LATEST PRESS RELEASE
 

As promised, Mercury's Head of Press has sent me the latest official news:

"There was a press conference held this morning at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, with media from press, TV and radio present. Meat Loaf was fantastic, and announced that his doctors had given him the all clear to resume his tour in Dublin on Tuesday, thereafter performing at all the remaining dates through December, health permitting. The dates which had to be postponed, are being rescheduled for January.

Two very important messages Meat wanted to get across today were 1. that he was told by his promoters that as he had performed for over one hour at the Wembley show, that he did not need to reschedule this show. He has decided however that this is unfair on the fans, as they did not see a full Meat show, and he is planning to reschedule this show again also, and 2. he wanted to thank all the nurses and doctors who had helped him whilst he has been in the UK."

Thanks to Mercury for following through the promise.

Bless that special guy!! :))

Photos from today:

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

(last one you may have to copy and paste into your browsers)
Jen S.

Edit (R.): Fixed the links, see my message below.

That is great news with great pictures!!! Thanks!!! :lol:

If you post these links using the URL bbcode everything will be fine.

Sorry R! And thanks very much for that fix too :) !!

Jen S.

:twisted: best news I've heard all year :D .

ROCK ON FIRE BALL.

nice one!!! thanks for the news and pics!!

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!! :D :D :D

I knew you wouldn't let us down! Thank you for caring about us so much - there are so many other 'stars' who certainly wouldn't.

You once said "I don't want your money - I want your loyalty", well you've certainly proved that today...

I think I speak on behalf of all the "Monday 17th" fans when I say come the new year, Wembley will give you the biggest night you've ever had!

Brilliant to see you looking so well again.

Take care and see ya next year!!!

It's going to be a special night lets all meet in the bar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Rosie

Rock on the nov 17ths

well i think that is the best news i have heard in a long time, Meat
is going to be okay, and listening to the docs for once!
kezzina

Sounds good to me Rosie!

CONGRATULATIONS FIREBALL! GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK!!!

Oh, fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't been so happy since the 18th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not depressed any more!!!!!! :D :D :D :D

This is fantastic news!

Great to see Meat's up and about, can't wait for 18 December at Wembley and for the rescheduled concerts, whenever they are !

Carol :D

He looks awesome!

Good to see him well!
LD

THANKS FOR THE GREAT NEWS

THANKS FOR THE GREAT PICS

ROCK ON :D

He is one in a million, not many performers today would care so much for their fans as to do the show again. Simply The Best. :D

Great news! great pics!
Glad to have you back Meat

yeah, good news... i have to disagree though, i though meat was looking good, but old :?

Brilliant news fireball

Great pics from press conference

Debs

I Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself Dottie :))

EXCELLENT !!!!!!
I'm so happy for you Meat :))

Vicki

THE BEST NEWS I'VE HAD IN AGES!

Meat just showed everyone what it is about him we all love so much - his loyalty to his fans (not to mention his cute bum :oops: )

I am so happy he's doing so well!!!!- that 3rd Link, especially, has some great pics of him- mmmmeat- he's just so handsome! :D

after having one of the worst years of my life its the BEST bit of news of this year :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

:D :D Good to see you back meat, you look great!
see you soon in manchester.

It was good to see some pics but I think he looks really tired, and even though I missed Manchester on the 13th November and will miss the 30th, I think he perhaps needs a bit more time and get his strenght back properly.
Must be extremely difficult with the pressure of thousands of fans to please and concert commitments.
Still his health should come first...

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

The MAN is back. God bless you!!!!!!

You are one in a million. Please take care.

Lots of love

Angelxxx

:P :P :P :P :P 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!!

Hope to catch you soon. Keep up the good work and keep recovering. Don't do too much too soon.

It is so nice to see him looking well, but tired. I'm glad he has put his foot down and said he's going to re-schedule Monday 17th Nov. I just can't wait to shout the house down with everyone else, we will show him he was worth the wait.

