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re: Meat walks off stage at Newcastle?

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Bat_out_of_Jelly_Babies 11:24 pm UTC 10/31/07
In reply to: re: Meat walks off stage at Newcastle? - StarTurn 11:20 pm UTC 10/31/07

I have to say as well, whatever happens and however bad or nt his throat problems are, I think at the moment he stood on stage and said it he believed that he would never perform on stage again.



> 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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