Cancellation Notice For Vienna, Austria

PeArLgOoNeR

thartley582 said:

Well it's definitely a major gut check moment as a "since the beginning" follower of this band; 2+years in the making, planning an entire Austria trip around this event, landing amazing tickets only to be turned around by a random fan at 1645 local time.

No words can describe how it feels, especially given my previous show experiences, but not the time and place for those experiences. 

That said, I absolutely stand by how this went down, sucks, yeah, but I mean if you follow this band you know EV especially gives heart and soul for the fans/followers/listeners. They all do. 

I had a bad vibe with the press coming out of the Paris sbow, and had this sneaking suspicion something wasn't right. 

So I hope EV gets better, and Stone (happy birthday), McCready, Cameron, Ament and company find a solid footing to resume either performances and/or especially continuing this creative journey. Not many bands like them, so shit happens, we don't own anything, chance can be both a plus or a minus in human terms. 

I'll get my money back, have had a phenomenal two week trip in Austria, and will have another opportunity. 

Still stings like a mad hornet though, travel, money, planning, expectations etc Its that old saying (I'm getting it wrong): Stress/Pain amplifies when one's expectations are vastly different than ones actually reality.

Tschuss. 

What was the press coming out of the Paris show?

coach pj

Over all the years of following the band and going to shows I have been on this end, most recently Sacramento and Vegas (London 2018 and SF 1995, and a EV show in Vegas).

I have come to cherish the shows when they happen and not even contemplate length of shows, number of songs, what they played, etc. I am just happy when the show happens and I am reminded why I feel the way I feel about their music.

I get it people travelled and lost time and money. It sounds like the band tried to make it happen. 

It’s disappointing no doubt, but big picture I hope EV is okay and they continue on.

mariepearl

Thousands of fans are traveling to Prague tomorrow then Amsterdam. Please make any further cancellation announcements early to allow us to plan accordingly. Thank you
get well soon xm

just_one

mariepearl said:

Thousands of fans are traveling to Prague tomorrow then Amsterdam. Please make any further cancellation announcements early to allow us to plan accordingly. Thank you
get well soon xm

This !!!! 

Please please please!

Oceans

just_one said:

mariepearl said:

Thousands of fans are traveling to Prague tomorrow then Amsterdam. Please make any further cancellation announcements early to allow us to plan accordingly. Thank you
get well soon xm

This !!!! 

Please please please!

Ditto.

mr bungle

nicknyr15 said:

Worst tour ever. 

Well. Just wait for the 17 song setlists this fall!  this forum will crumble!

maximumlawman

Deeply sad because of the cancellation, sharing the sadness with fellow fans, taking in Vienna at night  in it‘s full beauty, sending the best wishes out to all the fellow fans and to Eddie: get well soon! 

lowbudgetlush

KM73780 said:

lowbudgetlush said:

KM73780 said:

lowbudgetlush said:

I have to say it. The Gigaton album & tour sure seems cursed. They should have just scraped it from the get-go, recorded a new album and toured that in 2022. Sorry for all the fans that were supposed to go to the show tonight.

As someone posted earlier Ed's voice is probably shot hence the shorter sets this tour. If that is indeed true how stupid is it that they added that Bourbon and beyond festival date that has them play 3 shows in a row. Dumb Dumb Dumb. Id be worried if I was St. Louis.

good lord, people. For supposedly being “fans”, you people are awfully harsh. This band can’t do anything right as far as you guys are concerned. Guess they should consult the forum for all major decisions. 

Give me a break! Relax! My comment was meant as a joke. The St. Louis part of my comment was serious. 3 shows in a row is dicey any way you look it.

I’m sure they’ll check with you next time so they don’t over extend themselves since you’ve already decided that Ed’s voice is shot 

You do understand that you are just as much of a problem as the people you are ranting against? Grow up. 

Zod

Gern Blansten said:

Honestly with COVID starting to spike again we might see a lot more cancellations if not a full tour cancellation

lol, Oakland was a mass spreader covid event.   I don't think Covid will cancel tours, but it definitely causes logistical issues.  Trying to prevent the band/crew from getting exposed so the tour can continue kind of thing isn't easy.

I think bands will keep trying and do what they can do.  Otherwise bands aren't going to ever going to tour again.

HughFreakingDillon

This band obviously cares enough about its fans, but also its crew and everyone affected, to make a game time decision instead of a premature one. 

The merch thing, if true, would not have been a “greedy rock star” decision. It would have been management or promoter. 

We all know how this shit eats them alive, so criticism at how late it went down is, in my opinion, misplaced. 

