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Official word from Live Nation...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
FLEETWOOD MAC POSTPONES SHOW AT PENGROWTH SADDLEDOME
SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT, MAY 12TH
(May 12, 2009) -- Fleetwood Mac has postponed their scheduled show for tonight, May 12th at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, AB due to illness. A rescheduled date will be announced soon.
Tickets that were purchased for the Pengrowth Saddledome show will be honored at the newly rescheduled date.
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Houseonthehill
05-12-2009, 05:20 PM
I just heard the news! I am so choked, I wonder who is sick?
Brutal!
nailatixela
05-12-2009, 05:31 PM
Uh oh.
Sounds like it's Stevie
Hows it sound like Stevie? 'due to illness' was all we got.
Sorry...I work at a radio station and that's what I've heard.
The only "official" word is illness...but isn't she usually the one who gets sick?
nailatixela
05-12-2009, 05:41 PM
Sorry...I work at a radio station and that's what I've heard.
The only "official" word is illness...but isn't she usually the one who gets sick?
I wonder what she is sick with - if it is her. She was sick for some SYW tour dates. A sore throat I believe. I guess if I had to place my money on who it was I'd say Stevie. But...maybe it's Mick's drum tech. ;)
But seriously...sorry to all the folks wanting to go to this show tonight. This is short notice too - hope a lot of people don't go to the venue and get the news. I imagine that will happen to a lot of people though.
Musicman408
05-12-2009, 05:45 PM
Sorry to hear about all of this- so unfortunate
TheNightbird
05-12-2009, 05:46 PM
Hey, Mick's no spring chicken either-maybe he is sick. Lindsay could be having a bad day with his epilepsy, maybe John got swine flu...who knows
:shrug:
hippilil86
05-12-2009, 05:49 PM
Hey, Mick's no spring chicken either-maybe he is sick. Lindsay could be having a bad day with his epilepsy, maybe John got swine flu...who knows
:shrug:
Illnesses happen! They aren't invincible. I think things have really picked up lately with the energy on the tour, maybe giving it their all has taken a toll? They'll hopefully be back and better than ever with some renewed energy.
Is anyone planning on going to the Edmonton Show tomorrow? I'm trying to figure out what's going on with that.
MacMan
05-12-2009, 05:57 PM
Well, I hope it's not too severe... I'm supposed to leave here on Thursday for Vancouver for Friday's show. Would like to know before I leave if they are going to make it or not....
CelticGypsy
05-12-2009, 07:24 PM
I hope whomever is sick will be much better soon!! Was planning to go to Tacoma to see them. Glad I haven't bought tickets yet. Maybe, a trip to SLC would be much better to see the band.
Dude, that sucks. A family friend made a six hour drive for that concert, and now this happens...
Is anyone planning on going to the Edmonton Show tomorrow? I'm trying to figure out what's going on with that.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was postponed either. :distress:
Sorry...I work at a radio station and that's what I've heard.
The only "official" word is illness...but isn't she usually the one who gets sick?
Let's face it, anyone can get sick! I believe the one Dance show that was postponed/cancelled (Edmonton, Vancouver, somewhere in western Canada I can't remember) was because Lindsey was sick.
I'm looking at the comments on the news sites about the cancellation, and boy, are there a lot of whiners out there. btw, what the hell is 'pedestrian music'?
ShangriLaTroubl
05-12-2009, 08:11 PM
Stevie's reeboks get stuck in the wet concrete again at the hotel??????????
Seriously though, sorry to those who were going tonight, that's a major bummer, at least it's POSTPONED instead of being flat out canceled though!
SteveMacD
05-12-2009, 08:22 PM
Let's face it, anyone can get sick! I believe the one Dance show that was postponed/cancelled (Edmonton, Vancouver, somewhere in western Canada I can't remember) was because Lindsey was sick.
Actually, I think that WAS Calgary. Face it, Fleetwood Mac doesn't like you. (That's okay. The Who always cancels their Cincinnati shows, too.)
