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Originally Posted by David
Some of the 1978 mishaps with Stevie’s voice and Lindsey’s medical problems surface here. There was obviously a widespread concern about Stevie’s problems and a full-scale tour schedule. You really did used to hear all the time in those days that the band may need to cancel some upcoming show if her voice didn’t hold up. We heard about that all the time — so different from 1998 to the present, when she can tour with the best of them.
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Yes, cancellations were a possibility even into the 1980s. In the pre-internet era before social media and mass information, you might not hear of the cancellation until the last minute. In the fall of 1987, we drove a short 80 miles to The Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas for the Tango in the Night Tour. As our vehicle drove into the parking lot of the venue, a large digital marquee read, "Tonight Fleetwood Mac - Canceled".
The issue was Stevie's voice. The show was later rescheduled for December 1987.
Without technology and prerecorded backing tracks, cancellations these days are uncommon.