Meat Loaf added to Illinois State Fair Grandstand lineup
 

A show in August!!
http://www.sj-r.com/article/20150429/NEWS/150429403

Dates are starting to roll in Seneca Niagara Casino Aug. 14th :D:D:D My Neighborhood. :metal::metal::metal:

Great to see the dates rolling in. I assume there will be some changes in the band lineup, as Stacey is scheduled to perform with Kid Rock on these dates.

I'm confused........

Didn't Meat say he would never tour again? I know he has said this a few times but this looks like a US tour to me?

One more tour in the UK in the winter perhaps?

As for Stacey not being in the band - is it time for a sensational Patti Russo return?!!!! :-P

anyone know if we're getting M&G THIS time around?

Dont bet on it. She's making a name for herself as a solo artist now.

I doubt it- I didn't see that option listed for the shows that have been announced so far.

Really?

Don't bet on that either, seriously.

:'(

The Meat Loaf show at Seneca Casino got canceled:( I don't know why

No, he said he was finishing touring, that he would do one last UK tour (which included Europe) and after that said he would do one final tour for his US fans. I think that answers both your questions ..

The August run of 12 shows in the USA is less than he had originally hoped to do, so it's possible he might do more perhaps next year to give them a final chance. He has repeatedly answered questions about touring the UK again in the negative; had planned to bring R&C to London for a residency late October, but that seems unlikely now with the changed release date for the new album .. though it's possible we might hope for a London residency next year

No imo

The listing has been removed from TM and Meat's Events page on FB .. but this could mean there was an inaccuracy in the listing rather than the show being cancelled

Exactly .... it's still listed on the casino's official website.

Got a response to my tweet from Seneca Casino and they said it's postponed and further details will follow. So we'll see what happens.

Thanks for the update. I'm keeping my fingers crossed it'll work out for you !

Now the Illinois state fair is canceled. I hope everything is Ok with Meat?

:( what is going on?!

I hate to be the bringer of bad news but I saw this on RiverEdge Park (Aurora, Illinois, USA) Facebook Page...

Read the announcement HERE

Things may just have been cancelled because of scheduling issues but for them to have said that the tour was cancelled doesn't seem to be very encouraging.

I'm really sorry to everyone that was looking forward to going. :(

Still meat has not confirmed any shows yet anyway

Two weeks ago Meat told me he planned to do 12 shows in August in the USA. Last year he was planning to do 20-25 summer shows, but as we know the album release was delayed, and his 2015 plans have changed.

When I asked him about the first one that came up (Riveredge) he laughed and said the first he'd heard of it was when he saw it on the internet, but said he was doing 12 shows in August and assumed it would be one of these .. he said he didn't know what dates and venues had been agreed for this August outing.

It may be that he has recently had to take a decision not to do the August run .. on the other hand it is also possible that the venues who have been advertising shows were going on last year's plan, and the 12 in August are still going ahead but to a different schedule.

Riveredge saying that the 2015 tour has been cancelled may simply be that last year's schedule which included them has been cancelled, and that the promoters have had to book 12 shows which may not be able to include all the August dates/venues on that previous plan.

As Tony implies .. best to wait until Meat himself confirms there will be shows in August

Unless it's part of a bigger plan is it really worth investing the time, money and effort for just 12 shows?

Clearly Meat thought so, and who's to say what part of his bigger planning these shows are? He got the band together for just 2 in the USA in 2001 over a year after ST had finished, in 2006 did just 5 in the USA after the 3 promotional shows for Bat3, Australian tours are not lengthy there were just 13 for GP .. and Last at Bat was only 17 shows, and that involved bringing them all together to the UK and Europe, far more costly than doing a short run in the USA.

All I'm doing is passing on what he said 2 weeks ago, and pointing out that when a short programme to replace a longer tour is set up it would not necessarily be simply 12 of the shows originally planned which happened to fall in August.

Hope it wasn't ticket sale concerns or health.

I honestly doubt it was either one. I still have a feeling either they're still trying to plan out the shows or Meat knows he's going to be busy and their plans have changed. Hopefully we'll get confirmation from Meat soon :-)