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I feel bad for the stones fans in Hanging Rock.

It happened to me 2 times. London 1990, show cancelled with a couple of days notice (after I drove all the way from Milano), and Milano 1998, this time with only a few hours notice.

It also happened in 1995, but the scheduled concert in Milano was cancelled with large notice, so no problem (can't remember if they actually sold tickets).

I agree that it could have been a nice thing to do to save the show somehow. The band is not missing singers! Put together a set of 10/15 odd songs. Jagger could have played keyboards or guitar or whatever. It could have turned out into something!

I remember a concert of Robert Plant once when he could hardly sing. He explained what the problem was, excused himself and informed that he would be playing guitar for most of the show. In the end it was a great show!

C

In July 1990 they postoponed 3 shows in the UK, all at the last gasp - Cardiff on 11th and Wembley on 13th & 14th. I was already in London on 13th when I found out that the show was off - my 1st ever Stones show. None too pleased I was too! All 3 eventually took place. The 2 Wembley ones were at the end of August and they shipped the Steel Wheels stage over from the US as a special treat, even though it was the Urban Junle tour.

IIRC, the postponement was down to Keith - he cut his finger on his guitar while on stage at Hampden Park, Glasgow and it went septic! He anounced to the crowd, "I think I've bust my finger but who gives a s**t!". Concerts postponed due to Doctor's orders!

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I feel bad for the stones fans in Hanging Rock.

It happened to me 2 times. London 1990, show cancelled with a couple of days notice (after I drove all the way from Milano), and Milano 1998, this time with only a few hours notice.

It also happened in 1995, but the scheduled concert in Milano was cancelled with large notice, so no problem (can't remember if they actually sold tickets).

I agree that it could have been a nice thing to do to save the show somehow. The band is not missing singers! Put together a set of 10/15 odd songs. Jagger could have played keyboards or guitar or whatever. It could have turned out into something!

I remember a concert of Robert Plant once when he could hardly sing. He explained what the problem was, excused himself and informed that he would be playing guitar for most of the show. In the end it was a great show!

C

In July 1990 they postoponed 3 shows in the UK, all at the last gasp - Cardiff on 11th and Wembley on 13th & 14th. I was already in London on 13th when I found out that the show was off - my 1st ever Stones show. None too pleased I was too! All 3 eventually took place. The 2 Wembley ones were at the end of August and they shipped the Steel Wheels stage over from the US as a special treat, even though it was the Urban Junle tour.

IIRC, the postponement was down to Keith - he cut his finger on his guitar while on stage at Hampden Park, Glasgow and it went septic! He anounced to the crowd, "I think I've bust my finger but who gives a s**t!". Concerts postponed due to Doctor's orders!

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I wonder what the Stones' prior commitments are at the end of November.

I also wonder why they box themselves into a corner to the point where they cannot reschedule a single concert.

You'd figure that they would give themselves a little window of time for such situations (especially considering their ages) .

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If they gave themselves more wiggle room folks would complain that the gaps were too large between shows. Its a no win wituation for them. They are in their 70s..shit happens and I am sure they feel bad about having to cancel. I feel bad for folks who have travelled from afar for this show hopefully you will see them in Sydney.

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I feel bad for the stones fans in Hanging Rock.

It happened to me 2 times. London 1990, show cancelled with a couple of days notice (after I drove all the way from Milano), and Milano 1998, this time with only a few hours notice.

It also happened in 1995, but the scheduled concert in Milano was cancelled with large notice, so no problem (can't remember if they actually sold tickets).

C

In 1995 tickets didn't even go on sale for the Milano concert. If they did, I would have bought them from day one. Still remember that the date the concert was allegedly scheduled for was June 27th.

Yes, I think you are right. But there was some form of announcement though. I mean: there was a fixed date, and I expected to have a concert in Milano. I ended up going to Paris instead. 10 hours drive instead of 10 minutes. How could that be worse? Well it could have rained ... (and we all know that a "few" drops of rain fell on Paris during the two hours of the concert)

C

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liddas
I feel bad for the stones fans in Hanging Rock.

It happened to me 2 times. London 1990, show cancelled with a couple of days notice (after I drove all the way from Milano), and Milano 1998, this time with only a few hours notice.

It also happened in 1995, but the scheduled concert in Milano was cancelled with large notice, so no problem (can't remember if they actually sold tickets).

I agree that it could have been a nice thing to do to save the show somehow. The band is not missing singers! Put together a set of 10/15 odd songs. Jagger could have played keyboards or guitar or whatever. It could have turned out into something!

I remember a concert of Robert Plant once when he could hardly sing. He explained what the problem was, excused himself and informed that he would be playing guitar for most of the show. In the end it was a great show!

C

In July 1990 they postoponed 3 shows in the UK, all at the last gasp - Cardiff on 11th and Wembley on 13th & 14th. I was already in London on 13th when I found out that the show was off - my 1st ever Stones show. None too pleased I was too! All 3 eventually took place. The 2 Wembley ones were at the end of August and they shipped the Steel Wheels stage over from the US as a special treat, even though it was the Urban Junle tour.

IIRC, the postponement was down to Keith - he cut his finger on his guitar while on stage at Hampden Park, Glasgow and it went septic! He anounced to the crowd, "I think I've bust my finger but who gives a s**t!". Concerts postponed due to Doctor's orders!

July 13th 1990 was due to be my first show too. In those pre internet days, we didn't find out until we got to the station.

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From Keith (Facebook):

Yeah just seen this on Keiths twitter. Nice touch but I'm shocked - that looks like Daddies brown sauce and not HP!!???

Why do you think the blade is there... Poor room service-guy, LOL!

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Long before the internet became widespread.The World Wide Web, a great BRITISH Invention by Sir Tim Berners Lee, arrived in 1989.

I found out the postponement when I arrived in London and parked my car. I had a proper hissy fit, swearing my head off. I'd been a fan since I was 9 or 10 (was 23 at the time) and had waited a long time for it. Still, the show was excellent when it eventually took place, with Angie & Ruby Tuesday played back to back. I only live 80 miles west of London so getting there is not hard.

Still, for the Australians and long distance travellers and, not least, Mick himself, I hope he's well enough to do Sidney next week.

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Eh?

WWW was not invented until 1991/2. The Internet was around, and had been around for some time, but mainly based in Universities (& military).