Call me skeptical, but...
 

Meatloaf has cancelled tonight's show at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center. According to the Manager:

"We are in the process of calling all of tonight’s patrons. Meat Loaf has lost his voice and the concert is cancelled. Box office will call you to see how you want your tickets refunded. Sorry. We are a pretty sad bunch at the LPAC today."
Mary Tanner

Meat's manager was at the theater just an hour or so before I got this message. I get the feeling that they found out just how small the venue is (800 Seats) and that it was not sold out, so Meat has decided to bow out. I can't say that I would blame him, but nonetheless I, my wife and our daughter have been looking forward to this for a few months now so we are seriously bummed out.

:twisted: No,that just isn't Meat's style.
You can be sure,if he cancels a show,there is a real good reason for it.
As for the size of the venue,I don't believe for one moment that Meat would pull out because of that.

Not that I hope he has lost his voice, but I hope also that he did not just make an excuse to get out of the show.
Get well soon Fireball.

noooo :cry:

i hope hez ok!

sorry to hear this prrthd.

:cry: sad news, so sorry about this!

Thank you for sharing this,

xxx

Mariella

...hoping for 'better' news about Anaheim!

What bad news :(

Hope he's ok!

Hi, Prrthgd! Just caught your message, after I had left the same news in the CHSIB forum. Sorry for doubling up on this.

Sad for you and your family. Sad for us, too. We traveled all the way from Northern California to be here tonight. And we're now praying that the Anaheim concert will go forward tomorrow evening. So far, so good.

But I don't think that Meat would cancel a concert because of its size or the number of tickets sold. He probably gets a minimum and perhaps, part of the gate, as well. So, in terms of money, his costs are covered. I've always gotten the feeling that Meat's commitments are very important to him. And I know that he felt bad about having to cancel the first 4 concerts of the tour (also some small venues) because of his surgery. But these things happen. He's human and he can't very well perform without his voice!

I also think that it's likely he'd much rather play to a small, but enthusiastic crowd than a larger indifferent one as we just experienced in Kelseyville a couple nights ago. :wink: And the audience in your fair city was certainly likely to be very appreciative and happy to be there!!

Again, I'm sorry for all of us. Here's hoping that Meat feels MUCH better by tomorrow's show.

Love,
MB
xxx

Mmm... that is very sad news. For you and for Meat Loaf. Hope he will get well soon.
And think that the show will be there on another time.

You're exactly right MB ... Meat would not cancel unless it was absolutely necessary because he knows how disappointed his fans would be. I still remember how upset he was last year when he had to postpone his performance at the New Brunswick Theater and how emotional he was when he thanked everyone for coming back to see him when it was rescheduled. Maybe he had a sore throat during the Kelsyville Show --- which is why he cut it a little shorter than usual --- or maybe something happened yesterday.

But as you say, he's human and these things happen :(
I'm truly sorry .. I know how much you were looking forward to tonight, and how disappointed you must be. Hopefully he'll have a speedy recovery and you'll see him tomorrow night.

Vicki

GET WELL SOON FIREBALL

I'm quite sure that Meat wouldn't cancel because a venue was small or not sold out. That he was at the venue shortly before is not atypical of the man, who tries right to the line to give a performance. (Something similar happened at New Brunswick last year, when he tried right up to an hour or so before the show to make the engagement.) His performances are so demanding on his voice. But all those close to him say that when he reluctantly decides to cancel/postpone it really is inevitable. Fingers crossed it's OK for Anaheim.

I agree that the size of the venue wouldn't ever cause ML to cancel. The best ML concert I ever went to was very small open air venue, it couldn't have held more than a few hundred. Nevertheless, he put on an amazing and exhausting show. I am completely sure that ML has a legitimate ailment.

