Just realized why Stevie cancelled her Big Apple/Big Easy concert performance!

[RockALittle250]

I just realized why Stevie may have cancelled her "From The Big Apple to the Big Easy" concert performance on Sept. 20th 2005. Just recently, The Today Show announced the kick off of the Hurricane Katrina Project (with The Today Show, Warner Bros. Music & Habitat For Humanity), that is taking place this upcoming week. Since Stevie is obviosley an artist under the Warner Bros. label, she is obligated (as well as wanting to do it to help people in need, of coarse :) ) to be apart of this great project. Therefore she cancelled the Big Apple/Big Easy concert performance in NYC on 9/20/05 to plan for this upcoming concert on the Today Show in NYC on the 28th. Since she is now apart of this project, she was probably told by Warner Bros. or whoever else is managing the project to be "mum" (or discreet) about the cancellation of her performance on the 20th, since this event was still in the works. That is also why Taku did not give a real reason on his site for the cancellation of last week's concert. This is, of coarse, just my opinion. What do you guys think?

[KarmaContestant]

I just realized why Stevie may have cancelled her "From The Big Apple to the Big Easy" concert performance on Sept. 20th 2005. Just recently, The Today Show announced the kick off of the Hurricane Katrina Project (with The Today Show, Warner Bros. Music & Habitat For Humanity), that is taking place this upcoming week. Since Stevie is obviosley an artist under the Warner Bros. label, she is obligated (as well as wanting to do it to help people in need, of coarse :) ) to be apart of this great project. Therefore she cancelled the Big Apple/Big Easy concert performance in NYC on 9/20/05 to plan for this upcoming concert on the Today Show in NYC on the 28th. Since she is now apart of this project, she was probably told by Warner Bros. or whoever else is managing the project to be "mum" (or discreet) about the cancellation of her performance on the 20th, since this event was still in the works. That is also why Taku did not give a real reason on his site for the cancellation of last week's concert. This is, of coarse, just my opinion. What do you guys think?

This makes sense....and would be best summed up by the word 'logistics'. :laugh:

[SillyDreamer]

I don't buy it. How much planning does she need to do for Today Show? Especially there's a 99.99999999999989% chance she would have sang the same two songs at both events :rolleyes:

[ragandbone]

Well, I initially assumed there was some licensing or legal issue regarding the material she was going to perform, and later sales of a DVD, or broadcast of the show. I just guessed it might be her management or record company, because the excuse of not being able to get the band together so soon after a tour didn't seem plausible.

I think Habitat For Humanity is a fantastic and well run charity, so I am really happy she is performing to support them.

[SillyDreamer]

Well, I initially assumed there was some licensing or legal issue regarding the material she was going to perform, and later sales of a DVD, or broadcast of the show. I just guessed it might be her management or record company, because the excuse of not being able to get the band together so soon after a tour didn't seem plausible.


If legalities were ever an issue, she would never have been allowed to sign on in the first place. :shrug:

At least that's my understanding of record company legalese. Believe me, I would very much like to blame her untimely backing out of such a worthwhile endeavor on the beaurocrats as well, but I don't think that's the case here, unfortunately.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

I doubt any legalities of using her material would have been a problem...since I dont think there was going to be a DVD, just a payperview concert...So I am in the opinion that the cancellation likely had nothing to do with the Today Show event...however WB being involved in it, is likely how she got asked to do it.

[Ghost_Tracker]

Yeah.

Uhm, Stevie's DAD just DIED.

After a long illness.

When she was coming off of a tour from which she was absolutely

exhausted, emotionally and physically.

Shortly after she and her Dad, working together, raised a total of

15 million dollars for the Research Building at the Arizona Heart

Institute, which over the long run is going to save countless lives

and won't exactly hurt the Phoenix economy.

I'm not sure of the exact years, but the following are

approximately the years Stevie has been on tour, away from home.

For each of those years, she was on tour for most or all of

that year.

1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989,

1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005.

She has given countless millions to other charities over the years.

Have we forgotten about what she did for the firefighters in both

New York and Washington, D.C.?

So can we please just give her a break about missing this one

show?

