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re: Meat walks off stage at Newcastle?

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StarTurn 11:20 pm UTC 10/31/07
In reply to: re: Meat walks off stage at Newcastle? - Bat_out_of_Jelly_Babies 10:54 pm UTC 10/31/07

Yep, I've just got back too. Still in shock. That's exactly what happened. Band looked stunned as well.

Mike


> OK, this is the story. I've just arrived back from the
> concert.
>
> From the off Meat was singing pretty bad. He was missing
> cues, making the band play on and seemed to have mike
> problems. Every now and again his voice did shine through
> as it was back in May.
>
> He got to It's all coming back to me now and you could
> tell something was wrong. You hardly hear him and he
> actually had to rest his head on Aspen Miller a couple of
> times.
>
> He had already cut Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us too.
>
> Then he started Paradise, the band kicked in and he pulled
> on his dress jacket. He looked across the audience and i
> think the exact words were..."Newcastle, thank you very
> much. I want you to enjoy this Paradise, Bat out of Hell,
> Anything for Love, Mercury Blues and Gimme Shelter because
> they may be the last of my fucking life."
>
> The audience were slightly stunned by that, he started the
> first line of Paradise but made it no further than
> "happened only yesterday", then he look out at the
> audience again and said "No, I can't. That's it. No more.
> Thank you Newcastle for 30 wonderful years. I take off my
> jacket (which he did, and dropped it on the stage), Say
> again thank you, and that's all there is is. Goodbye."
>
> And he left the stage. After few minutes the tannoy said
> that Meat had fallen in and could not be continuing.
>
> That's the story.
>
>
>
>
> > No apparently he was struggling with paradise just before
> >
> > > So was he halfway through singing Bat Out Of Hell when it
> > > happened?
> > >
> > > > I have just received a call from my brother who went to
> > > > see Meat Loaf tonight in Newcastle. Apparently half way
> > > > through the he stopped and said "that is the end, no more
> > > > Bat no more Meat Loaf" then the lights came on and 5 min
> > > > later a spokesman said Meat’s fallen ill?
> > > >
> > > > Apparently before that his voice sounder really bad.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >


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