Trouble In Shangri-La Tour Stories

nailatixela · #1 11-01-2009, 03:56 PM

I hear there's trouble is shangri-la...

This is the place to share your TISL tour stories. Did you get to see Stevie with Crow on this tour? Or maybe you were at the show where she lost her voice...or maybe your show was canceled because of 9/11.

Either way, please share your memories, anything you remember from those special nights.

Erin · #2 11-01-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by nailatixela

I hear there's trouble is shangri-la...

This is the place to share your TISL tour stories. Did you get to see Stevie with Crow on this tour? Or maybe you were at the show where she lost her voice...or maybe your show was canceled because of 9/11.

Either way, please share your memories, anything you remember from those special nights.

I saw this show at LukeA's favorite venue, Allstate Arena (Rosemont Horizon), in July of 2001. I hadn't seen anybody FM related since the Enchanted tour in 1998. I liked the stage set up, and Sheryl Crow was a nice touch. She sang her own songs during Stevie's costume breaks.

I liked that she did a lot of songs off the new album, but other than that I don't remember much, other than our seats sucked. Hopefully other people will relate more interesting experiences.

soul_drifter333 · #3 11-01-2009, 04:27 PM

The show I saw was in Raleigh, N.C. and from what I remember the show had to be re-scheduled due to her bronchitis problem earlier. I had seen Stevie live over 12 times before this tour, and I was a huge fan, but this show was by far the worst I have ever seen. She was so uninspired thorough most of the show. I was so disappointed, and this was the last time I went to one of her solo shows. I do not know if she was not feeling well, but the only time she got into the show was during "Fall from Grace". She was nothing like I had seen before, even just a few years earlier on the Enchanted Tour. I really wanted to think this was a once off experience, but after seeing her on the Say You Will Tour she was not much more inspired. I guess I will have to keep my visions to myself, and remember the "good old days" of Stevie, like the Wild Heart Tour.

LukeA · #4 11-01-2009, 05:00 PM

Missed this tour completely. Had pretty good tickets for the Maryland Heights (where Crow was expected to appear) & Bonner Springs shows- both were canceled. Was going to fly down to Nashville for the Antioch show in late September, but ultimately didn't want to risk flight complications from another potential terrorist attack, as we were due to start school in Chicago in the coming days.

The Midwest got screwed over on this tour. With the occasional exception, this tour basically exclusively focused on the Eastern seaboard & California.

wheart · #5 11-01-2009, 05:35 PM

saw her in West Palm Beach during this tour. I took a fellow Stevie fan with me and we both had a blast. Was that really 8 years ago? Yikes! So, as is typical in southern Florida, a huge rainstorm blew in right before the show. We both got completely drenched but didn't care much. She mentioned the rain during her welcome speech. Nothing in the show really stands out but I do remember her voice sounding incredible. There was no Sheryl Crow on this date which suited me just fine!

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #6 11-01-2009, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nailatixela

I hear there's trouble is shangri-la...

This is the place to share your TISL tour stories. Did you get to see Stevie with Crow on this tour? Or maybe you were at the show where she lost her voice...or maybe your show was canceled because of 9/11.

Either way, please share your memories, anything you remember from those special nights.

I travelled from the UK to Vegas to see Stevie. I also got to meet both her an Sheryl Crow. Quite an experience!

fleetwoodtrick · #7 11-01-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

I travelled from the UK to Vegas to see Stevie. I also got to meet both her an Sheryl Crow. Quite an experience!

I most definitely want to hear the story behind this!

daniellaaarisen · #8 11-01-2009, 11:53 PM

Long story short, I know Dave Young. He was my 4th grade teacher. Before the October 1st show in Concord, CA, he told me that he would personally pass on anything I might have wanted to give her-- he suggested I put my own poetry within the package.

My mom and I had seventh row seats for the upcoming show and a few days beforehand, I gave Mr. Young some writing to hopefully pass on to Stevie. That night, he was backstage at the show. Apparently, he gave her my writing and letter before the show and she read it while backstage . He said that Sheryl Crow and Stevie sat down together and read through it and that Sheryl said that my story reminded her of her own early passion for Stevie. He then told her that I was towards the front and to keep a lookout for me during the show if I was to somehow get closer to the stage.

During Edge of Seventeen, I was able to get up there and shake Stevie's hand. When she finally got to me, she knew who I was. A security guard lifted me up a little higher on the stage so I could see more eye-to-eye with her as she took my hand within both of her own, leaned down to kiss me on the cheek and tell me, "thank you for coming Danielle!"

It was amazing.

When I went to school the next day, Mr. Young had a signed tour booklet ready for me with a personal note inside. If anyone had doubts about my devotion to Stevie, that series of events sealed me as a die hard fan for eternity. Her note was PRECIOUS.

daniellaaarisen · #9 11-01-2009, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

I travelled from the UK to Vegas to see Stevie. I also got to meet both her an Sheryl Crow. Quite an experience!

Way to leave us hanging!

gldstwmn · #10 11-02-2009, 12:02 AM

I did fly to Michigan to see Stevie and Sheryl. The best thing about this tour was the fabulous blue gray shawl mama wore during Bombay Sapphires. She was really having some vocal/health issues.

WildHeart69 · #11 11-02-2009, 02:51 AM

Reading, PA

Stevie was the first show at the Sovereign Center here. It was also my first time in the front row of ANY show, let alone a Stevie tour.