She's not a robot. And she's 57. She needs to take care of herself

and her family.

It's as if she's a student who, after 14 years of getting nothing but

100%'s, get's criticized for getting a 90% on one test.

Give'er a freaking break, she doesn't have to do this at all.

[RockALittle250]

Yeah.

Uhm, Stevie's DAD just DIED.

After a long illness.

When she was coming off of a tour from which she was absolutely

exhausted, emotionally and physically.

Shortly after she and her Dad, working together, raised a total of

15 million dollars for the Research Building at the Arizona Heart

Institute, which over the long run is going to save countless lives

and won't exactly hurt the Phoenix economy.

I'm not sure of the exact years, but the following are

approximately the years Stevie has been on tour, away from home.

For each of those years, she was on tour for most or all of

that year.

1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989,

1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005.

She has given countless millions to other charities over the years.

Have we forgotten about what she did for the firefighters in both

New York and Washington, D.C.?

So can we please just give her a break about missing this one

show?

She's not a robot. And she's 57. She needs to take care of herself

and her family.

It's as if she's a student who, after 14 years of getting nothing but

100%'s, get's criticized for getting a 90% on one test.

Give'er a freaking break, she doesn't have to do this at all.

No one is critisizing or bad-mouthing the fact that she cancelled her Big Apple/Big Easy concert performance...we are only speculating. I am just saying it is a possibility that was the reason for her cancellation. I am not saying that i am angry that she cancelled, or that it is wrong that she cancelled the performance. Whatever the reasons were, personal or business, Stevie is helping Katrina victims in need of help in this tragic and sad time in their lives...so get a grip!!

[Ghost_Tracker]

No one is critisizing or bad-mouthing the fact that she cancelled her Big Apple/Big Easy concert performance...we are only speculating. I am just saying it is a possibility that was the reason for her cancellation. I am not saying that i am angry that she cancelled, or that it is wrong that she cancelled the performance. Whatever the reasons were, personal or business, Stevie is helping Katrina victims in need of help in this tragic and sad time in their lives...so get a grip!!

ALL-righty well I apologize. My remarks aren't necessarily directed

at you personally. There were some people in here making

very negative remarks about her, though, just weeks after Stevie's

Dad had died, and what you may not know is that there were many

people coming in to the chat room on Nicksfix and saying awful stuff

about her because of it. So there's been a general feeling, in a lot

of different places, that people aren't appreciating what Stevie is

really going through and what the past few weeks and months have

actually been like for her. The general speculation has been,

that the reality is that this poor person has been going through hell

in the past few weeks and months, and then people jumped all over

her for missing the benefit and used words like "selfish" and

"egotistical" to describe her. So sorry if I got a little defensive

but we need to all remember, maybe, that she's human and needs to

look after herself. They were speaking as if she was an inhuman robot

who owes them something, at a time when she's been more

than generous with her time, money, and heart. So I apologize,

but I do maintain that we should all try to remember that Stevie is

obviously going through a very rough time in her life right now.

From what I've heard, the "happy mood" for the second half of the

tour was all an act - someone who, I believe, knows for sure, told me

that the last 3 or 4 shows were "living hell" for Stevie and that she

wanted to quit, but kept going anyway for the sake of the fans. So

I feel that Stevie needs support right now, not discouragement.

Don't forget that she maybe sometimes feels things a little more deeply

than some people - can you imagine how she would feel about the

hurricane victims, and how she felt about the tsunami, even if her

Dad hadn't died? I'm not sure but I think maybe this has been

the roughest year so far of Stevie's entire life - and that's saying something,

no? So let's encourage her, now, when she needs it most.

She deserves some gratitude for what she's at least tried to do. :o

"Something in my heart died last night
Just one more chip off an already broken heart.
I think the heart broke long ago
That's when I needed you
When I needed you most."

[Ghost_Tracker]

Get it now?

( This isn't directed at anyone in particular - I (and others) are just

saying, think about it, please. )

[realcowgirl]

Get it now?

( This isn't directed at anyone in particular - I (and others) are just

saying, think about it, please. )

I, for one, was very disappointed not to see Stevie at the concert, but, things happen. Like you said, she has a lot going on right now. I hate to hear anyone speaking poorly of her.