I’d obviously be emotional about it too, however, had I been going. 

I said to my wife today that this is the new reality; whether it be post covid, age, health, or external factors, all travel related events are a big risk now, all bands and all events. It sucks. But it’s the new normal. 

So sorry to all those going to this show. 

HughFreakingDillon

nicknyr15 said:

Worst tour ever. 

1995 would like a word with you. 

pjl44

minki2011 said:

Considering all the bullshit that can happen nowadays (COVID related cancellations or you yourself get it and can't attend the show, peolple getting their flights cancellled left and right, especially during the summer months), I guess more and more people will stop traveling to shows over time. At some point it just isn't worth it anymore.

I'm fortunate to live near a big city. No chance I'm buying tickets to anything outside of an hour or two away for the time being.

darthvedder

Zod said:

Gern Blansten said:

Honestly with COVID starting to spike again we might see a lot more cancellations if not a full tour cancellation

lol, Oakland was a mass spreader covid event.   I don't think Covid will cancel tours, but it definitely causes logistical issues.  Trying to prevent the band/crew from getting exposed so the tour can continue kind of thing isn't easy.

I think bands will keep trying and do what they can do.  Otherwise bands aren't going to ever going to tour again.

You have no proof that Oakland was a mass spreader event.

F Me In The Brain

DEGBTI said:

Gern Blansten said:

Honestly with COVID starting to spike again we might see a lot more cancellations if not a full tour cancellation

dude, put down the panic pipe. This is like yelling fire in a movie theater at this point. Very dangerous comment and uneducated. Read up on covid and get some facts. Its here to stay but not anything like where it was even 6 months ago. Life is actually going forward even with covid and all the other viruses we are subject too.

Very dangerous comment?
Gtfooh.

"That is the most dangerous comment ever.
I have many, many people who tell me that comments like this are very dangerous.

It would be phenomenal for people to stop saying stupid things.

I say stupid things.

Then I have to ask myself, if you say them, can they really be stupid?

A lot of people - I don't want this to sound trivial - a lot of people say I can't say anything that is stupid.
So, that is a dangerous, dangerous comment."
Lord Donald J Diapers

OceansJenny

HughFreakingDillon said:

nicknyr15 said:

Worst tour ever. 

1995 would like a word with you. 

^^^!!!

CP218430

I gotta say - yes it sucks! No doubt! But this band cares. People get upset when they stop a show when they see trouble up front - imagine they feeling they carry from Rocksilde…

They’re trying to get back to us, they’re trying to make music and enjoy. This bad gives a shit and knows our value. Doubt a lot, but don’t doubt that. I’ve listened to the 2021 boots a hundred times and these guys don’t need to your and they don’t need to appease.

apirk72

Weston1283 said:

The 3 day run in September will likely affect him the most after it’s conclusion.  OKC and DEN are the fall shows most at risk, and it’s not close.

Considering St. Louis is more likely be on fire then any other city on this tour you are probably right

craigraether

JimmyV said:

Zootrum said:

JackD. said:

Zootrum said:

This is a great disappointment. I'm heartbroken, all the more so because there seems to have been no effort at all to find an alternate date. 

According to local media, Eddie was still waving from the hotel at six, so it must have been clear by then that there was no show today. It's nice that people still had to wait and shop for hours in the sweltering heat at the merch for a show that they had probably long since guessed would probably not be able to take place. 

Probably my disappointment and sadness comes out here more than anything else, but at that second I'm really a little irritated at the timing of the communication as well. 

Anyway, all the best Eddie.

Probably Prague will burst as well.

I guess they were still hoping to play at 6. No way they let people queue in the unknown for an hour. He probably had a last check up from doctors who pulled the plug.

Probably, but in my disappointment say, cynically you could say, the cancellation came when the Outside Merch was sold out.

They cut outside merch off pretty quickly in Sacramento. 

They didn't ever start to sell it... they were setting up for 1PM Merch opening ( I was in the merch line) cancelation was about 1230P 

craigraether

Zod said:

Gern Blansten said:

Honestly with COVID starting to spike again we might see a lot more cancellations if not a full tour cancellation

lol, Oakland was a mass spreader covid event.   I don't think Covid will cancel tours, but it definitely causes logistical issues.  Trying to prevent the band/crew from getting exposed so the tour can continue kind of thing isn't easy.

I think bands will keep trying and do what they can do.  Otherwise bands aren't going to ever going to tour again.

yep my buddy got covid.. 3 days after Oakland.. 

lastexitlondon

Most everyone i know got covid this euro tour its very  very contagious