Birmingham Arena show cancelled...
 

Reports are coming in that tonight's FM show has been cancelled...

Unfortunately tonight's Fleetwood Mac performance has been postponed due to illness. Show is rescheduled for 7 July, tickets remain valid.

— Genting Arena (@GentingArena) June 9, 2015

@VTCoventry @VTRugby @VTWolverhampton @VTStaffordstn Fleetwood Mac cancelled at Gentings Arena tonight

— VT Birmingham Intl. (@VTBhamIntl) June 9, 2015

Tonight's @fleetwoodmac show at @GentingArena, Birmingham has been cancelled. Refunds are available from your point of purchase.

— Counteract (@counteractmag) June 9, 2015

To all our customers at Fleetwood Mac tonight at Genting Arena. The even has been postponed to 7th July. All... http://t.co/8zz8PmJhoD

— Double8tickets.com (@88tickets) June 9, 2015

Looks like it has been postponed to 7/7/15

Does anyone have any more info?

According to a few tweets, some people have gone to the arena and have been turned away because it's cancelled.

I went last night so I feel really lucky to have seen them and they were on top form but maybe it's Christine as she didn't do Songbird at the end.

At least it looks as though it has been re-scheduled. I'm so sorry for those who were going tonight. :sorry:

I just read this on tumblr. How gutting for those people who were on route. At least there is a confirmed reschedule date. I hope whoever is unwell feels better soon and that those who were going this evening are able to make it on the 7th.

very annoyed!!! Travelled all this way to see Fleetwood Mac, only for it to be rescheduled!!!!! FUMING is an understatement!!! @GentingArena

— Dan Johnston (@DANJO_UK) June 9, 2015

Looks like quite a few are upset as can be expected...At least a make up date was issued quickly...

Yeah, that is a huge bummer.

To all those turning up to see @fleetwoodmac tonight in Birmingham it's cancelled #FleetwoodMac just been give this pic.twitter.com/3RaadEe7yC

— Louise Fell (@L_O_U_L_A) June 9, 2015

It's in the statement that you are S**T out of luck for expenses...
Last minute cancellations suck...

I don't know what the 'illness' is but I'm pretty sure whatever it is they're just being extra cautious because of their 'Isle of Wight Festival' slot on Sunday which has been massively talked about and well documented so they have to be 100% on point for that.

I'm pretty sure that's what it is.

I wonder if Manchester will go ahead as planned.

I'd imagine it's either Lindsey, Stevie or Christine. Singing's the one thing you can't really pull off at all if you're ill. I'd imagine it isn't because of the IoW show, as they've no doubt annoyed a hell of a lot of people by cancelling the show. On an unrelated note, Robert Plant's had to cancel some shows in the last few days due to illness. It happens unfortunately. I'm actually amazed that, given the amount of shows I go to, in the last ten years only two have been cancelled and one rescheduled and to be fair one of them was Michael Jackson at The O2...

Yeah, if it was to better prep for IOW, you'd think they would cancel the show directly before?

Yeah, exactly. Plus, whilst the IoW show is bound to attract more media coverage than usual it's not like Glastonbury where most of the headliners' sets are broadcast live.

Just arrived at NEC Birmingham! Now I 'm crying! This is my worst nightmare! I said to my self I will travel for The Mac tour one more tour, as to old for all this! Time of work, travel, accommodation enough already!!

First world problems.

Not first world just the second...

Just got back from the cancelled gig after a four and half hour round trip. By pure chance my wife and I stopped at strensham services on the M5 motorway southbound for something to eat and who did we come across just walking out........Mr Mick Fleetwood! A few people were having their photos taken with Mick and I then stepped forward to shake his hand and asked who was ill. Mick said that Christine has lost her voice but that she will be ok in a couple of days and that the gig has been re-scheduled for July 7th. So hopefully the Isle of Wight gig should be unaffected.

That is truly incredible. Wow. At least it's nothing serious and hopefully Christine will be back in top form very soon. I think that's probably why she didn't feel confident enough to do Songbird last night.

Bummer for those who were heading to the show.

Get well soon, Christine. Hopefully it isn't anything serious. We love you, girl!

wow wow wow. What are the chances?