But, anyway, thanks for posting the picture. What a good looking family they are! :D

[Kelly]

The Nicksfix chat is the weirdest place to be bashing Stevie. Her people probably moniter that place as closely as any other...considering it is her official site. Whenever the topic of a bootleg song or something comes up over there...wham...the discussion is halted. (at least that is the way it was about a year or so ago)

I do agree that Stevie has been through alot this summer and I have said from the get go of this tour that no one was seeing the real Stevie. Anyone who thinks that the Stevie who performed during the GD tour is the usual solo Stevie is sadly mistaken. Her energy, smiles, general upbeat appearance might have been genuine at times but for the most part, I thought it was an onstage persona. She was trying soo hard to convince us that everything was wonderful. As soon as the spotlight was off, her smile disappeared. Her Dad has been ill for months, even the first Vegas shows last May were difficult for her. Going on tour with her Dad home or in and out of the hospital had to extremely difficult for Stevie. To think she was genuinely happy out there when her Dad was home dying is nuts. She was a trooper this summer but if you think she was really into the tour...you are wrong. Her fans are not the main reason she stayed out there...the obligations to others are. (sponsers, promotors, investors, bandmates, crew) The appearance of her Peter Jennings letter on her site was absolutely Stevie reaching out to people for some comfort and prayers and she pretty much got ripped a new asshole for the way she worded her letter. The loving gesture of the letter was completely overlooked. No one really read between the lines and thought about why she was suddenly sharing this letter and talking about her Dad. The same sort of thing happened with the cancelled gig. She took alot of heat, on the board and elsewhere for pulling out but no one knows the real reason why. Perhaps her reason was valid? It seems that Stevie is constantly either not living up to her fans expectations or getting criticized. I just do not get that.

Flame away.....

[storms2]

The Nicksfix chat is the weirdest place to be bashing Stevie. Her people probably moniter that place as closely as any other...considering it is her official site. Whenever the topic of a bootleg song or something comes up over there...wham...the discussion is halted. (at least that is the way it was about a year or so ago)

I do agree that Stevie has been through alot this summer and I have said from the get go of this tour that no one was seeing the real Stevie. Anyone who thinks that the Stevie who performed during the GD tour is the usual solo Stevie is sadly mistaken. Her energy, smiles, general upbeat appearance might have been genuine at times but for the most part, I thought it was an onstage persona. She was trying soo hard to convince us that everything was wonderful. As soon as the spotlight was off, her smile disappeared. Her Dad has been ill for months, even the first Vegas shows last May were difficult for her. Going on tour with her Dad home or in and out of the hospital had to extremely difficult for Stevie. To think she was genuinely happy out there when her Dad was home dying is nuts. She was a trooper this summer but if you think she was really into the tour...you are wrong. Her fans are not the main reason she stayed out there...the obligations to others are. (sponsers, promotors, investors, bandmates, crew) The appearance of her Peter Jennings letter on her site was absolutely Stevie reaching out to people for some comfort and prayers and she pretty much got ripped a new asshole for the way she worded her letter. The loving gesture of the letter was completely overlooked. No one really read between the lines and thought about why she was suddenly sharing this letter and talking about her Dad. The same sort of thing happened with the cancelled gig. She took alot of heat, on the board and elsewhere for pulling out but no one knows the real reason why. Perhaps her reason was valid? It seems that Stevie is constantly either not living up to her fans expectations or getting criticized. I just do not get that.

Flame away.....


I don't often post here but had to say...ITA on everything you posted! :blob2:
The poor woman can't win for loosing.

[dissention]

Yeah.

Uhm, Stevie's DAD just DIED.

After a long illness.

When she was coming off of a tour from which she was absolutely

exhausted, emotionally and physically.

Shortly after she and her Dad, working together, raised a total of

15 million dollars for the Research Building at the Arizona Heart

Institute, which over the long run is going to save countless lives

and won't exactly hurt the Phoenix economy.

I'm not sure of the exact years, but the following are

approximately the years Stevie has been on tour, away from home.

For each of those years, she was on tour for most or all of

that year.

