Mariah Carey demands tea during live performance

New York Jan 1 (IANS) Singer Mariah Carey stopped her New Year performance here halfway and demanded "hot tea".

Carey made a return to New York City on Sunday to celebrate New Year following her 2016 performance debacle reports mirror.co.uk.

"Happy New Year. I just want to take a sip of tea if they ll let me " Carey said while looking around herself seemingly in the hope that an assistant would bring her the hot beverage.

"They told me there would be tea " she continued but still no tea was provided.

"Oh! It s a disaster! Ok well we ll just have to rough it. I ll just be like everybody else with no hot tea " Carey complained.

However following her performance the 47-year-old updated fans as she posed sipping from a cup on Instagram. She wrote: "Found my tea!"

Carey s chaotic 2016 performance went through technical fault that saw her shuffling around the stage without singing.

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