Dawn

Just found this on the itn news at ten site

Meat Loaf: 'I cheated death'
20.19PM GMT, 28 Nov 2003
Rocker Meat Loaf has spoken about his dramatic on-stage collapse and heart surgery, and admitted: "I cheated death."
The heavyweight rock star was diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition after collapsing in the middle of a concert at London's Wembley Arena.
He underwent an operation to correct the defect and has spent the last two weeks recovering.
At a press conference in Kensington, west London, the 52-year-old singer said he was lucky to be alive after doctors discovered he had Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, a condition which causes an irregular heart beat.
"In a sense I guess I cheated death because of the condition I had," he said.
"The last two weeks have been fairly scary and unlike anything I've gone through before."
Speaking at a meeting in Newport, Gwent, Prime Minister Tony Blair - who himself had treatment for an irregular heartbeat last month - said : "There was hot news in just before I came in to speak to you. We got a message from Meat Loaf.
"It's absolutely serious. He's been in hospital and he has issued a statement saying the standard of his care was spectacular and UK hospitals are better than American ones, so there you go."
Meat Loaf revealed he had been unwell throughout the summer, but was determined to perform in the UK despite suffering dizziness and fainting spells during earlier gigs in Europe and America.
Recalling his Wembley collapse on November 17, he said: "I was performing a song called All Revved Up and I couldn't sing the lyrics.
"I got to the middle of the stage where the girls were and I remember grabbing hold of a girl's arm and starting to fall."
The singer passed out but when he came to, he was determined to carry on with the show.
He said: "The next thing I remember, everyone was all around me and I said `Where's my mike? Let's go'.
"I did one more song and then I was supposed to go and change clothes. I sat down on the steps and realised I wasn't going anywhere.
"I tried to start singing another song but I had no air, I literally couldn't breathe. That's when I got really scared.
"I don't quit anything, I'm very competitive and I don't care how bad I'm losing, I won't quit. I just want to play another game.
"But I just had to walk out and tell them I was really sorry but I had to go. It's a good thing I did because I was completely out of it."

Also rumoured that he said 22/11 will be rescheduled for 15/01 - can anyone confirm this?

That is great news :lol:

OLD? Don't be silly! He's 3 months younger than me - and I am still a teenager!

Heather (56 and 5 12ths)

Just goes to show how devoted Meat is repreforming the show even though he didn't have to. Glad youre better Meat!##Chrissy x

I'm glad that all the younger ones like the 13 year old that was behind me get to see the real Meat.It was his first concert and along with a lot of other first timers he'll now get a vision that will last forever.
I'm also pleased as i don't wan't that memory of Meat laying on the stage hope he takes it easy and gets well properly first.

:D it is great to hear meat loaf is back to his old slelf and taking charge about the resculding of the 17 gos to show what a true great he is in every sense of the word a great singer/performer and a great man to his fan sthankyou meat loaf

:D :D :cry: :cry: both emotions at the same time. I am soo happy for Meat.

Thanks Jen for the photo's at the Press Conference. Meat does look tired but then so would i if i had just been through what he had.

Thanks, for the update and the link to the pics. Meat did look like he was still kind of tired in the pics even though he did look good. I hope that he takes it easy the first few shows and does not over do until he gets feeling much better.
Meat is a real fighter that is for sure, doing the shows over the summer even though he was not well and not wanting to quit till me quite literally had no choice.
But now I hope that he quits pushing him self so hard and takes the time that he needs to heal.

Love & Happiness
Autumn (BadAttitude)

Hi, All
I just got a new press release from Yahoo new a while ago some of the same previous news that we have heard today but I thougt I would share it with you.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._meatloaf_dc_1

American rock star Meat Loaf said Friday he hoped to resume his tour soon, despite suffering anxiety attacks two weeks after collapsing on a London stage and undergoing heart surgery.

The 56-year-old, famed for "Bat Out Of Hell," had a two-hour operation after doctors diagnosed his condition as Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, a heart defect that causes an irregular heartbeat.


"The last two weeks have been very scary and unlike anything I've gone through before," the star, carrying a rugby ball in homage to England's World Cup victory, told a news conference.


He was forced to cancel a concert in Manchester, northern England, but hoped to resume his tour in Dublin Tuesday.


"I've been going on stage since some time in the 1960s... But I have to admit, I'm a little bit nervous. I'm having a few anxiety attacks," he said.


Meat Loaf's operation was carried out to remove an extra electrical pathway in the heart which causes an irregular and accelerated heartbeat, he said.