1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989,

1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005.

She has given countless millions to other charities over the years.

Have we forgotten about what she did for the firefighters in both

New York and Washington, D.C.?

So can we please just give her a break about missing this one

show?

She's not a robot. And she's 57. She needs to take care of herself

and her family.

It's as if she's a student who, after 14 years of getting nothing but

100%'s, get's criticized for getting a 90% on one test.

Give'er a freaking break, she doesn't have to do this at all.

Oh, felafel.

She signed up for it and then pulled out once she was faced with the prospect of possibly not being able to do the same old things and songs that she always does. I doubt it had anything to do with her father or any such stuff, or else she wouldn't have agreed to do it in the first place. She didn't like the way it was being organized and being the woman that she is, she didn't want to go out on a limb, so she pulled out. No big conspiracy, no big deal, that's just what happened. Now she's building a house and performing on the Today show. What's the problem?

[dissention]

The general speculation has been,

that the reality is that this poor person has been going through hell

in the past few weeks and months, and then people jumped all over

her for missing the benefit and used words like "selfish" and

"egotistical" to describe her.

I've yet to see anyone on this board call her "selfish" or "egotistical" for pulling out of the Katrina benefit.

[dissention]

No one really read between the lines and thought about why she was suddenly sharing this letter and talking about her Dad.

That's because a) I'm not a mind reader and b) I'm not privy to what's going on in her family because it's really none of my business.

[Ghost_Tracker]

The Nicksfix chat is the weirdest place to be bashing Stevie. Her people probably moniter that place as closely as any other...considering it is her official site. Whenever the topic of a bootleg song or something comes up over there...wham...the discussion is halted. (at least that is the way it was about a year or so ago)

I do agree that Stevie has been through alot this summer and I have said from the get go of this tour that no one was seeing the real Stevie. Anyone who thinks that the Stevie who performed during the GD tour is the usual solo Stevie is sadly mistaken. Her energy, smiles, general upbeat appearance might have been genuine at times but for the most part, I thought it was an onstage persona. She was trying soo hard to convince us that everything was wonderful. As soon as the spotlight was off, her smile disappeared. Her Dad has been ill for months, even the first Vegas shows last May were difficult for her. Going on tour with her Dad home or in and out of the hospital had to extremely difficult for Stevie. To think she was genuinely happy out there when her Dad was home dying is nuts. She was a trooper this summer but if you think she was really into the tour...you are wrong. Her fans are not the main reason she stayed out there...the obligations to others are. (sponsers, promotors, investors, bandmates, crew) The appearance of her Peter Jennings letter on her site was absolutely Stevie reaching out to people for some comfort and prayers and she pretty much got ripped a new asshole for the way she worded her letter. The loving gesture of the letter was completely overlooked. No one really read between the lines and thought about why she was suddenly sharing this letter and talking about her Dad. The same sort of thing happened with the cancelled gig. She took alot of heat, on the board and elsewhere for pulling out but no one knows the real reason why. Perhaps her reason was valid? It seems that Stevie is constantly either not living up to her fans expectations or getting criticized. I just do not get that.

Flame away.....

Thank you so much. This is exactly what I've been trying to

say. I'm sorry if I've been irritable about it at times but it's been hard to

see people bashing her at this time. There have been many people

in various places who I've seen bashing her, basically saying in between

their lines, "AWWWW pooor BA-by, is life getting a little ROUGH for

the Gold Dust Woman!?" and that's been hard to sit by idly and take.

It's been the lack of thoughtfulness and consideration for Stevie's feelings

and what she's going through that's been so bothersome to people -

more people than some seem to realize. It was just SO SO bothersome

when, a very short time after Stevie and her Dad raised 15 million dollars

for the Heart Institute, and a short time after Mr. Nicks - Stevie's hero

and inspiration and her DAD, for crying out loud - died - people were

coming in to the chat room and badmouthing her for skipping out on a

benefit which other stars had already pulled out of because it was

rumored to be very badly organized. They were saying things like,

"I don't CARE about that, I have two nine year old girls who are CRYING!

He died three WEEKS ago, get OVER it already!"