MacMan
05-12-2009, 08:27 PM
Let's face it, anyone can get sick! I believe the one Dance show that was postponed/cancelled (Edmonton, Vancouver, somewhere in western Canada I can't remember) was because Lindsey was sick.
Wow... I had no idea they even had a Western Canadian date scheduled for The Dance Tour.... Definitely wasn't rescheduled!
It seems more like Western Canada doesn't like Fleetwood Mac - i.e. this comment: "Ahhhh, if only it was Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Unfortunately, the girls wrecked a great blues band. Pop turned it to poop."
Last time I checked, when Christine first started playing with the band, they were still doing blues songs. :rolleyes:
Wow... I had no idea they even had a Western Canadian date scheduled for The Dance Tour.... Definitely wasn't rescheduled!
I thought they had a date in Vancouver.
SandyMac
05-12-2009, 09:35 PM
I am sorry to hear this .. hope who ever is sick gets well soon.
Also sorry for everyone looking forward to tonight's show.
I experienced a canceled show once in the DC area during SYW tour and it really bums you out, but I know if someone is sick, can't very well belt out Tusk or ISA or Stand Back or Silver Springs if you are coughing or sneezing or have a sore throat.
SteveMacD
05-12-2009, 10:29 PM
It seems more like Western Canada doesn't like Fleetwood Mac - i.e. this comment: "Ahhhh, if only it was Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Unfortunately, the girls wrecked a great blues band. Pop turned it to poop."
Last time I checked, when Christine first started playing with the band, they were still doing blues songs. :rolleyes:
Hell, she was still singing Get Like You Used To Be and Jumpin' At Shadows in the early days of Lindsey and Stevie, and even did Roll With Me Henry in the early days of Billy and Rick. Christine didn't wreck anything.
Unless, of course, they're referring to Lindsey as a girl, in which case I'd agree. But, if we're going to blame anybody for turning Fleetwood Mac in to pop, we really have to blame Danny Kirwan. It was all his fault. I mean, how else can we explain Fleetwood Mac's transition away from such great blues-rock numbers like Albatross or Man Of The World? (EXTRA heavy on the sarcasm, there.)
LukeA
05-12-2009, 11:44 PM
I thought they had a date in Vancouver.
It was Vancouver. Rumor has it that it was canceled due to baby mama drama.
Vancouver is one of the most successful dates on this tour.
The official reason for the '97 cancelling was Lindsey having bronchitis or something wasn't it? I know that if you listen to boots of the Fargo or Tacoma shows, he sounds pretty shot in the voice department. If memory serves me correctly, it's very pronounced in the Fargo show which was just a few days prior to the cancelled Vancouver show.
Of course, with Fleetwood Mac, there's always drama so who knows!
LukeA
05-13-2009, 12:00 AM
The official reason for the '97 cancelling was Lindsey having bronchitis or something wasn't it? I know that if you listen to boots of the Fargo or Tacoma shows, he sounds pretty shot in the voice department. If memory serves me correctly, it's very pronounced in the Fargo show which was just a few days prior to the cancelled Vancouver show.
Of course, with Fleetwood Mac, there's always drama so who knows!
Yes. I was just recalling the retrospective rumors at the time :)
DavidMn
05-13-2009, 02:07 AM
What I could see happening is them postponing Vancouver as well, and rescheduling all 3 Canada shows into June, and dumping Tacoma all together. It would be good cover to use this so they wouldnt have to admit to the slow Tacoma sales. That would give Stevie or whoever it is a week to rest before Sacramento on the 18th.
Seriously though, sorry to those who were going tonight, that's a major bummer, at least it's POSTPONED instead of being flat out canceled though!
My thoughts exactly!
michelej1
05-13-2009, 02:36 PM
Calgary Herald, May 13, 2009
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Entertainment/Fleetwood+leaves+Calgary+fans+hanging/1591327/story.html
Fleetwood Mac Leaves Calgary Fans Hanging
CALGARY - Dianne Cowan and her husband had a white-knuckle drive Tuesday when they made the pilgrimage from Medicine Hat in the middle of "a terrible rainstorm" to see Fleetwood Mac.
