Chris Brown Denied Bail In UK, To Remain In Custody Until June 13

Grammy Award winner Chris Brown has suffered a major blow after a Manchester court in England denied him bail and remanded him in custody until June 13, 2025.

Brown was arraigned in court on Friday over a serious assault charge that he’s said to have committed in 2023 in a London nightclub.

Brown, 36, appeared in Manchester Magistrates' Court to face one count of causing grievous bodily harm and magistrate ordered him to be held until his next hearing June 13 in London — the same day he's due to take the stage in Frankfurt, Germany, on the third date of his world tour.

Judge Joanne Hirst rejected Brown's bail request after prosecutor Hannah Nicholls said that the crime was "extremely serious”, as reported by the CBC news outlet.

Brown was on tour in the U.K. in February 2023 when he launched an unprovoked attack on producer Abe Diaw, striking him several times with a bottle at the Tape nightclub in the swanky Mayfair neighborhood in London. Nicholls read the charge.

Brown then chased Diaw and punched and kicked him in an attack caught on surveillance camera in front of a club full of people, she said.

Brown, often called by his nickname Breezy, burst onto the music scene as a teen in 2005 and has become a major hitmaker over the years with notable songs such as Run It, Kiss Kiss, and Without You.

He won his first Grammy for best R&B album in 2011 for F.A.M.E. and then earned his second gold trophy in the same category for 11:11 (Deluxe) earlier this year.

The singer is due to launch an international tour next month with artists Jhene Aiko, Summer Walker, and Bryson Tiller, opening with a European leg on June 8 in Amsterdam before starting North America shows in July, including two shows in Toronto on Aug. 19 and 20.