Rock star sick notes have been in the spotlight of late, what with Meat Loaf pulling his UK jaunt thanks to something called an “inter-vocal cord cyst”, and Led Zeppelin’s high profile comeback show being postponed thanks to Jimmy Page’s fractured finger. It got us debating a few other memorable excuses for cancelling tours…
1. Fear of underpants
Kiwi opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa axed a tour of Australia after she watched a video of Aussie fans throwing underwear at John Farnham, the act she was touring with. Terrified the same fate would befall her, she squawked: "How could I, in my classical form, perform in this way?"
2. Earthquake
Stevie Nicks cancelled a performance at California's Concord Pavillion on October 17, 1989 owing to a major earthquake which measured 6.9 on the Richter scale and killed 62 people. Which is fair enough, really.
3. Broken bones
The hopes of promising indie-psychedelia chaps The Aliens were dealt a blow when frontman Gordon Anderson broke his collar-bone climbing a tree, forcing the band to cancel their first major tour. More recently, Britpop goliaths Dodgy axed their reunion dates after guitarist Andy Miller fell out of bed and broke his arm. D’oh!
4. Busted tour bus
It’s a fairly good sign that you’re no longer part of rock’s A-list when a break-down on the motorway forces you to scrap the remainder of your tour. That was the grim reality that confronted nu-metal has-beens Static-X last June, a catastrophe the band euphemistically described as “transportation issues.” Depressing.
5. Drug charges
The View have twice scrapped plans to tour the US, thanks to visa problems arising from frontman Kyle Falconer’s cocaine possession charge. We’re sure America, collectively, will soldier on somehow.
5:42 PM | 09/11/2007
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