Subj : Re: Eric Idle's Greedy Ba$tard Tour has started To : Stacie Yates From : Jessica McEachern Date : Wed Oct 15 2003 01:50 am From: "Jessica McEachern" "Stacie Yates" wrote in message news:28cd8ee0.0310141017.2b65e73d@posting.google.com... > No bedroom in jeeps, though. Err, Portland show cancelled as of when, > did (s)he say? Could be something completely innocuous (scheduling > conflicts, ticket sales, travel problems). Schedules almost always > get changed during tours. I get the feeling it might have been "off" > or "in question" for a little while, though, because, while it's > listed as a date on http://www.dailyllama.com/ it isn't listed at > http://www.pythonline.com/eric_idle.html at all. Might have been > there before and been removed, but it isn't there now. > > And I could think of a couple of reasons the tour might have been > cancelled/postponed/rearranged. I've been following Eric's tour > diary, and he says they've been having trouble with the, uh, > facilities on board the bus. As they're living on the buses at this > point, they have to, shall we say, hold it? Or, I guess the more > likely possibility would be his foot. Eric's also taking medication > for his foot pain (steroids), which doesn't appear to be gout. He > said he was a wee bit fuzzy in a recent show because of the medication > and skipped a whole sketch (which, frankly, anyone who's ever been in > a play/show can relate, steroids or no...), so it could be he decided > to cancel or shuffle dates, IF in fact, the east coast dates have been > cancelled. Could be he decided to postpone performing until he > recovers. > > But I've seen nothing "official" to that effect, so I wouldn't panic > just yet. I'm sure if all the east coast dates were to go because of > illness/technical/bus loo difficulties, they would probably reschedule > if possible. Disappointing for the fans if they reschedule, but less > disappointing for the fans to reschedule than to try to put on a show > without the lead for some reason! By the way, I do recommend the tour > diary. Quite funny reading. > > Miss Yetigoosecreature aka Bridget Jones's Diary... Actually they just posted up on the Chit-Chat board at Pythonline that the Portland, ME and Long Island, NY dates have been cancelled. Didn't really give a reason for it, although I guess some of what you said may have something to do with it. One of the board moderators said that some of the dates just "fell through" (paraphrasing here). Jess --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5 * Origin: FidoNet MONTE <--> alt.fan.monty-python (1:379/45) .