================================================ Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] Cancellations From: "Iwndr" To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" Date: Wed 9 Oct 2002 14:14:45 -0700 (PDT) ================================================ Scott needs to work on getting ready to tour the West Coast. The extreme low humidity can be a killer for anyone with a sensitive system. I personally suffered from it for the first few years of living in California. I just hope it's just a postponement and not a cancellation. --- blonde_skylight@juno.com wrote: > Here's the article from Pollstar.com > > Creed On Shaky Ground > Updated 11:41 PDT Wed, Oct 09 2002 > > Fans holding tickets to Creed concerts for the next > few days are best > advised to call the venue and make sure the gigs are > still on. It looks > like lead singer Scott Stapp's throat problems are > plaguing him once > again and forcing the band to cancel or postpone > shows. > > The band is off the T-Mobile Rocks The Rock concert. > The event was to be > staged on the infamous Alcatraz Island off San > Francisco October 10. A > mere 500 lucky "cellmates" were to be allowed in for > the concert and only > through winning radio promotions and sweepstakes as > no tickets were being > sold for the event. > > At this time it is not known if another band will > step in for Creed or if > the entire show will be nixed. > > Four shows scheduled for this week have already been > either canceled or > postponed, starting with an October 5 gig in > Phoenix. Bakersfield (6th), > Los Angeles (8th) and Sacramento (9th) also suffered > the axe. > > According to Ticketmaster the October 12 show in > Mountain View has been > postponed. It's also unclear if any further shows > will be affected, but > stay tuned to POLLSTAR for further developments. > > The band has had to shuffle shows a number of times > in recent years due > to Stapp's recurring vocal issues. Several shows in > the summer of 2000 > were either canceled or postponed when he was > diagnosed with laryngitis. > > Then, earlier this year, an auto accident involving > Stapp forced the > postponement of the entire Weathered tour. Stapp was > said to suffer a > back injury and ordered by doctors to take some time > off to rest and > undergo physical therapy. > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm > To submit your profile, visit: > http://www.creedlisters.com/profile/submit.asp > To view List member Profiles, visit: > http://www.creedlisters.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm To submit your profile, visit: http://www.creedlisters.com/profile/submit.asp To view List member Profiles, visit: http://www.creedlisters.com