I don’t know why they don’t just say they are cancelling for poor ticket sales? Since nobody has bought a ticket, nobody will be surprised. The weather excuse is the true embarrassment, not poor sales. I mean, in 2025 who thought Steve Miller would sell any tickets to begin with?<\/p>\n
Jake Malloy<\/p>\n
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Weather? \u00a0Looking at that seating map, it\u2019s blue skies everywhere!!<\/p>\n
Eric Howarth<\/p>\n
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Did someone actually pay money for this all-time hall of shame junk press release?<\/p>\n
Deb Wilker<\/p>\n
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Steve Miller = The Pompatus of Lies?<\/p>\n
Vince Welsh<\/p>\n
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Well all I can say is\u2026\u00a0Bet you weren’t ready for that!<\/p>\n
Tom Clark<\/p>\n
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Time for someone to Fly Like an Eagle……<\/p>\n
Jeff Pinhey<\/p>\n
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He thinks our cash is nothing but trash?<\/p>\n
Dennis Pelowski<\/p>\n
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Bob, I have my own reason to dislike Steve Miller Band. \u00a0I had just turned 20 in 1967 when my band, the Shades Of Dawn, were slated to play at what I believe was the first Love In, (then called Human Be In), at Elysian Park on Easter Sunday March 26, 1967. \u00a0(this was before the Griffith Park Love-ins). \u00a0My band was backstage waiting for the band before us, the Steve Miller Band, to finish. \u00a0Slated to play after us was the Iron Butterfly, relatively unknown at the time. \u00a0But because Steve Miller played way past their cutoff time, a guy told us that in order to get back on schedule, they would have to skip us and let the Iron Butterfly play.\u00a0 So we never got to play!<\/p>\n
Sterling Howard, founder\/owner
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For the first time ever, we took out extra insurance on our biggest outdoor gigs of the summer to ensure we get paid in the event of an extreme weather cancellation. I think the statutory rate is something like 3% of the artist\u2019s net? We added it for 13 of our 30 something summer shows. For a mid-size act like Umphrey\u2019s McGee this deal made sense, offering us some protection and reduced touring anxiety.<\/p>\n
Joel Cummins<\/p>\n
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Blaming poor sales on unforeseen circumstances is nothing new.\u00a0 You’ve got your last minute ‘scheduling issues’ when the issue was scheduling into a too large venue.\u00a0 You’ve got your ‘illness’ when a show passes through a poor selling region.\u00a0 You’ve got your postponement when the ‘staging ain’t ready’ which is designed to get more press before the tour launch.\u00a0 You’ve got your ‘serious illness’ when the whole tour needs to be scrapped.\u00a0 And let’s not forget the Kelly Clarkson ‘I rehearsed too hard.’<\/p>\n
It must be hard for a former rock star that can’t get work on a Workday commercial to realize their ‘appeal has become more selective.’<\/p>\n
In all seriousness.\u00a0 The concert industry is a bit overblown.\u00a0 The hoi polloi is being priced out by ticket cost, parking fees, beer and hassle.\u00a0 We have to be more selective.\u00a0 Can’t go to everything like we did in our youth.\u00a0 I fear The Who may have to cancel – and I’m planning on seeing that one.\u00a0 Maybe the excuse will the ‘Roger fired another band member.’<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Wirtz<\/p>\n
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Miller cancelled on us in New Mexico a couple of years ago, too. That was it for me \u2013 he was put on my \u201cdeclining\u201d list after that. This process has only accelerated..<\/p>\n
I bought front row tickets for Neil Young at the bowl last year, months in advance. My 28 year old daughter was pretty excited to see him and as for me, somehow after 40 years of being a deep fan, I only saw him once at the Buffalo Springfield reunion. But this was with Crazy Horse. It was about time, and I was happy to pay thousands for our seats.<\/p>\n
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Since we\u2019d be in LA for a few days, I saw that Heart was in town during those days, and the YouTube videos of recent shows were pretty great, so I purchased front row seats for that show as well.<\/p>\n
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Neil cancelled, because of illness. Refunded our money immediately. But now, as you point out, we\u2019ve booked flights, hotels, etc. for LA, so we would do more visiting of our old haunts around town and see Heart.<\/p>\n
Heart \u201cpostponed\u201d, because of Anne\u2019s treatments. Totally understandable. But now we\u2019re out thousands of dollars we weren\u2019t nearly as excited about spending. Finally, we decided to go to Paris during Heart\u2019s rescheduled shows, so I sold my tickets on StubHub, and someone \u2013 who wasn\u2019t watching Anne\u2019s post-treatment performances which were sad to watch, though we all root for her \u2013 bought them.<\/p>\n
So, after a sunk cost of thousands, we did not see either of these artists.<\/p>\n
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Anne appears to be recovering pretty well \u2013 it\u2019s good to see this.<\/p>\n
