"As promoters of the Mariah Carey Hong Kong concert, we have

decided to cancel the event effective immediately due to both the

poor response of public ticket sales and also due to specific

last-minute demands which we find wholly unreasonable and not with

the best interests of Hong Kong, us and also the fans," the

statement said.

It did not elaborate on what Carey's demands were. Concerts Asia

declined further comment in an e-mail sent to The Associated Press.

Concerts Asia said it had only sold 4,000 tickets despite a

"substantial" advertising campaign.

In other news, Mariah Carey is pleased that . Producer Lee Daniels missed Glitter. Daniels cast Carey in the upcoming "Tennessee" after catching her performance in the 2002 independent drama "WiseGirls." "I don't know if he's seen ['Glitter'] since then," Carey told MTV News, "but the great thing is, he's in the independent-film world and that's where 'WiseGirls' was such a great validating moment for me — even though it was totally overshadowed by the debacle of 'Glitter.' " The singer, who plays a waitress in "Tennessee" — as she did in "WiseGirls" — said the role is a real departure. "The character is so not what you would think. This is not about hairdos and ensembles. The girl's in the trenches." .