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AbbeyRoad 11:54 pm UTC 10/31/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Meat walks off stage at Newcastle? - Bat_out_of_Jelly_Babies 11:24 pm UTC 10/31/07 |
| I wonder if the other UK dates will now be cancelled. I was looking forward to seeing him but some part of me felt that he had gone into self destruction mode after releasing the very inferior Bat 3. One critic said, "We can safely say that Bat Out Of Hell 3 is Meat Loaf's best album since Bat Out Of Hell 2." When Meat Loaf was great, he was awesome. In the same category as Elvis. > 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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