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But my mental model for these shows is completely different. I will no longer fly anywhere or pay these rates to see these acts. It\u2019s too much hassle, and the diminishing returns of seeing musicians I love perform at a subpar level are no longer interesting.\u00a0 This process started as they got older in the late 10\u2019s and has sped up. Brian leaving the stage mid-song during \u201cSail On Sailor\u201d. Graeme Edge walking away from the drums he just sat at while the real drummer played. Justin playing along with\u00a0a recording\u00a0of that flamenco-speed acoustic at the beginning of Questions. McCartney\u2019s croaking voice. Pete\u2019s stomach flapping around during his hops, with windmills that don\u2019t include a single strike on the strings.<\/p>\n
Again, I sit front-row only at these heritage acts. There are great shows \u2013 Fogerty still brings it, ZZ Top was in the pocket (before Dusty died), and so on. Stones right before Charlie left us \u2013 well done. Got exactly what I wanted. Same with Frampton. I think 2020 was a turning point. After that, it\u2019s been difficult to book and reliably see an uncanceled show.<\/p>\n
I love all these people too much to watch the decline from the front row or deal with the travel logistics of their changes to avoid insurance problems, etc. The era is past. I had a great time for 50 years seeing these people. You had to be there.<\/p>\n
Gary Lang<\/p>\n
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From: Kenny Lee Lewis<\/p>\n
Re: Steve Miller Tour Cancellation<\/p>\n
Well I share your letter once and a while on social media when you serve up the jagged pill for weak liberals and cultist conservatives to\u00a0swallow and I have to defend you all the time to those you offend because of your truth at any cost honesty.<\/p>\n
But this time you are wrong you cranky old fart.<\/p>\n
You didn\u2019t see Steve Miller hanging over a railing after our first outdoor stadium show opening in the sun for Journey and Def Leopard in Atlanta trying to fend off heat exhaustion. I was really worried about him.<\/p>\n
Nest couple outdoor shows the crew had to arrange the stage air coolers with flexible ducts on him as he also wore frozen gel packs on his neck and shoulders. He looked like the Michelin Man! And he still almost passed out.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy for your snow-skiing ass not to have ever felt this humid senior-killer heat and sit back in your armchair and point your finger and call lies. Shame on you Bob. You don\u2019t know the half of it. This has got nothing to do with poor tickets sales. The man is trying to be smart about his health!<\/p>\n
Now when we finally got into some air-conditioned stadiums and arenas with with a lid it greatly improved the situation.<\/p>\n
This prompted Steve to seek indoor arena shows only for this year. Unfortunately that didn\u2019t happen for several reasons and he reluctantly signed off to keep doing some outdoor shed shows for the sake of keeping our family employed and giving the fans what they wanted.<\/p>\n
This decision did not come lightly. When Covid hit in 2020 Steve was one of the first to pull the plug on his tour before any of the other acts did because he knew the severity of the situation and that the pandemic was going to shut everything down. People complained\u00a0then as well but then the government got involved and we were all out of work.Steve was right.<\/p>\n
The Joker has always relied on instincts and in this case he is rolling that pair of dice again. It\u2019s too frickin hot for an 81 year-old to go out on that stage as temperatures keep breaking records even if you are the closer as the sun sets.<\/p>\n
As for his indoor shows that were cancelled on this tour I can\u2019t comment on. I\u2019m sure the logistics of fragmenting the dates and changing routimg and days off layovers would have been a nightmare for production. So he just chose to cancel everything. And there you have it.<\/p>\n
Now go pick on someone else you cranky old contrarian.<\/p>\n
44 year Steve Miller Bandmember<\/p>\n
Kenny Lee Lewis<\/p>\n
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From: Kenny Lee Lewis<\/p>\n
Re: Steve Miller Tour Cancellation<\/p>\n
You need to take beat, think about your rather narcissist position you are taking on this, that is, not taking responsibility and blaming others for your error, and put on the big boy pants and admit you just wanted the clicks on your letter rather than being open-minded to health concerns for this cancellation. Calling Steve Miller a liar and all about the money is going to make you lose respect from your followers rather than temper your self righteous steel. My threads are blowing up supporting my retort to you Bob. You can dig into all the metrics you want about ticket sales. We\u2019ve always down well with walk-ups and last minute buys. But even if sales were down Steve has been concerned about this heat for years . That same Atlanta show I mentioned we had to send our stage manager to the hospital for a mini stroke that day! It\u2019s not just the band it\u2019s the crew as well. The heat is no joke but apparently you are.<\/p>\n
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