[trash-talk] european cancellations

[wilson king]

You have a good point Stef but I think the bigger issue is the fact
that a *scheduled* tour was cancelled outright, with not much more than
a "we're too tired to play" explanation. Had the shows never been
scheduled in the first place, of course it would be a moot point. Of
course they don't have to play any shows/tours that they don't want to.
But if that's the case, don't schedule them in the first place!!!  

--- Stefanie Schwartz <skull at spastica.net> wrote:

> sure, they should have played more in scotland.  they
> should have played more in countries like japan and south
> america and godknows where else too.  i'm surprised they're
> hitting australia at all, frankly.
> what i was saying is that after all this time, if they are
> ready to call it quits, they shouldn't have to do the
> european tour if they don't want to.  they shouldn't be
> forced to do any tours they don't want to.  sure, it would
> have been nice for everyone to know that the last time they
> saw garbage would be the LAST TIME they saw garbage, but
> honestly i've been treating every show like that for the
> last couple of years cos hey, you never know.
> after everything they have done for us when it is clearly
> so difficult for them, i don't feel like they owe us much.
>  it would be ridiculous for them to play every country that
> hasn't seen them in a while just because a fan there felt
> they should.
> 
> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:44:54 +0100
>  Ian Abbott <iabbott at ruiner.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > Yep, because playing ONE gig in the entire UK (London in
> > June) - I'm  
> > not counting the 'fan-only' thing in March - is an
> > extensive tour of  
> > the UK for sure... I'm sure people up in Scotland are
> > pretty happy  
> > about that :/ Heck, I'm sure Shirley's none too happy for
> > not playing  
> > her home turf at all for this album...
> > 
> > Also, if you review the previous tours I think you'll
> > find they  
> > toured the US more extensively than the UK, Europe or
> > Australia. The  
> > US often got multiple legs of the tour for example.
> > 
> > Ian
> > 
> > 
> > On 6 Sep 2005, at 06:07, Stefanie Schwartz wrote:
> > 
> > > please.  the past two garbage albums have gotten us
> > > something like two quick sweeps of the us each, and
> > they
> > > have done europe extensively each time.  what about the
> > > people in parts of the world who the band haven't hit
> > in
> > > years, who will likely never see them again?  they
> > don't
> > > owe anybody any favors.  they gave us all ten years.
> > > stef
> > > x
> > 
>

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