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Originally Posted by Fire Ball
I agree again, but then when I get sick and I cancel. I get, we spent all this money to get there and he didn't play. When I do go on sick(like amsterdam in on 07, with 4, count them 4 doctors in the dressing room telling me 15 mins before the show that I am in no condition to go on stage but I do so as to not to let the people down. Then the show is just awful and the people say oh it's over for him I can't believe I spent money on that. Meat loaf sucks. Then I went back and got sick the morning of the show and another bad show. Now I can't go play in holland because the promoters won't bring me in to play. With my weakness being my chest and lungs. I can't take giving so much grief to so many people. Much less myself. Yes, the 13 shows we have done this summer have been the best we have done since early 1993. The show and band are perfect. I am much better as well. At some point I have to weigh plus and the minus , to me the minus out weighs the positive. The fans are the most important and I wear my heart on my sleeve , just in case you haven't noticed 
Shows for UK are on sale 1st week in Sept.
Hope some off you come.
Newcastle: To try and make it up , we are selling tickets 2 for 1 .. I am playing to just cover expenses. Do you think that is enough?
M |
I think 2 for 1, and breaking even is definitely enough. Its very generous and im sure it will make them feel much better about the concert.
Well im not gonna say much, i have no idea of the specifics. I may be 22, but every day I watch live recorded DVD's and very recent youtubed shows of Springsteen, Ronnie Dio, Neil Young, the Stones, David Gilmour, Paul Mcartney, Willie Nelson, Leonard Cohen....All folks who are (or in ronnie's case were) between age 60-80.
I've watched those men go through rough patches where, honest to god for whatever reason, they sounded worse than usual and probably felt like age was wrecking their ability to put on a decent tour. But as a fan of 60's and 70's artists, Im happy to say that they have ALL worked through their problems, changed their shows and song arrangements to work with their current age and vocals, and they still put on a show worth paying money to see and hear, and that sell out!
Your in great shape physically and you can sing like f*cking crazy, better than most artists who are my age. Spacing the shows out this summer worked really well for you. Spacing them out even more by one day would probably help even more.
Now that your shows are back to a level of quality that all of your fans say each show is amazing, You will have a huge number of people wanting to see your shows while you are able to perform at this level. I say take advantage of that, continue to plug HCTB. I believe in you
