St Louis Show Canceled

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St Louis Show Canceled

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:x :cry: to be rescheduled expeditiously for early august.
I'm not concerned about the very poor.
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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entert ... ostello%22

Elvis Costello concert is postponed


04/05/2005

The Elvis Costello concert scheduled for tonight at the Pageant has been postponed. Costello is suffering from a severe throat infection, according to a statement from his publicist. The date is expected to be rescheduled for early August. Costello's Tuesday show in Kansas City was also postponed.
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Well, I think he has been fighting this off and on for a while now - you know how he sounded at the Ryman, Oily. This has been a tough winter for him.

It's all pophead's fault for making him stand out in the rain in New Orleans last weekend. :lol:
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Oh yes, the Ryman. That must have been one helluva concert Spooky...
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It was a great show, Boo, but it was evident that he was having much difficulty with his voice. Emmylou was great to stay on stage with him for so long, plus I think it rather energized him in a way to have her there.

But his throat sounded awfully scratchy. And the day before that when he was on CNN, he could barely talk to the interviewer. When I saw that, I wasn't even sure if he would be able to sing in Nashville.

Sorry, Oily. :cry:
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Bummer. I was looking forward to tonights show. Had a bunch of friends going along as well, and although they aren't anywhere close to being the diehard fan that I am, I know they are disappointed in the cancellation.

I've been wondering about this tour. If you look at the schedule over the past 3 months, he's had a show almost every night. Couple days off here and there, but for the most part its everyday. Living on a bus driving from Cleveland to Chicago, eating crappy food, setting up, soundcheck, then a 2+ hour show of singing your ass off -- seems like that routine would get old QUICK, mentally and physically. Elvis is a stud for making it as long as he has. Hats off to him.

If there's any "consolation in the cancellation", hows that for wordplay? Its that we'll get a fresh and healthy Elvis for the make-up game scheduled for early August.
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Emotional Toothpaste wrote:I've been wondering about this tour. If you look at the schedule over the past 3 months, he's had a show almost every night. Couple days off here and there, but for the most part its everyday. Living on a bus driving from Cleveland to Chicago, eating crappy food, setting up, soundcheck, then a 2+ hour show of singing your ass off -- seems like that routine would get old QUICK, mentally and physically. Elvis is a stud for making it as long as he has. Hats off to him.
I agree Toothpaste - it's got to be exhausting. It's not like touring England or continental Europe, where you might have a two to three hour drive between cities. Next time he tours I hope he schedules more days in between gigs. His voice suffers from these marathon sets on back-to-back nights. At the end of the Beacon show, the needle was almost on empty and I was wondering how in the world he could even consider doing the Atlantic City and Baltimore shows.
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spooky girlfriend wrote: It's all pophead's fault for making him stand out in the rain in New Orleans last weekend. :lol:
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But it was so humid Spooky! That has a way of opening up the sinuses and getting all the gunk out!

In all seriousness, his voice sounded pretty good in New Orleans. On a tour like this one, crossing sooooo many climate zones is the thing that will zap the voice. Every new town has a different allergen in the air. In New Orleans it was 85 that day, but a little further north it dipped into the 30s! I hope I have his stamina when I'm 50.
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This show has been rescheduled for August 2nd, tickets to be honored from the cancelled show.
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