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davidt
on Saturday August 07 2004, @01:00PM
An anonymous person writes:
Due to his plane having technical problems (apparently, they had to fly back to London), at least that's what the Festival site says: Noticias :: Morrissey cancela su actuación en el Festival La organización del Festival lamenta informar que Morrissey nos ha comunicado, a las 19:30 horas de esta tarde, que cancela su actuación en el Festival debido a que los problemas técnicos del avión en el que viajaba le han obligado a volver a Londres.
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strange (Score:3, Interesting)
(User #762 Info)
Great (Score:1, Interesting)
It is certainly strange that he was planning to arrive JUST before the gig started (he was scheduled to go onstage at 21:00) flying in his private jet and that, therefore, it had to be cancelled!
And they say that he sent a note at 19:30 (ha,ha,ha!)
What about taking another plane and do the show after Belle and Seb. or Lou Reed? (they were meant to play after Mo)
I am sure there must be some dirt after this event but I am sorry about all the people who travelled and paid JUST to see him (I know a few of them!)
Shame on you!
M
The story is also at nme.com now (Score:0)
Private plane, my ass.
The band soundchecked. He was offered a private je (Score:2, Informative)
They're just reporting it from Radio 3, the official broadcasters.
(User #1451 Info)
I'm sorry for all the fans from the spanish list (Score:1)
They're just saying they've seen fans crying as they arrived to the concert site only to be told it wasn't going to happen!
(User #1451 Info)
No agreement (Score:2, Interesting)
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/08/07/cultura/1091899461.html
(User #1451 Info)
"The Truth About The Cancellation!" (Score:0)
-J
devious, truculent and unreliable... (Score:0)
J
So sorry (Score:1)
I really am.
Moz treats his fans like shite. Always has, always will.
(User #7745 Info)
Julia and I (Score:1)
(User #9131 Info)
Julia Riley NRA Secret Agent (Score:1, Funny)
NRA member and expert Deer Hunter.
One shot one kill. He was both dillusioned
and frightened and could not face her.
He is having a Kevlar Sports coat make
covered in tweed.
Artist (Score:0)
Morrissey just took a 'sicky'. Unreliable as it is, it's a sad fact. As Morrissey fans we should consider that he is an artist foremost and this 'temperament' will be part of the bittersweet love we have for him...
All that aside...I'm so glad I didn't go to Spain!
For Morrissey's sake! (Score:0, Insightful)
I know that this list if chock-a-block with Mo's die-hard fans but ...
How can you justify that somebody can take a plane hours before jumping onstage, leaving the band soundchecking on their own (still to be believed) and with a legion of fans JUST waiting for him ... people who travelled hundreds of miles AND paid a fairly steep price for a ticket JUST to see Moz's show!
Plane problems? Anxiety? Bollocks! This man does not give a shit about anything. He's full of ego and he thinks he is a semi-God and can dump people in a hot ditch because there is always somebody trying to justify that sort of despicable behaviour.
Let me tell you something. In the other festival he played in in Spain (about a month ago) he forced the organizers to have a vegetarian dinner for everybody (including his 25 staff members). Fair enough. But .., do you know what he did? HE DID NOT EVEN ATTEND IT !!!!
I am sorry, but you are fueling the ego of somebody who used to be something but, sadly, has now become a real twat.
M
will u dance with me a little bit? (Score:0)
i´m not scared anymore---
al final, lo del AV no fue una perdida de tiempo / dinero...
The truth (Score:0)
As long as he is Ok (Score:1)
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By the way (Score:1)
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82136
(User #11301 Info)
Don't be so quick to judge (Score:1, Interesting)
I've just been reading a biography of Spike Milligan who got a lot of criticism throughout his life because he could be very unpredictable and cancel things at the drop of a hat. What people didn't realise is he had days of physically not being able to get out of bed because he was so ill.
As far as I know Morrissey has never had any real treatment. It's not just going to go away.
Quotes (Score:0)
Oh! How Moz that is!
Grow up!
M
Re:Quotes (Score:2, Insightful)
I think in to quote Moz's words in this particular instance is so ironic.. Fans are now using his words about how people are constantly letting him down to describe how he's let them down. Do you get me?!
Dammit, I'd be annoyed as well if I travelled all the way there and he decided to pull a sickie... Although the line up for that festival was amazing this year, sure I'd be disappointed but I'd def be up for seeing other acts too..
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Short letter to Mozzadello (Score:0)
Si tu no me quieres a mí tampoco te quiero yo a ti.
(Excerpt of the lyrics of one of the Los Planetas' songs in their repertoire yesterday at Beni. The lyrics read "If you dont want me then I dont want you too"). Los Planetas did show up yesterday. Course, they neednt to travel by air.