I just couldn't believe that.

Without being too grim, I want to try to state this as clearly as possible -

there has been concern that Stevie might not survive this.

She's VERY tired. Let's not take her for granted, she is NOT obligaged

to do this and let's try and encourage her for whatever she's able

to do at this time and support her in whatever decisions she ultimately

makes. And that's all that I've been trying to say. Thank you again

for your kind and understanding words.

[ELIUD]

...Without being too grim, I want to try to state this as clearly as possible -

there has been concern that Stevie might not survive this.

She's VERY tired. Let's not take her for granted, she is NOT obligaged

to do this and let's try and encourage her for whatever she's able

to do at this time and support her in whatever decisions she ultimately

makes. And that's all that I've been trying to say. Thank you again

for your kind and understanding words.


I hope you don't mean to imply that if Stevie should drop dead suddenly of grief or exhaustion it would be because her fans didn't support her enough. That's f'ing insane.

[Ghost_Tracker]

I hope you don't mean to imply that if Stevie should drop dead suddenly of grief or exhaustion it would be because her fans didn't support her enough. That's f'ing insane.


Nooooo, of course not.

But shouldn't her fans be supporting her now?

Of all times?

[BTFLCHLD]

Without being too grim, I want to try to state this as clearly as possible -

there has been concern that Stevie might not survive this.

She's VERY tired. you really should get over yourself...i dont appreciate you speaking of stevie's feelings as if they are your own. and for you to speak of what others are feeling about stevies absense or lack of participation is preposterous...who are you to speak of her fans and clump then into your one-sided generalizations? imo youve taken your assumptions and interpretations too far.

[Ghost_Tracker]

you really should get over yourself...i dont appreciate you speaking of stevie's feelings as if they are your own. and for you to speak of what others are feeling about stevies absense or lack of participation is preposterous...who are you to speak of her fans and clump then into your one-sided generalizations? imo youve taken your assumptions and interpretations too far.

I honestly didn't mean to "clump together" anybody.

I was speaking specifically about, for example, people who were

coming in to the chat room and basically calling Stevie a

"Selfish, thoughtless bitch" three weeks after her Dad died,

and being completely self-centered about the concert. The concert

itself was supposed to be for Hurricane survivors, and all these people -

and there were MANY of them - cared about was their own

entertainment. So I apologize if I phrased it the wrong way or

generalized, but please see what I posted above about what some

people have been calling Stevie, at this time and how I just simply

feel we should bear in mind what she's been going through lately.

And please see what Kelly wrote, I feel that that was exactly

100% dead-on.

[skcin]

What do things posted on the Nicksfix chatroom have to do with The Ledge? :shrug:

[DavidMn]

you really should get over yourself...i dont appreciate you speaking of stevie's feelings as if they are your own. and for you to speak of what others are feeling about stevies absense or lack of participation is preposterous...who are you to speak of her fans and clump then into your one-sided generalizations? imo youve taken your assumptions and interpretations too far.
Amen sister.

[BTFLCHLD]

people who were coming in to the chat room please note that this is THE LEDGE not to be confused with nicksfix chat...some of your posts read with an implication of some inside track to stevie...and THAT she would probably not appreciate...IMO :wavey:

[DavidMn]

please note that this is THE LEDGE not to be confused with nicksfix chat...some of your posts read with an implication of some inside track to stevie...and THAT she would probably not appreciate...IMO :wavey:
You're such a troublemaker!!!!! I'm gonna report us ass!!! :p

[BTFLCHLD]

You're such a troublemaker!!!!! I'm gonna report us ass!!! :p who goes to the nicksfix anymores? certainly not the crew! hey i saw pacawn last week...he said he was doing OK...and i let him know we were all thinking of him during this hurriciane bs...he says hello!

[Rickypt]

The loving gesture of the letter was completely overlooked.

I recall there being quite a few posts commenting on how sweet the letter was, including my own.

[DavidMn]

who goes to the nicksfix anymores? certainly not the crew! hey i saw pacawn last week...he said he was doing OK...and i let him know we were all thinking of him during this hurriciane bs...he says hello!
The Crew.... Now that brings back memories. I'm so glad Jay is ok. Is he still in houston?

