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Originally Posted by Lucky0003
I totally agree. It's the travel and hotels people have lined up that make cancellations difficult. He needs to really be Superman and never get sick. Ha ha!
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Whatever they do, they will surely piss off a lot of people so they have to choose the solution they think would suit the majority best. Which I guess depends on many factors, but they can't think how would fans that have seen us X times react, how would fans that are attending their first show this tour react, how would...
If it was my show, I'd rather have them re-schedule and offer me the opportunity to get a refund, but I never buy tickets to anything outside my city/whatever place I'll be at that time so I've never lost money on that regard. I live in a place where many artists perform so it's very easy for me to have the freedom to choose and don't be worried about my hard earned money, but I'd expect the artists to understand that many people make a huge effort to buy those tickets and to attend the shows so I think it's fair to the majority to try not to cancel a show.
BTW, being understanding doesn't mean going all "Oh poor Jon, I hope you feel better tomorrow, stay home today and drink lots of water (hot water with lemon and honey, works miracles for a sore throat), don't worry about my show, xoxo". I'd be furious, but at the same time a more dedicated fan would probably attend more shows, possibly buy them too, and at the end of the day they would rather have a singer that takes care of his voice for the whole tour and delivers, than one that goes limping to the finish line for being stubborn and a superhuman like Matt would say.
Either way, last night was the worst day this could have happened, post lipsyncingGate and with a show that wasn't sold out with apparently still quite a lot of available seats. It seems the only decission they could've made honestly
Edit: I forgot to add, some people say the best solution would be to add another Pittsburgh show and offer those ticket holders the chance to attend for free, since they got very little value for their money but I'm not sure, then others that got a show with poor vocals could demand a refund... If they got a show, they got a show. Adding another show and maybe offering them an attractive discount, it could work, but as far as I remember BJ have only re-scheduled/added shows that were cancelled so I don't see why this should change now