Wishing Christine well.

"Due to Illness".

Uh, huh, sure...they're SICK of each other! :lol:

Wishing Chris the very best of health. Long live the Mac...

After all that time on the road, those dogs were perhaps a little too welcomed.

I can't help it, but that strikes me as amusing. I guess he had a good excuse!

Michele

I have Manchester tickets. Hope she is ok for Friday, otherwise I will be fuming!

yeah! how dare a 71 year old woman get sick , all she has to do is get on planes , sleep in strange hotel beds night after night , shake hands with a few strangers , get in and out of cars and limos that are not hers , eat food prepared by strangers in hotels and restaurants and sing nightly after 15 some odd years there's no excuse

He certainly did! The only one that was a last minute cancellation was Motorhead, I got to the venue which was about an hour away and thought the venue looked surprisingly quiet...

The band is playing too many shows. They should be saving their energy for the next record. At their age they should be cautious and preserve what they have for posterity. Ugh...

LOL since the vitriol if Stevie had been the cancellation, this thread would be 15 pages long

That's so cool you got to meet him :cool:

I hope Mick is being truthful and it's not her hand bothering her again - I'm concerned as she keeps missing out Songbird.

Yes can you imagine :eek:

totally agree with you. How many times did they play the Forum in LA, 4 or 5?? Unnecessary but money makes the world (and Fleetwood Mac) go around...

What, when I have paid a hefty price for travel to the arena from 6 hours away, plus accommodation and various other things. Am I not allowed to fume at that?

Good god.

I totally agree with this!

With our favorite aging rock band going on these ridiculously long tours and charging very expensive ticket prices I think they should consider the following because cancelled shows are inevitable:

Understudies for the band members (trained impersonators)
and/or
hologram performers

I'm only half-joking here (even their back up musicians are old).

With those ticket prices, they should reimburse other expenses up to a point. Imagine flying to England to see them and have the show cancelled.
Nobody told them to tour for 2 years.

well, I don't know...doing as many concerts as they already have, wasn't compulsory, so they (average age 68) knew what they were doing....
Of course bad throats are a singers nightmare, and we all wish Christine a speedy recovery.
But I think its fair to be fuming at the loss of expense that some fans will have incurred.....

it's a trend...
 

Fleetwood Mac, Robert Plant and Elton John Postpone Shows Due to Illness
By Jeff Giles June 10, 2015 10:14 AM


There must be something going around among members of the British rock aristocracy, because three of its most prominent members have recently been forced to postpone tour dates.

Classic Rock Magazine reports that Fleetwood Mac and Robert Plant had to make last-minute adjustments to their itineraries, with Mac’s June 9 stop in Birmingham, England, rescheduled for July 7 and Plant missing tour stops in Toronto (June 7) and Detroit (June 9).

According to the Toronto Star, Plant’s Toronto date will now take place Sept. 15, while the Detroit show is now scheduled for Sept. 10.

Fleetwood Mac’s postponement was only attributed to “illness” being suffered by an unspecified member of the band, but Plant was more specific, telling fans he woke up June 7 having “more of a similarity with a crooning Kermit than my normal Golden self.” Diagnosed with laryngitis and ordered not to sing, he wrote, “I’m really disappointed, as I’ve only missed one gig in 15 years – and now here’s two in a row. It’s heartbreaking. I’m furious, frustrated and silent.”

Elton John can understand Plant’s frustration — he was also recently felled by a throat infection, which forced him to cancel a planned June 3 appearance in Geneva. According to John’s official site, his doctor “enforced a speech and singing ban,” and the date won’t be rescheduled: “Due to issues with the Elton John touring schedule, there is no more available space to fit in a new Geneva band concert in 2015.”

John’s since recovered enough to resume his touring duties — and throw a tantrum or two, as he did on June 7, when he reduced a Gloucester security worker to tears after singling her out for being overly strict with audience members. He later attempted to make amends for the uncouth language he used during his outburst, telling the audience, “Whoever told the stewards to be that strict, that’s their fault and not hers, and I apologize.”


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I'm glad Plant got sick after Sasquatch.

Why, were you there?
All the three of them have such interesting facial expressions though...