They even saw an accident along the way, with a motorcycle in the ditch, Cowan said, but it was a trek she was willing to make.
A fan of the Grammy award-winning rock band since the 1970s, Cowan still has the original Fleetwood Mac LPs from that era, and she, her husband and their four friends were "all hyped up" about Tuesday's concert in Calgary, she said.
Like many a Fleetwood Mac fan, however, Cowan was disappointed when the Rock&Roll Hall of Famers cancelled their show due to the illness of a member of the band (rumoured to be Stevie Nicks). The show's promoters announced the concert would be postponed to a later date, four hours before the band was scheduled to perform.
At that late notice, even though word went out on the Internet and on the radio, many fans had no idea about the change in plans until they arrived at the 'Dome.
"We found out right here, right now," said Cowan, standing outside the Saddledome on a chilly Tuesday evening. "This was our big chance to see Fleetwood Mac."
Cowan said she and her husband do plan to use the tickets on the new concert date -- which has yet to be announced.
But Bill Stevens and his family, who made the nine-hour drive from Regina, didn't think they would return.
"We've got to come back? I've got to take more holidays? I don't think so," Stevens said.
Having made the journey to Calgary with his wife Tracy, as well as his mother-in-law and daughter, Stevens thought there should be some consideration.
"We've got three generations of Fleetwood Mac fans here. I hope they make it up to us," he said.
Promoters stated refunds for the tickets will be given at the point of purchase. Including the cost of four tickets for the concert -- which came to more than $800 -- Stevens estimated he'd spent at least $2,000, including travel and hotel costs.
The family isn't willing to rack up any more, said Bill's wife, Tracy Stevens.
"We're already out the money it cost us to get here, and we're not even seeing the concert," she said.
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michelej1
05-13-2009, 02:51 PM
Calgary Metro News, May 13, 2009
http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/local/article/227853--fleetwood-fans-disappointed-by-cancelled-concert
Fleetwood fans disappointed by cancelled concert
Crystal Scriven’s sister Candice Hackman and her mom, Allison, flew in from Fort St. John, B.C., for last night’s Fleetwood Mac concert at the Pengrowth Saddledome.
But, unfortunately for the Mount Royal journalism student and her family, the concert was cancelled four hours prior to the opening.
Her tickets were purchased in January of this year — so they’ve been waiting a few months for the big night.
“We got presale tickets and everything,” said Scriven.
“It’s not nice. We were looking forward to it.”
Scriven isn’t sure if she’ll be in Calgary when the concert is rescheduled, though the show’s promoter said that when the show is rescheduled, the May 12 tickets would be honoured or reimbursed.
metro calgary
BTFLCHLD
05-13-2009, 03:04 PM
my own private idaho :distress:
sux for those that travelled; $$$ flights, gas, ILAA, etc etc.
michelej1
05-13-2009, 03:26 PM
Pollstar
http://pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2009/05/13/666725.aspx
Sick Call
Posted on Wednesday May 13, 2009
Illness strikes Depeche Mode, Fleetwood Mac and Morrissey, causing DM to skip last night’s Athen’s engagement, The Mac postponing Calgary and Alberta, and Moz missing shows in the United Kingdom.
Depeche Mode bowed out of the group’s scheduled concert in Athens, Greece, after lead singer Dave Gahan was rushed to an Athens hospital. Details are sketchy as no one from the Depeche Mode camp has commented on Gahan’s condition, although AFP reports he is being treated for “suspected gastroenteritis.”
Meanwhile, promoters are telling fans to hang on to their tickets, suggesting last night’s gig might take place tonight. Depeche Mode’s next scheduled date is tomorrow night in Istanbul, Turkey.
Details are also on the thin side regarding Fleetwood Mac’s Canada dates in Alberta. Blaming illness, the band postponed Tuesday’s scheduled concert at Calgary’s Pengrowth Saddledome and tonight’s gig in Edmonton. The Saddledome’s Web site advises ticket holders to hang on to their ducats for a rescheduled date.
