Gauda Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 Guns N' Roses canceled two Philadelphia concerts--on Friday night and Sunday night (December 6 and 8)--and also canceled a show scheduled for Washington, D.C.'s MCI Arena on Monday night (December 9). The band's no-show at the First Union Spectrum Friday night resulted in a minor melee when disgruntled fans learned that the band would not appear. A spokesperson for Clear Channel, the promoters for the tour, stopped short of saying the tour was canceled on Monday, saying instead that the rest of the group's dates were on as scheduled. Regarding future dates or why the Washington date and two weekend dates in Philadelphia were canceled, the company had an official "no comment." A spokesperson for the MCI Center in Washington told LAUNCH that tickets would be refunded at the point of purchase, and that there were no plans to reschedule the date. She did indicate that the show was close to being sold out when it was canceled.Friday's Philadelphia show was sold-out, which negates rumors that the performances were canceled due to poor ticket sales. Current Guns N' Roses bassist Tommy Stinson told LAUNCH that the tour was a calculated risk all the way around. "No one's ever done this before. No one's ever...Like, the lead singer's never taken the name and continued on with an entirely new band successfully in history. So it sounded like, the whole prospect of it sounded like it would be historically awesome to pull it off and, you know, if it didn't work it was, like, the most interesting thing, you know, I had going at the time. I think it was a calculated risk and it was a good one."The last tour date Guns N' Roses did play was on Thursday (December 5) at Madison Square Garden in New York.-- Darren Davis, New York and Gary Graff, DetroitThats the way!! Yea!! *Doing the happy happy happy dance in this tread aswell!Fucking great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeonian Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 where did that come from? Who are those dudes, who's names were attributed to the story? :-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauda Posted December 9, 2002 Author Share Posted December 9, 2002 Oppsidoppz.. Forgot that.. Here it is: http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=211558 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Sparkle Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 nice find... good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcam Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 I told ya's the tour wasn't cancelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 that'll make rokerman so unhappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeonian Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 Interesting. I'm anxious to see how all of this unfolds. Theres definitely some sh#t going on behind the scenes w/ the Finck departure sh#t and the CKY early cancelation sh#t. Soon we'll know what's up, but its very frustrating waiting for it to come out. :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Sparkle Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 that'll make rokerman so unhappyLOL, so true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 Add this to the mix. CKY was on Philly radio twice today and said tour over... Was that true or just a way to get rid of the opener? Add to that if Clear Channel wanted to cancel the tour there may be legal issues where it's not that easy... just ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerman Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 Nope I'm happy that its back on. Let this line up play out show how amazing they are at playing Slashes/Izzy/Duffs stuff and then with all due respect give them a go at what they have to say musically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 for what ive read, things wernt happen in this tour for CKY, I think they didnt exactly know what was going on. and they opened their mouths too soon. after this, i they will be out for sure. (good riddance). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Sparkle Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 I would like to see qweens of the stoneage open for them.. that would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcam Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 I second that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverrose721 Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 cky siad that they werent gonn ado the tour anymore, but its not offical that the entire tour it over it might just go on without them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 Queens of the Stone Age Good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badZan Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 Queens of the Stone Age Good call.at least they are better then CKY crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkAboutYou Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 this was axl's plan to get rid of cky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcam Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 lol, i think he'd just say "You're Sh*t, fuck off!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madison Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 this was axl's plan to get rid of ckylol. Well if it was, he sure went to a lot of trouble to ditch them. hehe. I'd like to see Audioslave open for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinsFinck Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 All the reviews i've read have said cky sucks so i don't think anyone will miss them. If the tour was done for sure clear channel wouldn't stop short of saying it.Does the promoter actually have the power to cancel the tour? If they do it probably took a no show to trigger such a clause in the contract. If the tour does goes under there will be lawsuits flying everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrlies Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 see cay why sux...End of story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauda Posted December 10, 2002 Author Share Posted December 10, 2002 Here is some more happy news.. Guns N Roses tour still headed for Greenville, Bi-Lo director says Even though they have canceled shows in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., the rock group Guns N' Roses is -- so far -- still scheduled to appear at the Bi-Lo Center Wednesday night, Ed Rubenstein, the arena's executive director, said Monday. The group canceled it's show in the nation's capital Monday, Rubenstein said. Greenville is the next stop. Rubenstein said they've spent the day talking to officials with Clear Channel, the concert promoters. "They say there is no official cancellation yet," Rubenstein said. "As far as we know the show is still on. We're all set to go, We have to call everyone off if it's not going to happen. We hope that it's going to play, people are still buying tickets. People bought tickets today." Rubenstein said ticket-holders can check the status of their tickets by going to the Bi-Lo Center's website at www.bilocenter.com. http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2002/12/1...02121032923.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webz Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 All I know is that I am damn glad that I got to see the Hartford show. Nothing seemed wrong with the band on stage then. Don't know about behind the sceens crap, but I hope the tour contiunes and the ablum comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livelikeasuicide Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 This is from Clear Channel Entertainment website:If the shows were cancelled, I think it would say cancelled somewhere.Event Schedule Guns N' Roses 12 Events Found date info venue city state status event type --------------------------------------------------------------------------------12/11/2002 BI-LO Center Greenville SC Buy tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------12/13/2002 St. Pete Times Forum Tampa FL Buy tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------12/14/2002 Coral Sky Amphitheatre West Palm Beach FL Buy tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------12/16/2002 Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi MS Buy tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------12/19/2002 American Airlines Center Dallas TX Buy tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------12/21/2002 Tingley Coliseum Albuquerque NM Buy tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------12/22/2002 America West Arena Phoenix AZ Buy tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------12/27/2002 San Diego Sports Arena San Diego CA Buy tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------12/28/2002 Mandalay Bay Resort Las Vegas NV Buy tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------12/30/2002 ARCO Arena Sacramento CA Buy tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------12/31/2002 HP Pavilion San Jose CA Buy tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------1/3/2003 Great Western Forum Inglewood CA Buy tickets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://cc.com/artist.asp?artistID=11585 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauda Posted December 10, 2002 Author Share Posted December 10, 2002 Jeppz.. Odds are good.. Let`s just wait and hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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