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They could've rescheduled. Buy they would've had to spend some money to hire new crew etc. Heaven forbid!!!!

Yes. Look at the European tour 03. It had to be extended many weeks due to similar problems, it was no problem.

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Gaetzi
The only thing that was frustrating for me was that they canceled the show less than 24 hrs before show time. I'm not blaming anyone nor do I think it's any kind of conspiracy but it's a helpless,. frustrating feeling. The fact that it may well be the last time the Stones play in the US is certainly salt in the wounds. But we made the best of it and still had a blast.

But I agree that on several levels it didn't make any sense to reschedule. As others have mentioned, Vegas is a destination place, I wouldn't have been able to redo the whole thing a week later. And bv's point about the crew not being there any longer and it being the end of this little 'tour' makes perfect sense.

I was driving to Atlantic City Oct 2006 and they cancelled the show only hours before the doors were set to open due to Mick having a sore throat and I heard about it on the radio about 20 mins before getting to Atlantic City..they ultimately rescheduled the show for Nov 17th 2006 but what are you going to do stuff happens.

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Gaetzi
The only thing that was frustrating for me was that they canceled the show less than 24 hrs before show time. I'm not blaming anyone nor do I think it's any kind of conspiracy but it's a helpless,. frustrating feeling. The fact that it may well be the last time the Stones play in the US is certainly salt in the wounds. But we made the best of it and still had a blast.

But I agree that on several levels it didn't make any sense to reschedule. As others have mentioned, Vegas is a destination place, I wouldn't have been able to redo the whole thing a week later. And bv's point about the crew not being there any longer and it being the end of this little 'tour' makes perfect sense.

I was driving to Atlantic City Oct 2006 and they cancelled the show only hours before the doors were set to open due to Mick having a sore throat and I heard about it on the radio about 20 mins before getting to Atlantic City..they ultimately rescheduled the show for Nov 17th 2006 but what are you going to do stuff happens.

Yeah tell me about it because i was at the same show checking in to the hotel on the boardwalk when we were told about it in the Hotel registration desk (non refundable room )(by the way we were unable to attend the make up date on 11/17/06) The only saving grace came when we were able to get tickets for the Beacon two nights later (Shine a Light)

FYI, the oct 22 Vegas show grossed $7,047,048 and sold 14,133 tickets

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They could've rescheduled. Buy they would've had to spend some money to hire new crew etc. Heaven forbid!!!!

Damn right.

Biggest band in the world would have trouble with crew so couldn't reschedule?

BS.

What "crew" are we talking about anyway? Their "close" crew is available at all times so that leaves the "stage hands" but these would only have been hired for the two shows in Vegas as DT must have handled most/all the logistics? On the other hand why bother with these two Vegas shows with all that extra trouble/cost? A few more shows would have made sense, no? Things don't really add up.

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BV -

Not sure what you mean "they can't do it"?

They can't reschedule or they can't cancel and not reschedule?

Pecman

You can not reschedule if your crew is booked to other bands or activities the following week. May be it was optimistic and/or bad planning, may be they thought that one week between the two Desert Trip shows was ok, but the three days between DT #2 and LV #1 was too short, they should have kept the following week available. But that would have cost extra, nobody want to be "on hold" for an extra week. Nobody work for free these days.

More important, rescheduling any other city for the following week would be no problem. I was in Cardiff in June 1990, then they managed to reschedule the show within five days or so. Because everybody with tickets were residents of Cardiff (except me and a few others, I was in UK for three weeks touring all ofb the 10 scheduled UK shows), it was no problem to postpone the Cardiff show for five days or so.

In Las Vegas, I am sure 90% of all the fans drive or fly in, they have hotels, take time off work for two days and so on. May be some people do not have to go to work, but most people need to book new flights, talk to their boss, make new plans and so on.

Or may be somebody expected the Stones and their crew to fly inn 2-3 weeks later for a one-off rescheduled Las Vegas show? A first time in the history one show tour, that would have been interesting.

July 10, 1990: Keith Richards is treated at a London hospital for a seriously infected finger and the Rolling Stones postone their next three concerts: one in Cardiff, Wales, and two more at Wembley Stadium. This is the first time in their history that the group has to postpone or cancel concerts because of illness.

July 14, 1990: The Rolling Stones, minus Keith Richards, host a party at The Serpentine Gallery in London, England, with Jeff Beck and Elton John among the guests.

July 16, 1990: The Rolling Stones resume the Urban Jungle tour with the rescheduled concert at Cardiff's Arms Park, their first in Wales since 1966.

Why the Rolling Stones Took Their First-Ever Sick Day : [ultimateclassicrock.com]

When you tour for months it is no problem to add a show or three in-between, but when you are on a two weeks tour with a limit of two shows per week max and everybody is booked for other activites after Oct 25 then you have a problem.

They should have cancelled immediately, and I am sure they knew they could not reschedule, but there are lawyers, contracts, and always they try to do their best. Like I do still remember the Cardiff promoter said:

"We had to move mountains" (in order to reschedule that show back in 1990)

Bjornulf

"They should have cancelled immediately, and I am sure they knew they could not reschedule, but there are lawyers, contracts, and always they try to do their best"

What's weird is they basically did cancel the gig immediately. I get the impression the Stones camp was as clear as it could be without breaching an agreement. The initial announcement clearly stated it was canceled. It was the language after that asked fans to hold tight. From the Stones FB page, posted 10/18:

We regret to inform you that The Rolling Stones concert scheduled for Wednesday, October 19 at T-Mobile Arena has been cancelled. Lead vocalist Mick Jagger has come down with laryngitis and has been advised by doctors to rest his voice.

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I'm curious as to how someone knows both Vegas shows were "nearly sold out"?

Have you seen show audits from AEG? If yes, please share.

I'm very very curious to know the actual sold number for the Vegas shows, not Casino buys or comps, actual sold seats to the general public.

And a breakdown by age, gender and reason for buying.
Otherwise it's all a sham, apparently

You forgot sex with "a breakdown by age, gender and reason for buying" since gender is not specific to the sex of a person.

Folks, the Stones do not care about us all that much

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Folks, the Stones do not care about us all that much

They do they do a lot but sometimes "sh!t happens mate!". The Vegas cancellation combined with the private corporate show was one of these instances where sh!t happens.

Money, that's it

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Money, that's it

What? You mean they make more money when they cancel a show?

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The point is they care about MONEY, not the fans

Hi,
Charly and his wife Shirley Ann Sheperd has to be in Belgium with their horses.
European Championships for Arabian horses.
30 &31 october. 3km from my house.

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