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Originally Posted by The Catdancer

He cancelled the rest of the tour.

THE PARAMOUNT
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For Immediate Release:
Lindsay Buckingham originally scheduled for November 7, 2022, is Canceled
Huntington, Long Island, N.Y. (Sunday, November 6, 2022 @ 4 pm) – Lindsay Buckingham, Live in Concert at The Paramount, originally scheduled for November 7, 2022, is Canceled. In a statement from the band “Unfortunately Lindsey Buckingham’s remaining North American shows are cancelled due to illness within the Tour. Refunds will be made available at point of purchase. Lindsey will make best efforts to come back and play in the near future!” Any additional questions or concerns, please call the venue at (631) 673-7300 or visit paramountny.com.

it's been a very frustrating and worrisome time as a fan, considering Lindsey's PR is practically non existent. we've been waiting for complete tour cancellations starting in Europe and then going into the last US leg. as far as know we still didn't get an official message that the tour is cancelled, but venues received the message cited above so each venue shared it, and all remaining dates have been [finally!] cancelled.

that said, it must have been really frustrating for Lindsey and his promoters to cancel all these largely sold out dates, both in Europe and in the US. more than half of European dates were sold out, and of upcoming dates i know that Annapolis and Roanoke were completely sold out, and Huntington was low on tickets. Green Bay which was first one of the US leg that was canceled was sold out.

the best info we have seems to point that Lindsey must have gotten COVID again right as he was travelling to Europe. could it be that Radio City Music Hall Phoenix show where everyone kept reporting how nice and friendly he was to every fan who approached him, and how so many people were approaching him? seems very plausible. (someone said that Radio City is obviously a jinx for linds!).

anyway apparently he got COVID again at some point in sept and that's why European dates were initially cancelled. then he must have been recuperating and while he did Berlin and London, fans there were reporting he seems to be short of breath and has some difficulties. so the rest of European dates were cancelled.

and then US tour was completely idiotically starting only 2 weeks after European dates (whoever was booking these dates did not learn anything from spring COVID cancellations apparently ). and fans were reporting the first few dates of the US leg that LB doesn't seem to be himself, breathing hard, running out of breath, Tusk video i saw was like a slow motion version of Lindsey (maybe not quite as bad as nowadays painfully slow versions of old SN twirls but getting there!). fans discussing and holding our breath to hear what will happen next and whether tour will be cancelled outright, or just every other date will be cancelled considering it seemed obvious LB could not physically do 2 dates in a row without further damaging his health. (so much so that stories of Petty killing himself performing started popping up.)

so now finally the rest of the leg is cancelled and everyone is breathing sigh of relief - fans can finally make some plans, cancel hotels and flights etc. there were people flying internationally to these US dates, and there were people traveling all over Europe for the European leg. piecemeal cancellations were really hard on everyone.

hope now both LB and everyone else on his tour will take enough time to heal and recuperate - before attempting another 5 dates a week tour like this! and hope that his promise of finishing his new album next (he mentioned that a few time from the stage apparently! ) and then touring it will materialize some time next year!


that said, PR-wise Europe and this US leg could not have been handled worse.