, but I’m working to reschedule as soon as possible.” I promise to make it up to you and give you the show you deserve. Thanks guys for understanding. I always appreciate your support.”
The Sexy Back singer was scheduled to perform on a date of his Forget Tomorrow world tour at the Prudential Center in Newark.
Timberlake’s next concert is still scheduled for three days, this Friday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
His injury comes just after it was revealed that he had dated his wife Jessica Biel’s former hairstylist, Estee Stanley, the night of his DUI arrest.
Timberlake was arrested that night after leaving the American Hotel in Sag Harbor, where he had been along with stylist and interior designer Stanley and her producer husband, Byran Furst, according to Page six.
She He had previously styled Biel and other stars such as Brad Pitt, Penélope Cruz and Demi Moore.
Stanley also hosted Biel and Timberlake’s engagement party at her Los Angeles home in 2012.
Timberlake’s arrest for DUI came shortly after midnight on June 18, when he was detained after leaving the American Hotel in Sag Harbor in the Hamptons; in his mugshot photo
In addition to being a stylist, Stanley is also known as an interior decorator. She has worked in the home of Timberlake and Biel, as well as the homes of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Lea Michele and Patrick Dempsey.
In 2012, she even partnered with Timberlake to create HomeMint, a collection of stylish home decor items.
“This was really a collaboration with Estee,” Timberlake said at the time.
‘I don’t think I would do it if we weren’t in this together. We’ve known each other for a long time and we’ve worked together on my homes; we really have a similar vision.’
And in 2016, Staley, Biel and Greenleaf founder Jon Rollo opened Au Fudge, a family restaurant, which closed in 2018.
At that time he also called Timberlake and Biel “practically my family.”
Reports say friends of Timberlake were attempting to intervene at the scene of his arrest.
A woman reportedly asked officers, “Are you going to arrest Justin Timberlake?” and offered to take him home as instructed. TMZ.
He was later allowed to drive his rental car home following his arrest.
Timberlake will not face drunk driving charges after reaching a plea deal in his DWI case. Instead, he pleaded guilty to a reduced offense charge for driving while impaired.
The plea leaves Timberlake free of the criminal record he would have had if he had been convicted of the original misdemeanor.
As part of the plea deal, he agreed to pay the maximum fine of $500 and a surcharge of $260.
A major component of the deal, sources told DailyMail.com, is Timberlake’s willingness to make a public service video for the organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Judge Carl Irace initially expressed displeasure with the proposed statement and preferred a public service announcement. However, he eventually agreed to the deal under certain conditions.
The plea deal reached by Timberlake’s attorney, Eddie Burke Jr.
Burke Jr has repeatedly denied that his client was drunk when he was arrested.
Timberlake will still have his New York driver’s license suspended for six months because he refused to take a breathalyzer test when he was pulled over.
The pop star was arrested in the early hours of June 18 after a night out with friends in the exclusive Hamptons enclave of Sag Harbor.
He was pulled over after running a stop sign while behind the wheel of his BMW X7, police said.
Local officers reportedly followed the pop star and watched him swerve across the street, forcing police officers to stop him.
Once he stopped, officers noticed the singer had “glassy eyes” and a strong odor of alcohol emanating from him, according to a police report.
“His eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his breath had a strong odor of alcoholic beverage, he could not divide his attention, he spoke slowly, he was staggering, and he performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests,” he said. the report. the court documents said.
The father of two performed a field sobriety test and was asked to take a breathalyzer test, which he refused.
Timberlake told the officer he had a martini and was following some friends home, documents state.
Timberlake “took a plea deal because he wants to move on,” a source told People, adding that he is “a family man and this is his focus.” He and Biel share sons, Silas, nine, and Phineas, four.
A young Timberlake began acting as a Disney Mouseketeer, where his co-stars included his future girlfriend Britney Spears.
Timberlake rose to fame in the giant boy band NSYNC, embarked on a solo recording career in 2002, and was one of the most influential figures in pop in the early 2000s.
