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Pudding 01:11 am UTC 11/01/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Meat walks off stage at Newcastle? - Bat_out_of_Jelly_Babies 10:54 pm UTC 10/31/07 |
| I bet there was a lot of pissed off Geordies. It kinda annoys me that Meat tries to perform 'knowing' full well that he's not fully able to give his best. It's a complete dis-service to his fans and more so to himself. He'd have been better cancelling the show before it started. > 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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