Anonymous Spanish fan
suffer little fan (Score:0)
When are you going to understand that the person you adore is not that poor shy witty lad who lives in Whaley Range and writes songs while walking thru Southern Cemetery, reads Wilde and discuss about his (gay) celibacy... but a big loaded wanker full of himself who lives in a mansion near L.A. runs in big cars (see documentary about the MAN himself), moans about not having a record deal and boasts about sell-out gigs while deceiving fans who think he still is the solitary guy in a bedsit...
Wake up and realize he's not the same person! Do not give your valuable time to people who don't care if you live or die! (ha, ha)
M
shut the hell up! (Score:2, Insightful)
may one day, you, within your pathetic life, suffer from an anxiety problem.
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very sad (Score:0)
Ruffled Feathers (Score:0)
The Morrissey fiasco (Score:1)
(User #1451 Info)
benicassim disgust (Score:1)
http://www.zonalibre.org/blog/surferrosa/archives/054262.html
(User #12095 Info)
everything you know is false (Score:0)
so, moz was in valencia yesterday...
probably he was dissapointed with the treatment he recived by the organization...
i'm very unhappy, i cant believe how a person who i admire like moz can be so stupid: f***ing queen!
probably this was the most important concert they played this year. And the spanish people was anxiously waiting him... there was a lot of people who take planes, ships, trains, and spend their holidays this summer only for see him.
i agree:"moz is dead."
My money back!!! (Score:1)
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Flying by Strawberry (Score:0)
I refuse to fly at the best of times, in good weather, via british airways and so on. As far as travelling on a private lear/gulfstream jet is concerned these things are just tempting fate.
Plenty of time for all those Spanish fans in the months ahead. And for all those fans who are questioning what's going on - well as you know - Morrissey has spent almost all of the past 6 years of his life pleasing his fans all over the world, travelling around the world (at his own cost) and organising some amazing concerts.
Strawberry.
The decent thing? (Score:0)
It would be nice if Morrissey for once communicated with fans and put pay to rumours using todays modern technology (phone/internet). Even a fax to his website just to let people who have paid hard earned money to see him know what happened. Then hopefully some understanding and a little less confusion would prevail, those fans then might feel a little better at least, hence it'll be the usual silence i'm sure.
I do however hate how there always has to be someone to blame as it's not always the case.
thank you and goodnight.
Ray.
Morrissey hates Spain. So adios, you are dead! (Score:1)
(User #12100 Info)
morrisseytour.com reads Benicassim cancelled (Score:1)
(User #762 Info)
¡¡¡ Great Dissapointment !!! (Score:0)
I am one of so many people that remained without seeing MOZ in Benicassim.
The sensation of impotence and anger they were going of the hand, it is a shame that treats us as this form, to us that we are the few ones that in Spain we follow him.
Luck that I it could see in Fuengirola and my disappointment was not major. At least I could see the Scissor Sisters and I can promise you that it me served something of.
Alone fact of less my money....
Cheers
this is so crazy. (Score:1)
to most, Morrissey is pop singer- nothing more. as such he can be capable of providing much enjoyment and entertainment and inspiration and even some comfort. for most, he cannot create fufillment and he cannot create pain. there are many more people in each and everyone here's lives who are infinitely more important, for better and worse. get a bloody grip on reality some of you because a lot of the behaviour exhibited here is juste not healthy.
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here's what happenned (from Morrissey tour) (Score:0)
We were staying in a hotel 80km from the festival in a town called Valencia. Coincidently Lou Reed was staying at our hotel too (although I didn’t find that out til much later)
So at 5:00 PM I’m at the hotel. There’s a problem with our piece of shit Smart car that we rented – which I referred to as the “dumb car.” We have to take the car back to the airport where we rented it because the stupid Dumb Car won’t lock.
Before I left the hotel I had to run back in to get the parking ticket. When I re-entered the lobby there was some English guy talking on his phone saying that there was a problem with Morrissey. So I assume that this guy works for Camp Morrissey. So as I’m getting directions from the concierge am actually listening in on this guy’s conversation. I heard.
“They want to push the time back. Yeah, he’s supposed to go on at 21:20”
“What? And play a 17-minute set”
“We’re leaving here at 8:00”
Okay, so knowing Morrissey’s penchant for canceling concerts I say to this guy, “I’m driving to Valencia now. Morrissey didn’t cancel did he. He’s still going to play, right?”
So this guy is like very busy, can’t be bothered to talk to me. He’s on 2 phones at once, but I figure I’m not gonna drive like 50 miles to a cancelled concert. So this guy says to me.
“Yes, Morrissey’s going on, but the time’s been pushed back. There’s a problem. Now I’m really very busy” Then he goes on to answer one of his 2 mobile phones.
