Post by soonerorlater on Apr 29, 2016 17:38:07 GMT
The oh-so-balanced world of Facebook seems to be fairly evenly split on this one. On one hand you have the 'reasonable' people who are just shrugging their shoulders, wishing Jeff well and (if they're actually going) looking forward to the rescheduled date next Saturday. On the other you have the very angry folk who have lost out big time in terms of travel and accommodation and are making some harsh and derogatory remarks in their moment of angst.
I would like to think that I could be one of the former but I have some sympathy with the latter. Having suffered two late concert cancellations last year I know what a horrible, empty feeling it is, particularly if you can't make the rescheduled date or if there just isn't a rescheduled date. There seems to be a fair number of people travelling from overseas for the current crop of European dates and if they cannot make the new date then the financial losses can be hugely significant. Then there's the salt-in-the-wound conduct of both official and secondary ticket sellers who don't always give you the fullest of refunds. There's a veritable mountain of small print that suddenly makes an appearance by way of justification.
I think the 'golden rule' should really be: 'don't cancel a show on the day of the show' unless it's a genuine emergency. Even if you're struggling the day before but think that you might be OK the next day, it might be fairer to the fans to call it off at that point, however disappointing to all concerned. This is the almost inevitable curse of the older musicians currently gracing stages around the world. Barely a tour from the likes of McCartney, The Stones, Elton John, Brian Wilson and co, goes by without the odd cancelled/rescheduled date.
Hope Jeff gets well very soon and that the people of Dublin get to see the show next weekend. I do think that Jeff's management team could have done a little better with this one though.