# What cancelled concerts have you not gone to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938 "2004-06-17T23:05:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/1 "2004-06-17T23:05:45Z")
Britney Spears was supposed to start her concert tour here in Hartford, so the radio is all abuzz now that she’s cancelled it due to her recent knee injury. My favorite is that they’re running a promo where you have to call in every time her songs are cut off in the middle. Heh. Anyways, these events brought to mind the ticket that I still have for Mixfest in Boston, which was scheduled for September 22, 2001 and completely and totally cancelled. Since the tickets were bought online I got to keep mine as a memento, but OTOH I had to eat at least part of the Ticketmaster fees. It was a pricey memento. Before I looked up the date, I had thought it was closer to 9/11 and I’m a bit surprised they felt the need to still cancel it. But it was easier to err on the conservative side, I suppose. What cancelled shows have you not gone to, and why? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/2 "2004-06-17T23:06:54Z")
The Allman Brother Band … right before Duane died. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/3 "2004-06-17T23:12:27Z")
I had tickets for R.E.M.'s show at Dortmund, Germany in 1995 that was cancelled after Bill Berry’s aneurysm. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/4 "2004-06-17T23:26:06Z")
I had tickets for Led Zep back in 1980 when Bonzo died. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/5 "2004-06-17T23:39:26Z")
\*\*Sisters of Mercy / Public Enemy \*\* in 1991. The crowd dynamic would have been fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/6 "2004-06-17T23:50:03Z")
Beastie Boys / Rage Against the Machine. I bought $400 worth of 2nd row tickets for me and a couple of friends. Then Mike D messed up his shoulder and the concert was postponed till he got better. Then RAtM broke up and the concert was cancelled. The Beasties haven’t been to town since and I’m still pissed…stupid stupid RAtM! !@#@! ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/7 "2004-06-18T00:08:25Z")
NIN with Pop Will Eat Itself in January 1995. There were protests by a Christian group trying to stop the show because NIN had ties to Marilyn Manson, who was in the Church of Satan. The day of, there was the biggest blizzard in 15 years. Naturally, the Christian group said it was God stopping the show. Ironically, Marilyn Manson played the same city three months later with no protests. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/8 "2004-06-18T00:11:08Z")
Backstage passes to Jethro Tull back in the early 80s. We got to the Forum and the parking guys told us that Ian Anderson (is that right?) has laryngitis. We had the passes from a radio station exec who was pals with my dad. I was like 16 or something and didn’t particularly know any Tull except Aqualung. So instead dad took me down to the Sunset Strip and we spent the evening watching the nightcrawlers wake up. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/9 "2004-06-18T00:18:40Z")
A friend of mine had a ticket for XTC’s Chicago concert in what became their final, aborted American tour; Andy Partridge had a breakdown in LA, the Chicago gig (and all the rest of the gigs) went unplayed, and XTC never toured again. My friend preserved his ticket through the passing years, and when Andy Partridge came to Chicago to promote _Apple Venus_, he got the ticket autographed. Partridge was quite surprised, and told him, “My past is catching up with me!”. ---
**Author:** ![Mithril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mithril/32/3517_2.png) [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/10 "2004-06-18T00:39:13Z")
Aerosmith, when the drummer set himself on fire by leaving his car running while filling up with gas. They never even rescheduled, and it was their hometown. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/11 "2004-06-18T00:51:15Z")
> [@](#): > > What cancelled shows have you not gone to…? All of them. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/12 "2004-06-18T01:26:44Z")
Guns’n’Roses/Metallica in 1992 Stupid pyrotechnic injuries. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/13 "2004-06-18T01:43:34Z")
In 1986, I had tickets to see Emerson, Lake & Powell (I’d never gotten to see Emerson, Lake & Palmer)here at Austin’s Frank Erwin Center. Apparently, ticket sales were weak, and they cancelled the show. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/14 "2004-06-18T01:47:34Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > All of them. Was wondering if anybody beat me to the joke. Damn you! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/15 "2004-06-18T01:49:16Z")
Dead Can Dance. We got there and found out Lisa Gerrard was sick. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/16 "2004-06-18T02:01:37Z")
My ex-boss was at the Rick Nelson concert venue, waiting for him to show up, when his plane crashed and he died. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/17 "2004-06-18T02:04:49Z")
Soul Asylum, in Pittsburgh, 1993. The entire east coast was buried in snow that weekend. I got my money back but not the service charge. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/18 "2004-06-18T02:08:27Z")
Back in 1983, I had tickets to see The Firm (Jimmy Page/Paul Rogers). The show was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Just a few months ago, we had tickets for Jimmy Buffet, when he cancelled to go home to be with his mother who was quite ill. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/19 "2004-06-18T02:58:03Z")
Had tickets to see 5 of Ray Davies’ shows (the ones in London) this past spring because the venue was a 5 minute walk from where I keep my digs, but he ended up in hospital and cancelled his entire spring tour. With luck will be going back in September as the tickets are still good for the same seats. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938/20 "2004-06-18T03:29:32Z")
David Cassidy. I was heartbroken. It would have been my first real concert. I still have the ticket somewhere. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cancelled-concerts-have-you-not-gone-to/250938.md?page=2)