I get the parking ticket from the room. We drive the Dumb Car back to the airport and try to get a Ford Focus. They stupidly give us another Dumb Car. At least this Dumb Car locks. And it was a convertible – which was a bonus.
Okay we get to the festival at 9:45. Theoretically Morrissey’s already on stage and we’re super late. The parking situation sucks – but we’re in a Smart Car so it isn’t THAT bad.
As soon as we get to the entrance of the festival we look for someone to buy tickets from. I see a line of people wearing Morrissey shirts. Somehow this does not strike me as odd. I timidly approached one of the Spanish Morrissey fans. Asking him if he speaks English. Then I asked what time Morrissey comes on stage. He points to a sign and says that Morrissey has cancelled.
Somehow I’m so Not shocked.
We stayed around for a while. Listened to the Scissor Sisters (we never bought a ticket to get in). We also listened to Lou Reed for a while. We then went back to our hotel.
This morning I went down to the lobby to see if I could find that guy that works for Moz who told me the show was going on yesterday. The guy is there in the lobby and asked if I enjoyed the show. I said back to him, “Um, Morrissey cancelled.” And he said, “yes, I heard.” Then he goes on to explain that he works for Lou Reed – who was due to play after Morrissey. I then asked him why it was cancelled.
The guy says that it was cancelled because there was a problem with Morrissey’s private plane and that the festival organizers couldn’t hold the show for him any longer. Apparently Morrissey and the band were going on the same plane. The equipment made it to the show but Moz and the boys didn’t.
Later that morning we went for a swim in the pool. As we were lounging by the side Lou Reed enters the area. We’re the only ones to recognize him. He was wearing red board shorts. He does some yoga moves in the pool and leaves 10 minutes later.
The trip to Spain had been good. Seeing Moz would have been a bonus. I feel kind of angry that the cancelled. Not angry in an in-your-face way. But maybe more frustrated. Cancelling shows embitters fans. And I feel like one embittered fan right now"
J
credit where it's due... (Score:0)
I expect Moz feels quite bad about this and may schedule a Spanish date in the coming couple of months.
Remember, he did go on Kilborn in the end after the first cancellation.
John
from morrisseymusic.com (Score:1)
August 9, 2004 Due to a technical problem with our airplane on Saturday, we were forced to return to London rather than continue on our way to Spain. We offered to play on Sunday and had booked other flights, but the festival was unable to accomodate us - thus we were forced not to play.
Morrissey and the band were very much looking forward to playing at Benicassim, and will return to Spain as soon as new dates can be arranged.
Sanctuary Artist Management
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Why all the fuss??? (Score:0)
Private Dick (Score:0)
Now we must all chip in - perhaps some sort of direct debit thing like they sign you up for on the street in your lunch break - and hire a private dick (the detective type not the drop-em-and-bend-over type) then we need never wonder again if he's had to go to hospital, visit a sick relative.
Of course someone in his position is not allowed personal/domestic problems.
Don't be fooled by the learjet he's got, he's still Stevie, Stevie from the block.
Quintin
I symaphise, I really do... (Score:1)
But we've got 130-odd strong thread speculating about what may or may not have happened when no-one on here actually has any idea other than the statements issued on the subject.
It's all a bit silly.
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Re:I symaphise, I really do... (Score:2, Insightful)
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Statement From Sanctuary (Score:1)
August 9, 2004 Due to a technical problem with our airplane on Saturday, we were forced to return to London rather than continue on our way to Spain. We offered to play on Sunday and had booked other flights, but the festival was unable to accomodate us - thus we were forced not to play.
Morrissey and the band were very much looking forward to playing at Benicassim, and will return to Spain as soon as new dates can be arranged.
Sanctuary Artist Management
I think they should make this a free doo by showing your ticket stub (if they didnt retain them at the festival). I'd be severely angry if i had spent a fortune booking hotels and travelling across countries for this one!
MBB321
(User #1889 Info)
Benicassim: Truly disapointed (Score:1)
(User #12105 Info)
Remember Buddy Holly, Munich Air dis,Rick Nelson (Score:0)
Lynrd Skynard. No No No. Get with the big airlines again Moz. You probably think it is Romantic but dead is dead. Stay Alive and brooding.
Hey, as long as he did the UK dates.... (Score:0)
screw 'em!
he never cancells UK or Scandinavian tours... (Score:0)
we all know that Mozza is likely to cancell gigs if there are not in the UK or scandinavia (for some weird reason). if you're still buying tix for concert anywhere else, you know what is likely going to happen... just don't go there!
Benicassim pictures (Score:1)
There are some photos of the cancelled concert in Benicassim. It was a shame 'orrissey did not make it.
http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rigsbody2000/album?.dir=/3954&.src=ph&store= &prodid=&.done=http%3a//uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rigsbody2000/album
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