In the last few weeks, when Patti was already out (she received the mail in late july) Meat posted several times on FB showing pictures of the band reheasing, announcing repeatedly the UK dates and the Vegas shows.
But no word about changes in the band. He probably knew fans would have a bad reaction to the news Patti was out. Patti herself posted in the same hours Meat was onstage again, as if she waited until the very last moment for a public announcement that never came.
I'm not saying people have the right to know the name of every person who will take the stage, as Meat Loaf is not a group but a solo artist with a band. But I do think that an announcement by Meat introducing the new singers, and saying (at least) "Thank you Patti", was the proper thing to do.
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