Just hours before Common was to hit the stage at the University of Miami Convention Center in Florida last night for the first stop of Kanye West?s Touch The Sky tour, it was announced that the rapper had pulled out of the show and wasn?t hitting the road with West after all.

Common has just landed a film role, which will also star Taraji Henson (who appears in Common?s ?Testify? video), and film production will prevent the hip hop star from taking part in West?s two-month long tour.

West said yesterday that while he would have loved to have had Common out on the road with him as planned, he fully supports his friend’s decision. Common will not be replaced by another performer; instead West promises to perform more of his own material to make it up to fans. Concert-goers can also look forward to seeing Fantasia and Keyshia Cole, who are still on board as opening acts.