Sherrie

The show was full tried not to cancel but also there will be no show Tues., things got shorter because when when you go on at 10:25 like we did in La you can't not expect to stay thru 3 hours:45 of music. Kellisevile was a hard crefew at 9:45 pm . love you out lound has sounded great except 1 nite. The down under Cd has over 60 mins of live board tapes no fixes no nothing straight live. form this summer . and Love you out loud sounds great. Shows change because we wanty to make them better. This on
e is still changing.

M

Best wishes on a speedy and complete recovery ML! We love you!

Sherrie :lol:

Thank you for the update Meat .....
I'm so sorry you had to cance tomorrow night too :(
Please take care of yourself and I hope you feel better soon

Vicki

Thanks for letting us know Meat

Take care

Jen

Thank's for the update Meat. I hope everything else goes ok :twisted:


Maria

Ah, Meat!! We left Lancaster early and decided to head for Anaheim to get ready for Tuesday's concert. Checked into our hotel and connected to see what was new and saw your news about this next concert being cancelled as well!!

I'm sort of in shock at the moment, so forgive my fumbling around. We just traveled nearly 600 miles by car to see these last two concerts and now they are gone.

I guess I'm having mixed feelings. Four out of the eight shows we originally signed up to see were cancelled due to illness. I'm very sad, of course, and praying your voice will be better SOON. But still, I'm SO grateful for having seen the shows that I did. And I fully realize that the 4 shows we WERE able to see are more than some folks will be getting, so I'm trying to put a positive spin on this for myself right now. (Hey, 4 out of 8 ain't bad! :wink: )

What I'm hoping is that you will try to reschedule some of these missing shows during the 4th and last leg of this tour. Is that possible?? Probably way too early to even think about it. Well, I can dream....

Anyway, thanks for letting us all know about the situation. Hope the rest of the tour goes more smoothly for you.

Hope you were not too offended by what I had to say about Love You OutLoud. The sound systems in some of the concerts were NOT good, Meat, and you need to know this, if you don't, already. So, what you are hearing on the soundboard recordings is NOT always the same as what we are hearing from the audience, I'm sorry to say. And I hope this information will be of help to you in the future.

Thank you for four great shows, Meat. Reno, especially, will always be a magic memory for me--one that I will hold close to my heart for a long time to come!!

You take good care of yourself and feel better soon!!

Much love,
MB
xxx

OK, here I sit, at home. I am still bummed out, but want to appologize for the tone of my message here earlier. Just frustration I guess.
I went by the Lancaster Performing Arts Center about 10 minutes til showtime to inquire about rescheduling or refund. I've seen more excitment at a funeral. The few people that were there, were seriously bummed out. We all hope you get to feelin better real soon Meat and even though the folks at the LPAC said that you would not be rescheduling, I as well as the others I spoke with, would urge you to reconsider if at all possible.
Take it easy.

Hi Meat

Hope you are ok. Look after yourself.

Hope you throat gets better .

Hugs

Feleena x

Take care Meat, the current setlist for the show is excellent, can't wait till the UK shows - ive read lots of good reviews on the shows so keep rockin!

What Cd is this meat? Is it the NZ CHSIB or are they getting a live cd released?

take care meat

Hey Meat, :D

thanx for the update.

Hope your feelin better real soon.


Testify

Dear MEAT

Thanks for letting us know!
Please take care of yourself and I hope you feel better soon!!!!

Love and Keep Rockin'
Eva

SHAME FOR YOU MEAT...IN YOUR GRACIOUSNESS ..YOU HAVE TO KEEP COMING ON AND EXPLAINING YOURSELF AND YOUR ACTIONS TO YOUR FANS.....AND OTHERS...

ARE YOU PACKED UP AND READY TO TAKE OFF WITH ME FOR A VACATION??? GO WHERE NO ONE CAN FIND US AY?

..lol...

feel better soon dear heart....

tink...XO

MEAT:

YOU KNOW THE SONG GARDEN PARTY BY RICK(Y) NELSON..DON'T YOU? EVERYTIME I HEAR IT...I THINK OF YOU...

tink...biiig hugggs....XO