"Your heartbeat can get up to 300 beats per minute and then it explodes, so that would have been uncomfortable," he said.


"I guess I cheated death."

Quote from Meat Loaf: I guess I cheated death.

I don't think that many of us realize how close we came to losing Meat, when I head originally that Meat was having a relapse from the flu I thought well no big deal. But after hearing how sick Meat actually was, having heart problems that but things in a different light for me.

I hope that Meat Loaf take the time that he needs to get well and that he dosen't give us any more scares like this.

Love & Happiness
Autumn (BadAttitude)

"Your heartbeat can get up to 300 beats per minute and then it explodes, so that would have been uncomfortable," he said.

it's good to see He's maintained that wonderful sense of humor through it all ... :lol:

I just hope ur ok, Fireball. Don't know what I'd do without you....

Life begins at 50 - and don't anyone ever tell you any different :D

Yippeeeee that means a noy grown up yet :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


rosie

Link you may not of seen yet?
 

well i come across this, most of you may of seen it already but just incase same have not here is the link.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...music_eo/12991

So happy to hear Meat is better, it was a shock to hear about him, but as long as he is getting better that is the main thing.

Ian (mladay)

So so glad to hear that Meat is feeling better now - he had us all worried there for a while.........

I know exactly what you mean tink :))
Vicki

I'm glad he's going to be okay!!! :D Some say he's looking good, but old!! I think he looks good!! I mean, my mother is 8 years younger and I don't think she looks as good. Thank the Lord she didn't read this!

I am new to these forums and think they are a wonderful way for Meat Loaf fans to communicate.

I was please to see the press releases and agree that Meat is looking great after the surgery he has been through. Yes, he looks tired but who wouldn't.

Look forward to seeing Meat in Cardiff

Shells

Hello god, it's me margaret.

i am 35 having almost the same surgery as meat. he looks better than me . just like wine it gets better with time

lets all just be thankful that meat is okay :D

...absolutely ... :wink:

This topic has been SPLIT in two topics.

To continue discussion about Meat Loaf, please post here.
To continue the vicious cycle of Type 1/Type 2 debate please follow the link to Fight Club http://www.mlukfc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2745

If squabbling continues on this topic, it will be LOCKED.

Further, this should be under the \"press releases\" topic, but is way too confusing at this point to be moved there. In the future, all official press releases from Mercury, as well as links to online news articles, and posting of print articles should be posted in the \"press releases topic here: http://www.mlukfc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2722

Thank you ahead of time for your help in clearing up board clutter.

ROCK ON FIRE BALL!!!

You are so right. At that age your kids have probably moved out and you can do all the things you promised yourself you would do when you had more time. Apart from that you get past the stage of thinking 'what would the neighbours say' and just do what you like, when you like and as often as you like and they can either like it or lump it. :P :P

David wrote:
I'm sorry David, but I thought rather than squabbling, what was happening was that people were concerned about the insightful Kev using an abusive term, and that Diane stepped in and said the term was not acceptable.

My own take on how Meat looked at the Press Conference is that whilst pale .. his natural colour when he hasn't been on the links for a while :) .. his eyes were clear and he had none of the tell tale swelling of his sinuses which usually indicates his being very tired. And he looked so excitedly pleased to be able to say he was ready to start back to work .. :)

I think he gets better looking with each passing year .. he has a youthful face which defies the years, and seems to grow into his skin year by year. My opinion .. some may disagree .. but many won't I suspect ..

:??: Saw this in Yesterdays Daily Record. Does anyone know anything about this?????? :??:


http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/columni...<br /> <br />

It's a spoof...someone trying to be funny.

See http://www.mlukfc.com/forums/showthr...r=asc&start=80

SueW

Then Kev started arguing. Arguing and squabbling are one in the same in my book, so in my mind's eye, there was squabbling going on in this topic. 'Nuff Said! Please stop you semantic games Caryl - they are very old - you have played them with me for years - blah. Yes, you have been wronged in this matter, most people realize this, but others have been on the recieving end of harrassment and abuse and have allowed it to slip into the past, and now I feel it might well be your time to try to move on.

ROCK ON FIRE BALL!!!