Panic! at The Bloc Party

[kosmo vinyl]

US TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT
 
 Bloc Party have been forced to cancel a number of shows on their current US tour with Panic! At The Disco after drummer Matt Tong was admitted to hospital in Atlanta with a collapsed lung after last night's performance.
 
 Doctors at the hospital in Atlanta say Matt is in a comfortable condition and not in any danger, he will however be staying in hospital for at least the next three days for observation and it's not clear at this stage when Matt will be fit to resume performing.
 
 The band will definitely not be playing at the Charlotte, NC (Cricket Arena), Fairfax, VA (Patriot Center) and both New York Madison Square Garden shows in the coming week.

[Vas Deferens]

Time to get your refunds  

[kosmo vinyl]

Good! luck with that.

[sweetcell]

oh dang... hey seth, any words on refunds?  how about replacement act?

[set1914]

I vote for a replacement act, since they are not headlining and refunds are not going to happen.

[Vas Deferens]

call French Toast. HEHE

[andyrichter]

ouch.  i know a handful of people who were doing the whole "only going for bloc party and leaving as soon as they're done" thing.  glad i didn't get sucked in.    

[vansmack]

Sounds like a spontaneous pneumothorax.  Bummer for him.  Nearly killed me about 10 years ago.

[sweetcell]

any news on tonight's line-up?  
 
 (asking out of pure curiosity, i managed to dump my tickets)
 
 anything else worth checking out tonight?

[Mobius]

This reminds me of that biblical story when Job started a band that earned the admiration of music-loving urban artistic liberal arts types and then they linked up with a dubious hacky kids group in an attempt to gain a mainstream audience and it was displeasing to the lord so he smote the shit out of them mid-tour.

[kosmo vinyl]

Post! of the month

[sweetcell]

did anyone go to this show?

[jbcapati]

I wonder if any of the folks with tickets to the show at Patriot Center had the option to get a refund...
 
 
 Date: Nov 13, 2006 12:45 PM  
 Subject Bloc Party cancels US dates
 Body: Bloc Party has cancelled of the remainder of their current US tour with Panic! at the Disco due to Matt Tong's health after being admitted to an Atlanta hospital with a collapsed lung last Thursday night.
 
 While Matt is on the road to recovery, doctors have advised that he not travel or play again for another few weeks in order to give his lung time to properly heal.
 
 From Kele: "We would like to apologize to all of our fans here who won't be able to see us on this tour. We were looking forward to playing in a number of American cities that we've never been to before, however, Matt's health is our number one priority right now."
 
 Ticket refunds will be available at point-of-purchase. Ticket holders are encouraged to return their tickets within the next week.
 
 The cancelled dates are below:
 
 11/16/06 Toronto, ON @ Ricoh Coliseum
 11/17/06 Rochester, NY @ Gordon Field House (R.I.T.)
 11/18/06 Lowell, MA @ Paul E. Tsongas Arena
 11/19/06 Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
 11/21/06 Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
 11/22/06 Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion
 11/24/06 Minneapolis, MN @ US Bank Theatre at the Target Center
 11/25/06 St. Charles, MO @ St. Charles County Family Arena
 11/26/06 Council Bluffs, IA @ Mid America Center
 11/28/06 Denver, CO @ Magness Arena/ U of Denver's Ritchie
 11/29/06 Salt Lake City, UT @ The E Center
 12/1/06 Portland, OR @ Memorial Coliseum
 12/2/06 Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
 12/3/06 Seattle, WA @ Everett Events Center
 12/5/06 San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
 12/6/06 Long Beach, CA @ Long Beach Arena
 12/7/06 Glendale, AZ @ Glendale Arena
 12/8/06 Las Vegas, NV @ Orleans Theatre
 12/9/06 San Diego, CA @ ipayOne Center

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by dcwizard:
  I wonder if any of the folks with tickets to the show at Patriot Center had the option to get a refund...

good question, one i would ask of anyone who actually replied to this thread informing us that they went to the show    
 
 at one point peeps thoughts that the answer was "no" since BP wasn't headlining, but i see that the dates mentioned in your post are also BP + Panic! shows... not that it would have mattered for me, i sold mine for face (which is all tickmaster would have given me back anyways)

[Vas Deferens]

Bloc Party are better on record than live, sorry to say :/  I know 'cause I've seen them numerous times.
 
 Well, they actually were very good the first time I saw them (Bottom of the Hill, SF - 300 capacity)...but the more I saw them and the bigger the venue got, the less interest I had in seeing them...