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Re: (TV) Suicide/UFO's/Classic records in full



Oh, I hate to hear that.  Yes, the show was canceled two weeks ahead of time due to illness...which I assumed might be some pretty serious illness.  




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On May 2, 2013, at 7:22 AM, leif joley <leifjoley@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Re:  Suicide was supposed to be performing their first album that night.  I
> bought tix and literally flew across the country to see them...and they
> canceled.
> 
> Robin, I don't think that was much to shed tears over. I saw one of these
> Suicide shows in Copenhagen, and if Rev seemed to be a vivid, actually
> somewhat UFO-like, pensioner, then Vega had lost 100% of his singing
> abilities. Furthermore, he had to be led in onto the stage and then led out
> and then led back in for the encore and then finally led out. I think most of
> the audience thought that perhaps it would have been easier and more
> comfortable for all concerned if he had been wheeled in and out instead.
> Nothing indicates that anything like this will be the case in Melbourne, but
> this spectacle three years ago may seriously have curbed my enthusiasm for the
> "Marquee Moon"-in full-event, and for all such events. There's something not
> quite sound about this kind of nostalgia.
> Here's a taste of what it looked and sounded like:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oy1mOGguFQ
> Leif J, Sweden
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