Anyway, after the show we were SOO thirsty so we stopped to see if the restaurant next to the Reading Airport was still open... it wasn't. So, as we were leaving we drove past the small plane runway and we saw a white limo and I just yelled "PULL OVER!!!!!" - I just knew it was her!
I get out of the car and go up to the fence and saw a private jet and then saw a crowd of people in a small building to the right - just then, there she was, you could hardly see her b/c everyone else was so much taller. Long story short, we see her get on the plane and someone came over from her entourage and asked if we wanted anything signed. We only had our stubs so he brought them on the plane and had her sign them (personalized, too!) and we got to watch her plane take off.

It was Sept 18th, 2001, so she was off to Canada - the shows she did right before 9/11 happened...

Nikolaj · #12 11-02-2009, 05:07 AM

Hmm. The TISL tour. Saw it in Hartford, 5th row- S. Crow, opened, and was good. I'm pretty certain that this tour 'Stop Draggin' opened the show, and, love her anyway, but SN sounded awful on the song- she improved over the night, but I recall the vocal on 'Stop Draggin' as very flat, and sung in too low of a key for what the band was playing. She was off. The whole crowd was standing, and when she came in with her vocal, it was like seeing thousands of shoulders slump down ('oh dear, this is how she's going to sound tonight')-- But she eventually came alive, vocally. Sometime after this tour, Stevie said she'd been having problems with her ear monitor for most of the tour, or some technical glitch, perhaps having to do with a new, digital soundboard (??) and it ruined the tour for her. (I'm paraphrasing, of course- she wasn't happy, but the 'ruined the tour' may be just my recollection of her kvetching about the sound problems).
I think she must have later heard some of the shows and likely was a bit 'oh dear' herself, about how she sounded. I did love 'Planets' that night, and 'Bombay Sapphires'- You know, since 'Planets' was more of a hit than anything on the TISL cd, (the maxi-single hit #1 on Billboard's Dance Sales Chart) I think it'd be much better to keep 'Planets' as a staple in her solo sets, rather than Sorcerer- of course, she never performed a dance remix version of it, but still, really loved 'Planets' live, it worked. Also recall the multiple 'make sure, make sure, make sure you survive' ending of 'FFG' and was majorly impressed by it. Also, almost positive she and Sheryl sang 'Too Far From Texas' that night, which I like anyway, so for new material, the tour was impressive. Wound up loving the show, but what a rough beginning. New songs performed: Sorcerer, Every Day, Planets of The Universe, Bombay Sapphires, Too Far From Texas, and Fall From Grace. I'd love to hear 'Candlebright' live, some day.

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #13 11-02-2009, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Long story short, I know Dave Young. He was my 4th grade teacher. Before the October 1st show in Concord, CA, he told me that he would personally pass on anything I might have wanted to give her-- he suggested I put my own poetry within the package.

My mom and I had seventh row seats for the upcoming show and a few days beforehand, I gave Mr. Young some writing to hopefully pass on to Stevie. That night, he was backstage at the show. Apparently, he gave her my writing and letter before the show and she read it while backstage . He said that Sheryl Crow and Stevie sat down together and read through it and that Sheryl said that my story reminded her of her own early passion for Stevie. He then told her that I was towards the front and to keep a lookout for me during the show if I was to somehow get closer to the stage.

During Edge of Seventeen, I was able to get up there and shake Stevie's hand. When she finally got to me, she knew who I was. A security guard lifted me up a little higher on the stage so I could see more eye-to-eye with her as she took my hand within both of her own, leaned down to kiss me on the cheek and tell me, "thank you for coming Danielle!"

It was amazing.

When I went to school the next day, Mr. Young had a signed tour booklet ready for me with a personal note inside. If anyone had doubts about my devotion to Stevie, that series of events sealed me as a die hard fan for eternity. Her note was PRECIOUS.

How wonderful!

GODDESS6 · #14 11-02-2009, 08:46 AM

the thought of this tour makes me sad~ i was going no matter whether i had to buy my tix or was lucky enough to win some off our local classic radio station, where the DJ adores stevie~ the contest ran for a month & i was able to get a call in one day by answering what song they just played a brief like 3 sec clip of~ the prize?, 2 tix to the concert at then bonner springs~ i has seen her there during the 'enchanted' tour & it was a beautiful outside venue & i was so pumped to have won the tix~

the names of those winners all month of the 2 tix were kept & were asked to be listening at a certain time one morning & the first to answer a trivia question, had their tix upgraded to front row & was to get a meet & greet w/ stevie~ the answer to the question, which i can't remember exactly how it was worded, but the answer was that stevie played in fritz~ i was the ony who knew it & i won!!!~ i cried it was so surreal at the thought of finally being able to speak w/ stevie, even if only for a moment~

but right before the show, she cancelled, they said due to an ankle injury~ & i was crushed beyond belief~ the show wasn't rescheduled either

~

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #15 11-02-2009, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Way to leave us hanging!

So when I decided to go to Vegas to see her and we decided to take another painting out for her. This one wasn't a special commission but the artist had it for sale and as she was called Rhiannon we felt it was meant to be. Our first vegas shows were postponed when Stevie got sick and then 9/11 happened so I started to wonder if the trip was doomed! And we were literally just going for a weekend to see the shows. From the UK. We even made t-shirts that said 'UK to Vegas on a weekend to see Stevie Rockalittle'...lol. Once in Vegas we managed to speak to the right people about getting it to Stevie. We waited backstage after the show and when Stevie came out she spoke to a couple of people and headed to the limo. I thought it wasn't going to happen but then Lori (Nicks) asked me if she had seen us yet and we were ushered round to the side of the limo to talk to her through the window. We gave her the painting , chatted for a few mins and then she signed our tourbooks (along with Sheryl Crow) and then she was gone!