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Originally Posted by DavidMn
For the life of me, I cannot understand why they didnt just postpone Vancouver and Tacoma and not play until they knew whoever was ill was well enough to perform. In 2004, they cancelled a show in Bristow VA, then played Mansfield and Holmdel. I was at that Holmdel show, and I thought Stevie sounded terrible. Well, what hapened after that? About a week and a half's worth of shows were either re-arranged or cancelled. These California shows are going to be some of the most lucrative on the tour I would assume. To jeapordize that by attempting to play Van/Tac makes absolutely no sense to me.  |
There have been questionable times in the past where Stevie likely should not have played while sick (as anyone who saw TISL/Santa Barbara will tell you). Vancouver was basically the most commercially successful show on the tour thus far. But, Tacoma... not so much. Tacoma was a bit more difficult, as they would have had to cancel it the day of the show (assuming they played Vancouver), and couldn't have rescheduled it at the same venue (poor ticket sales showed it was a bad booking).
Depending on what they do in regards to Europe, the Calgary/Edmonton/Sacramento shows (and whatever else might be postponed) will get rescheduled, along with a few extras to make it worth their while (Portland, Boise, maybe Reno or Spokane) for a week of gigs at some point.