Meat Loaf Announcement Will Dissapoint Fans ...
 

Meat Loaf
To my friends in the UK and Ireland
, I am going to write this again I have written it at least a 1000 times by now. There is a very very slim chance we will every do a show in the UK again. The chances are 95% against me every doing another show there . "THE LAST BAT " TOUR was great I can not
top that show . I love you all very much , and will always be grateful , for you friendship , for your loyalty and the joy you brought to the Music. I send this message From, Jim, all the band members I have played with , And Me . Thank you with all my Heart .
Meat 100% there will never be another tour. Don't forget the new Album will be out in March and I will be in the UK for Promo and most likely some in store signings. M

Yeah I saw that too but things are always changing with Meat so all you UK fan keep your hopes up. Meat did say that there will be a summer tour which looks like a four month tour so there's always a chance. I hope you all in the UK get a tour.

Meat Loaf Response...
 

I just read some comments That I don't care about my fans in the UK or Ireland . I would be almost 70 before I could do another tour over there. I would just be another person showing up to steal your Money . I will not take your hard earned money and not give you the kind of Meat Loaf show that you have seen for 35 years . I WILL NOT STEAL YOUR MONEY AND THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE. So the people who write I don't care about my fans , really do know nothing about me . M

Little drunk so bear with me. If anyone says ML disrespects fans they can come and talk to me it will be a one way conversation I can tell you that. I would love ML to come back to the UK but nothing can top LAB it was amazing.

The people who are writing ridiculous comments like that are not fans at all, Meat has toured the UK since the 70's and given everything he has each time, as much as I would love for him to come back to the UK for a few shows, i totally respect the fact that he might not, the guy is pushing 70 for god sakes, i'd like to see these ignorant people commenting like that on Facebook travel half way round the world and perform a show like Meat loaf does when they are in their 60's! Fans like that are not fans at all, they just make me really angry let alone Meat himself!!!! Rant over!! :)

Last at Bat was amazing but then I think 20 out of the 21 shows I've seen pretty much fit that category.

Never say never but it is totally understandable if there are no more shows. I'm very grateful to have seen some great great Meat Loaf shows and mostly from very good audience positions too.

i don't take the negative remarks seriously. People post stupid things if they are upset or want attention or a reaction. Don't give them the time of day.

I stated it before. For me, it ended with an Up, when I saw him the last time in Zwolle. It was, with everything happening after LAB, the perfect ending for me. So personally I'm not sad he won't be coming our way anymore. I'd probably be thinking of buying a ticket and I know for sure I wll be dissapointed. Not as much because of Meat's voice or age, but because it won't be the band I want to see.We all have our personal prefferences and I like to cherish the memories I have.

That said, I hope that everyone who wants to see Meat (and especially those who haven't been able for a long time) will get the oportunity to visit this short or the 2016 summer tour. And a decent goodbye to the fans in Australia would be nice. They have always be good to him.

I know people always get sideways if anyone mentions that Meat has lost maybe a step or two, but I appreciate Meat's honesty that he probably can't top what he has done before today and he doesn't just want to take people's money.

Meat's posts sound like he is very excited and happy and that he accepts that he can still give it all he has but that it likely isn't up to what he has already done( somewhat recently) for certain locations.

Meat worries too much IMO. HIS FANS love him and will respect and appreciate him no matter what. THIS TOUR will prove the naysayers wrong. He STILL has IT!

UK would have no reason to be upset. They got a hell of a last tour.

I think that for some people it's a case of realising that we will never see Meat Loaf perform on stage again and for some people saving up, planning and looking forward to shows has played a significant part in their lives. Even if people accept and understand the reasons behind Meat's decision, I think that it's only natural for some people to feel that something is now missing in their lives.

I agree .. but when their disappointment of a few outweighs their consideration for Meat's feelings and they post crap about him not caring for his UK fans, giving the USA preferential treatment, or saying he's in it for the money etc .. that's not excusable imo. The decision must be as painful for him as for any of us .. he still has the fire, the love of performing on stage with a band he loves creating music that excites him. To see that coming to a close must be a bitter pill.

Thankfully those who were like this were few and not representative of Meat's UK fans .. most posted their thanks, their regret that a chapter was coming to a end, their love, and acknowledgement that he had touched their lives and given them something that made a difference in their lives. Few of us can say that .. it's a pretty special legacy :-)

I agree there's being sad and disappointed and then there's this kind of behaviour which is less acceptable. I have to wonder if some of those people posting this kind of stuff don't know much about the kind of man that Meat is? We know how much his fans and his work means to him but to them? He's just a singer that they happen to like the music of.

We know that there are some people whose support of Meat depends entirely on whether he's doing what they want him to do and some who post to get a reaction out of him but thankfully the majority of people aren't like that.

if you really wanna see him go to usa , aircrafts fly there :)

No need. There will be shows closer to home. I'll bet my balls on it.

Unfortunately aircrafts cost money...


...lots of money. :(

Air fare to the US isn't too bad anymore. Only in peak times will you see massive hikes in fares. Not to mention flying via Europe will always bring the cost down. There is a massive fare war with airlines crossong the pond. At one point when I was booking this trip BA was going for £250 rtn which I was going to do but I managed to get steal with Air France. With enough research you can always find a cheap deal when travelling.

That's true .. although I always research and have never found fares under £300. But even that is a lot of additional money for many, many people. To fly out for just one show makes that night very expensive .. and you have to add accommodation, I'd argue for two nights at least. It makes sense to see more than one if you're investing in a transatlantic journey .. adding more accommodation and travel. Those who are lucky enough to be able to do it ARE fortunate .. and many won't be able to.

Yes Tony .. aircrafts fly there .. but I think Jenna has spotted that. And not all budgets are equal .. nor can everyone work for an airline ;)

BA and Norwegian were both £250 to JFK around a month ago, prices have gone up now as it's not long until November.

I won't lie I probably can't really afford to do this trip, but I'm not worrying about it. I've talked to a lot of people who have all said do it, you'll regret it if you don't. I love travelling and I'll worry about the cost later, if you want to do something do it. I'm sure Tony had the same mind frame when he went travelling (before Ethiad!).

I guess I'll always think of this song line, bottle of Port to whoever get's it without google...

"You've gone a million miles, how far did you get? To that place where you can't remember, and you can't forget".

Easy peasy- "Secret Garden"- Bruce Springsteen

I'll let you know where to send my prize. ;)

Springsteen ..... Now there's an overrated artist imo

Blahhhhh

I didn't promise it to be full, remember that. ;)

Good .. they weren't to where I would have needed to fly;)

And I'd agree with that in general .. if you have no family commitments and job security etc But many DO have commitments and/or uncertainty about being able to worry about the cost later. Not even Meat or any other dream is worth having your mortgage foreclosed and finding yourself homeless or running up debts you sink under later. I've been very fortunate and have been able to see Meat in the US many times .. but I know many fans simply aren't in that position. We see all the time US fans begging him to come to their city or state, even though gas is so cheap over there, and internal flights nothing like the cost for us to fly over there. But I don't know their circumstances .. and can only spend my money .. not that of others ;)

And? This isn't about you. I'm on about the tour in general. £250 RTN flight to NY where there a lot of shows in that part of the states, it's a pretty good place to fly.

It's not just about you either .. I'm simply saying that it may not be possible t get flights for under £300 .. perhaps not even close to that .. and for many whether it's £200 or £400 it's more than they can contemplate