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Bat_out_of_Jelly_Babies 07:29 pm UTC 11/01/07 |
| In reply to: | The Show Must Go On - AbbeyRoad 05:31 pm UTC 11/01/07 |
| I'm sure there are people who will say that i'm wrong, but i get the impression that the promoters seem to be pushing Meat into continuing. The reason I say this is they are the ones saying the show will go on and Meat WILL perform again. They also said he did a 70 minute show which is wrong. Heat came on stage just after 8:45 and left the stage at barely 9:50, just over the hour mark needed to prevent a refund having to be made. I don't think this was down to Meat. Twice about ten minutes before he walked off he went off to the side of the stage and seemed to talking to someone...my guess is it was his promoter telling him to get back on stage until he had done an hour. Ok Meat could have told him to go f**k himself, but i think he kept going, cut down what he could to get to paradise and in the end possibly made himself worse by trying to go on. > From AOL UK entertainment news: > > Rock legend Meat Loaf has vowed the show must go on, his > tour promoters said. > > Fans feared he may have sung his last note in public after > he walked off stage, telling an audience of thousands: > "This is the last show I may ever do in my life." > > The Bat Out Of Hell singer was 70 minutes into the show at > Newcastle's Metro Arena, during which his voice seemed > weaker than usual. > > He sang the first line of Paradise By The Dashboard Light, > then according to the Newcastle-based Evening Chronicle > newspaper, he announced: "I can no longer continue. I take > my coat off and thank you for 30 years." > > A doctor was summoned and the 60-year-old, born Marvin Lee > Aday, was diagnosed as suffering from exhaustion and urged > to rest. > > The rocker resumed the European leg of the Three Bats Tour > in the middle of last month, and the next date was > scheduled to be Friday night at Birmingham's NEC. His > promoters issued a brief statement via the venue insisting > the show must go on. It said: "As far as we are concerned > the show in Birmingham is on as planned." > > The Newcastle Metro Arena marketing manager Paul Tappenden > said: "He was suffering from severe strain and he has been > told he has been overdoing things a bit. He is feeling a > lot better today." > > Some fans were disappointed about the 70-minute show, but > many were more concerned about the singer's health, he > said. Fans will not be offered a refund by the promoters, > Mr Tappenden said, but that was not a matter for the venue > to resolve. > > A concert-reviewer on the last.fm website said Meat Loaf > looked tired and his voice seemed much weaker than usual. > > The fan wrote: "Unfortunately a minute into Paradise By > The Dashboard Light things took a turn for the worst and > he could not carry on. He left the stage wishing everyone > well and thanking them for coming to what is the last ever > Meat Loaf gig. If this is true then thanks for all the > years of rock 'n' roll you have given us and may your > retirement be long and happy." > | |
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