I have a million and one thoughts on this, most of which I'm not prepared to post. The only thing I will say is that I think the situation could have been handled better.
Of course we were all going to find out eventually that Patti's gone, but personally I think people finding out when the band came on stage was the wrong way to do it. It didn't need to be a big announcement or anything major, just a quick line on here or on Facebook along the lines of "Patti will no longer be touring with Meat Loaf, we wish her well for the future. Now let us introduce Stacey and Lisa..." would have been enough. That way everyone could have had their inevitable discussions and debates, but Newmarket would have been a brand new day and we could have been ready to welcome the new girls.
As it went no-one knew, so Stacey and Lisa, who were not only under-rehearsed but understandably very nervous came on stage to a "welcome" of turning heads and mouths hitting the floor as the realisation hit that Patti was gone.
I'm not saying Meat owes an explanation for the reasoning behind Patti's departure, but knowing that she'd gone before Newmarket would have been nice.
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