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davidt
on Monday August 16 2004, @07:45AM
Saw the mention of the Benicàssim festival's detailed side of the cancellation by Lucy on the general board (link):
FIB Heineken's version of Morrissey's cancellation (English) Nota de prensa FIB Heineken cancelación Morrissey (Spanish) Excerpt: Ana Sanabia inmediately calls Jed Weitzman who then said: " I am here, beside a very ill man. I have had to call an ambulance", but he declines to specify the concrete reasons why he is feeling so sick at the same time he insists that Morrissey is very ill and that there is just no way of making him enter the plane so the performance has to be called off. Ana Sanabia then let the organization know that Morrissey was finally cancelling, to what the organization asks: "what if he performs tomorrow?", though the artist´s agency had never considered the latter as an option-. Ana Sanabia then phones Jed Weitzman again to offer him to perform on Sunday and the artist accepts but asks for an extra 60.000 € to be added to the already accepted fee. The organization refused to pay that sum and Jed then remained in a stand-by state, waiting for "something" to be offered to the artist so that they start (or not) preparing things for Sunday. At the same time this happens, Gary Trew had been checking out the times set for the Escenario Verde on Sunday and decided that they would choose Franz Ferdinand´s slot. With this new situation to be considered, and after studying every kind of possible re-scheduling possibilities for Sunday-including time and stage changes, etc.-as well as considering the respect which is due to the potentially affected artists and their fans, the organization decided to not consider this option any longer. On the other hand, there were no guarantees that Morrissey would fly in on Sunday. Finally, on Saturday August 7th, around 23.15, Jed Weitzman sent an email to Ana Sanabia which is reproduced below: Dear Ana Per our conversation this evening I have now released the charter planes that I had on hold for tomorrow. I appreciate your efforts to find time for Morrissey to play the festival tomorrow and understand your position that it is entirely impossible. We all deeply regret that this medical crisis made it impossible for Morrissey to be there today. --- Related items:
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FIB Heineken's version of Morrissey's Benicàssim cancellation
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Moz needed an ambulance??? (Score:0)
Moz fear of faulty plane...? (Score:0)
Very Dubious - 60,000 fat ones! (Score:0)
Selfish, greedy and self obsessed imo.
Hard to believe. (Score:1)
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Sunday working. (Score:1)
(User #4562 Info)
mmmm (Score:1)
(User #12145 Info)
I'm sure we've been through this before... (Score:1)
I do sympathise with those people who were let down and lost out monetarily. But look on the bright side - at least you aren't those poor buggers at Morrissey's management! :-D
(still love you, Morrissey, you cantankerous old sod)
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do it for the money (Score:0, Troll)
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Re:do it for the money (Score:2, Funny)
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Judging by Moz' hatred/fear of flying... (Score:1)
Sort of like when you wait and wait for a Moz show and then it's canceled at the last minute and the disappointment makes you get sick...
60,000 euros and a new plane would clear up anybody's sniffles, though.
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My 2 cents (Score:1)
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I can't believe you are defending this guy again (Score:0)
Everyone calls in sick now and again, but there is a huge differance between a person who works 40 hours a week and a rock star who is expected to sing for 90 minutes for a boatload of cash. It is just inexcusable. And then, he releases a BS story about plane malfunctions.
Some free advice for you Moz:
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PLAY THE SHOW, DON'T BOOK THE SHOW!
Wheat, chaff and backstabbers... (Score:1)
It's difficult being a Morrissey fan, of course, it always has been - but ...wheat and chaff. And if you're honest, you kind of like that.
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Leave the Moz alone (Score:1)
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