[BTFLCHLD]

The Crew.... Now that brings back memories. I'm so glad Jay is ok. Is he still in houston? yes...he was last week. i hope to touch base with him this week again and see how he is doing.

[dissention]

I recall there being quite a few posts commenting on how sweet the letter was, including my own.

I think that even those who found the letter itself odd commented on what a nice gesture it was and how her heart was in the right place.

[LiquidBlue5000]

Thank you so much. This is exactly what I've been trying to

say. I'm sorry if I've been irritable about it at times but it's been hard to

see people bashing her at this time. There have been many people

in various places who I've seen bashing her, basically saying in between

their lines, "AWWWW pooor BA-by, is life getting a little ROUGH for

the Gold Dust Woman!?" and that's been hard to sit by idly and take.

It's been the lack of thoughtfulness and consideration for Stevie's feelings

and what she's going through that's been so bothersome to people -

more people than some seem to realize. It was just SO SO bothersome

when, a very short time after Stevie and her Dad raised 15 million dollars

for the Heart Institute, and a short time after Mr. Nicks - Stevie's hero

and inspiration and her DAD, for crying out loud - died - people were

coming in to the chat room and badmouthing her for skipping out on a

benefit which other stars had already pulled out of because it was

rumored to be very badly organized. They were saying things like,

"I don't CARE about that, I have two nine year old girls who are CRYING!

He died three WEEKS ago, get OVER it already!"

I just couldn't believe that.

Without being too grim, I want to try to state this as clearly as possible -

there has been concern that Stevie might not survive this.

She's VERY tired. Let's not take her for granted, she is NOT obligaged

to do this and let's try and encourage her for whatever she's able

to do at this time and support her in whatever decisions she ultimately

makes. And that's all that I've been trying to say. Thank you again

for your kind and understanding words.


why must you double-space?? I don't get it :shrug:

[catinthedark]

Without being too grim, I want to try to state this as clearly as possible -

there has been concern that Stevie might not survive this.

She's VERY tired. Let's not take her for granted, she is NOT obligaged

to do this and let's try and encourage her for whatever she's able

to do at this time and support her in whatever decisions she ultimately

makes. And that's all that I've been trying to say. Thank you again

for your kind and understanding words.

Honestly, I think this is a little over the top. Without being too grim myself, people experience death. And they get through it. It's not easy - not at all. But Stevie Nicks is a strong woman. She's proven that in the past. I don't think it's anyone's place to infer that she "may not survive" her father's death. Yes, her father was an inspiration and a great love in her life. But he was not taken at a young age. He lived a long and love-filled life. He had a family he was very proud of, and who loved him dearly. His life was in all liklihood a great celebration to the people in it.

Stevie will mourn his death. But it's unlikely she will drop dead of her grief. People do move forward - it's part of the cycle of life. Sad and devastating as it is, children bury their parents. That's the natural progression of life. I'm sure Stevie's father would have wanted her to continue doing what she loved to do - he wouldn't have wanted her to hide herself away and grieve the rest of her days. I'm sure she will keep doing it.

[bikerchic]

there has been concern that Stevie might not survive this.
I'm sorry, but that is absurd.

[Ghost_Tracker]

I'm sorry, but that is absurd.

From Stevie Nicks, 12/31/82:

"And so she was lost to them -
As the wind clears away a thousand leaves in the flash of an eye -
and the final decision is made from the heart -
it is difficult to say goodbye -
written on the night she tried to end the pain."

[Hawkeye]

From Stevie Nicks, 12/31/82:

"And so she was lost to them -
As the wind clears away a thousand leaves in the flash of an eye -
and the final decision is made from the heart -
it is difficult to say goodbye -
written on the night she tried to end the pain."

AND... how does that make what you said not absurd. Thats the most random thing:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[bikerchic]

From Stevie Nicks, 12/31/82:

"And so she was lost to them -
As the wind clears away a thousand leaves in the flash of an eye -
and the final decision is made from the heart -
it is difficult to say goodbye -
written on the night she tried to end the pain."
Oh, of course......yes, it all makes sense now ;)