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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
I was not in the south but in Pittsburgh and saw this tour also in a shed. The amphitheater was just one year old. The Mac had scheduled their BTM tour there one year earlier in the summer but had to reschedule to the Civic Arena because it was late November and too cold for an outdoor show. Its not a coincidence they sprung up all over the country at the same time. Concert promoters started luring all the big acts to these sheds. You are correct that Stevie hates playing them. Her Enchanted tour was the summer of 1998 and it was brutally hot across the south. We had Everglade fires in south Florida which made being outdoors risky from all the smoke lingering in the air. She did a radio interview stating how she sweltered in Atlanta and other places through the south. I think she played an Orlando arena and she said it was such relief being indoors for the air conditioning. Not trying to be a conspiracy theorist but its funny how Ticketmaster also took things over with concerts around the same time, no? Stevie's Street Angel tour returned to this shed a few years later and it poured before the show. Its on Youtube. However one of the coolest effects ever was the passing storm during Dreams. No sh*t but when she sung "thunder only happens when its raining" lightening lit of the sky. Outdoor concerts suck.
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I absolutely hate attending shows at these sheds in the summer. I have skipped concerts by other acts that I wanted to see simply because they were playing a shed. Many are built far outside of the city in suburban areas. The parking is a headache. The intense heat can make you pass out. You are soaking wet with sweat and uncomfortable throughout the show. Hard pass.
Your comments on the 1998 Enchanted Tour make sense. During part of the 2001 TISL tour, Stevie became severely ill for a few weeks - I'm sure it was partially due to the heat and allergies in the air at these sheds she was performing in.