Cringe! Chris Brown performs with his underwear exposed after ripping his skinny jeans while dancing onstage 

Chris Brown is known for his fancy footwork, impressing audiences with his dance performances as much as his music.

But on Sunday it seemed the 26-year-old didn't quite dress the part, and his skintight jeans couldn't accommodate the dancer's strenuous routine. 

It resulted in an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction for the star, as while he was breaking it down to Hit The Quan during his show in Bridgeport, Connecticut, his jeans split right down the crotch.

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Whoops! Chris Brown suffered a wardrobe malfunction on Sunday as he ripped his pants while dancing onstage

Whoops! Chris Brown suffered a wardrobe malfunction on Sunday as he ripped his pants while dancing onstage

Professional: Despite the embarrassing mishap, Chris kept dancing until the end of the song... and then found a new pair of trousers  

Professional: Despite the embarrassing mishap, Chris kept dancing until the end of the song... and then found a new pair of trousers  

Chris - who paired his too-tight jeans with a fitted black T-shirt and green baseball cap - was dancing along to friend iHeart Memphis's single, as the dance moves proved too much for his jeans.

A large hole ripped right along the crotch of Chris's fitted trousers, revealing the rapper's red boxers as he danced.

However, the star continued on with the performance, only running backstage to change once the song was over.

He came back out and addressed the mishap, joking - as he pulled up his new pair of jeans - 'I got another pair - hopefully these motherf****** won't rip.'

Bad timing: Chris ripped his jeans as he began dancing along to friend iHeart Memphis's single Hit The Quan

Bad timing: Chris ripped his jeans as he began dancing along to friend iHeart Memphis's single Hit The Quan

At the beginning of this month rocker Lenny Kravitz faced a similar embarrassment as he performed at Gröna Lund in Stockholm as part of his current Strut World Tour - though his was much worse.

During the performance, the American Woman singer not only split his skintight black leather pants while squatting down at the front of the stage, but he also revealed he was going without underpants on.

Fully exposing himself while crouching with his legs open, the going-commando star initially seemed unaware that he was on full show to the audience.

It soon became clear to the hitmaker that something had gone awry in his nether-region, though, as he quickly left the stage for a few minutes, later returning in a new pair of trousers. 

After the gig, which was clearly otherwise successful, Lenny thanked his Swedish fans for their support on his Twitter page.

He wrote to his 4.93m followers: 'Thank you Stockholm! #StrutTour,' and later joked about the incident as he posted a text from fellow rockstar Steven Tyler and hashtagged it 'penisgate.' 

Peek-a-boo: The large tear revealed the rapper's red boxers underneath 

Peek-a-boo: The large tear revealed the rapper's red boxers underneath 

Chris has been busy performing on his One Hell of a Nite Tour, which will next take him to the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, on Saturday the performer made news as he took to Twitter to announce the name of his next album.

'MY NEW ALBUM WILL BE NAMED "ROYALTY"' the rapper excitedly shared with his 14.8M followers.

Covering up: Throughout the rest of the performance, Chris could be seen holding his hand over the rip, before he had a chance to run off stage and change into a new pair of jeans 

Covering up: Throughout the rest of the performance, Chris could be seen holding his hand over the rip, before he had a chance to run off stage and change into a new pair of jeans 

The first single - Liquor - was released on June 24, but little else has been made public about Chris' upcoming seventh studio album. 

Royalty is the name of the star's one-year-old daughter with Nia Guzman, 31, who was conceived during a fling between the pair.

The R&B singer frequently shares snaps of his young daughter on Instagram, and he is reportedly working to counter Nia's efforts to gain full custody over their child.

Working through it: After finishing out the routine Chris rushed backstage to change his jeans, later joking: 'I got another pair - hopefully these motherf****** won't rip'

Working through it: After finishing out the routine Chris rushed backstage to change his jeans, later joking: 'I got another pair - hopefully these motherf****** won't rip'

Nia had reportedly petitioned to deny Chris unsupervised visits with Royalty believing that he is too irresponsible to take care of their child.

The Deuces singer is trying to establish paternity legally to be able to fight the woman in court and get them to agree on a sum similar to what he has been paying.

Chris publicly confirmed he was Royalty's father with an Instagram post in April, causing his then-girlfriend, Karrueche Tran to break up with him.

Doting: On Saturday Chris announced that his upcoming album would be named Royalty, after his one-year-old daughter, pictured in this sweet snap that he captioned: 'The QUEEN!'

Doting: On Saturday Chris announced that his upcoming album would be named Royalty, after his one-year-old daughter, pictured in this sweet snap that he captioned: 'The QUEEN!'

 

 

 

 

 

 

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