Fleetwood Mac’s Edmonton stop, scheduled for tonight at Rexall Place, has also been postponed, according to the Edmonton Sun. The newspaper says a new date will be announced shortly. Fleetwood Mac’s next scheduled show is Friday, May 15 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Then there’s Morrissey, who’s been a bit under the weather lately. He postponed Tuesday’s gig at London’s Royal Albert Hall and has nixed tonight’s stop at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham. According to published reports, doctors have ordered Moz to get some rest. At this time the next show on Morrissey’s schedule is Friday night’s engagement at the Britannia Pier in Great Yarmouth.
MoonWaterPoet
05-13-2009, 04:06 PM
What I could see happening is them postponing Vancouver as well, and rescheduling all 3 Canada shows into June, and dumping Tacoma all together. It would be good cover to use this so they wouldnt have to admit to the slow Tacoma sales. That would give Stevie or whoever it is a week to rest before Sacramento on the 18th.
David ~
I was thinking the same exact thing... Hope whoever is sick, Gets Well soon...
Donnie Wayne ~
Houseonthehill
05-13-2009, 06:14 PM
I am choked also that the concert was canceled, what can you do right? Maybe on the postponed show they might do a extra encore? lol I had a big evening planned out tonight which included a nice dinner out etc, but meh, they are coming back right so!
Fleetwood Mac is human, and I know for those who came in from Regina it is probably cold comfort, but people get sick.
I was watching on CTV about a guys who was a big Stevie Nicks fan and named her kids Rhiannon and... "rumour". These kids were pretty young, Tusk had already come out... what about Sara? lol Either way, they must be sisters of the moon.
And I believe that the Mick had a bad experience back in the day in Calgary, where he first cheated on his wife on a tour during the Calgary Stampede (according to his book).
Villavic
05-13-2009, 06:18 PM
And I believe that the Mick had a bad experience back in the day in Calgary, where he first cheated on his wife on a tour during the Calgary Stampede (according to his book).
Cheated on his wife? Was the episode he tells about having a woman at the room ans she answered the phone, and oh bad luck It was Jenny..? I remember he told he was not the kind of guy to be with groupies, but that day he did it, once, and Jenny discover him!! :eek:
And yes, Fleetwood Mac is human, and in their 60s. According to their performance, wouldn't be surprised Stevie is the sick, she looked tired. Good mood, but tired, slow.
Ah - a story is on the local CTV news about this! And now they're showing a clip of Dreams from some show on the Unleashed tour. They're showing clips of pissed off fans and two girls named Rhiannon and Rumour. Oh - and a guy with an Alberta license plate of "STVNKS" or something along those lines. Here's Monday Morning! And a pimping of the Saskatoon show.. they said it was sold out. LOL - Manfred just said something about Stevie "croaking" her way through a show!
I think it's hilarious that people are traveling all the way from places like Regina to see them in Alberta where they're playing in Saskatoon, two hours away.
MacMan
05-13-2009, 09:32 PM
Ah - a story is on the local CTV news about this! And now they're showing a clip of Dreams from some show on the Unleashed tour. They're showing clips of pissed off fans and two girls named Rhiannon and Rumour. Oh - and a guy with an Alberta license plate of "STVNKS" or something along those lines. Here's Monday Morning! And a pimping of the Saskatoon show.. they said it was sold out. LOL - Manfred just said something about Stevie "croaking" her way through a show!
I think it's hilarious that people are traveling all the way from places like Regina to see them in Alberta where they're playing in Saskatoon, two hours away.
Don't forget that the Alberta shows were on sale months before the Saskatoon date even showed up. It's like me... I bought a Vancouver ticket thinking they weren't coming here (Wpg), and I bought a Wpg ticket too... I'm just hanging on until tomorrow to see what happens with Vancouver... I can cancel my flight and get the credit for another time if the show is postponed, but I'd rather not go to Vancouver just to find out they aren't playing... So hopefully if they do postpone the show, they at least do it early tomorrow to give anyone travelling a heads up.
Awww... that's a shame that someone is sick. Whoever it is, I hope they get well soon. And I hope it's not the H1 N1 Virus aka Swine Flu. :(
Lee :(
And I believe that the Mick had a bad experience back in the day in Calgary, where he first cheated on his wife on a tour during the Calgary Stampede (according to his book).
Yes you're right...althought they weren't actually playing during the Stampede, like Mick said...just at the Stampede Grounds I guess. I checked the dates and they don't match up. Haha!
Steviefan49
05-14-2009, 12:10 PM
I am choked also that the concert was canceled, what can you do right? Maybe on the postponed show they might do a extra encore? lol I had a big evening planned out tonight which included a nice dinner out etc, but meh, they are coming back right so!
Fleetwood Mac is human, and I know for those who came in from Regina it is probably cold comfort, but people get sick.
I was watching on CTV about a guys who was a big Stevie Nicks fan and named her kids Rhiannon and... "rumour". These kids were pretty young, Tusk had already come out... what about Sara? lol Either way, they must be sisters of the moon.
And I believe that the Mick had a bad experience back in the day in Calgary, where he first cheated on his wife on a tour during the Calgary Stampede (according to his book).
Hmmmm... I'll have to look em' up and see if they're in the group.. LOLOLOL ;):p
Houseonthehill
05-14-2009, 08:00 PM
Yes you're right...althought they weren't actually playing during the Stampede, like Mick said...just at the Stampede Grounds I guess. I checked the dates and they don't match up. Haha!
I checked this out way back in the day too lol and remember coming to same conclusion.
MacAddict
05-19-2009, 10:06 AM
:shrug:has anyone heard if there is a new date for Alberta yet?? I DON'T WANT TO WAIT!!!:(
michelej1
05-21-2009, 12:00 PM
Medicine Hat News, May 21, 2009
http://www.medicinehatnews.com/content/view/101854/74/
The no-go Fleetwood Mac show by Poncho Parker
Murphy's Law played the ace up the sleeve last week and ultimately nixed my chances with Nicks, of the Stevie kind. For anyone who had to charge their kids room and board in order to afford a Fleetwood Mac ticket, I feel your frustration, regardless if your name is Rhiannon or not.
Tickets for the Calgary show that didn't take place weren't exactly on the cheap side of a finback either. If you're charging your fans a minimum of $200 for a seat that isn't wide enough to house an anorexic standing sideways, you had better show up to play the gig because even Cold FX pills aren't even that pricy, I don't care how bad of a case of the sniffles you have. Put into another perspective, I would have needed to cash in 4,500 empties for a pair of tickets and that well exceeds my capacity over the course of spring season of sipping the wobbly pops.
I should state that my ticket company did let me know that the concert would not happen — 24 hours after the fact and long after I burned half a tank of fuel cruising the Trans Canada. This leads me to believe that makers of concert tickets are the same people that convert the fuel we put into our station wagons and half tons, but I'll save that conspiracy theory for a later date.
This isn't the first time Fleetwood Mac has given the golden handshake to a concert and if I didn't have such a thing for Stevie Nicks, I would have refunded those pricey little pieces of cardboard the moment I found out. A lot like a high-wire walker that's fallen without a net, I'm clinging onto a very cheesecloth like, onion skin transparent glimmer of hope that they won't pull a 1997 stunt and cancel the show altogether.
Much like the dude who lands the 60-pound trout and can't take a picture because of his faulty Polaroid camera and has to throw the monster back, the lawdy mama took time off work and I even scheduled my holidays around the show that didn't happen. And then I heard about the people who travelled as far away as Fort McMurray to check out Fleetwood Mac, rolling down the blacktop in their Gremlin, risking the Highway of Death and the hundreds of dollars it would have taken to drive to Calgary, only to be shunned away at the door. That's got to set some sort of road trip record, I'm sure, if nothing else. If 25,000 strangers can manage to drive, crawl and hitchhike their way to the Saddledome for a few hours of what should have been 'Mac magic, then it shouldn't be a problem for four musicians with mounds of disposable income to do the same.
And if you ever wanna chat about nothing or everything, you can find me hosting 'Poncho in the Morning', on Medicine Hat's Best Rock, Rock 105.3 every weekday from 5:30-11 a.m.
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