NE biscuits fans were doing that stupid shit the other day. I said âwhat is this a Phish show?â. Dont bring that woo bullshit to Bisco shows hahahaha
No Pimp Woo Rikki?
Anyone hitting up this show tonight? Letâs meet up
Whoâs playing?
PTF
Joel responded to Bob Lefsetzâs post about Steve Miller canceling a tour due to âweatherâ (when it was obviously due to poor ticket sales.)
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 artistâs net? We added it for 13 of our 30 something summer shows. For a mid-size act like Umphreyâs McGee this deal made sense, offering us some protection and reduced touring anxiety.
Joel Cummins
Sucks they have to eat into their net pay but makes sense from a risk standpoint.
I wonder if this played into the 9 total dates in June/July, due to only having outside slots open, or if that was in anticipation of potentially being without a drummer.
Relevant even tho thereâs no pizza present here
Gotta imagine the boys play a Sabbath cover on Saturday right? Would love Supernaut but I imagine they do something theyve played before/more well known. Especially for a fest set
Think thatâs quite likely. Guessing War Pigs
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 swallow and I have to defend you all the time to those you offend because of your truth at any cost honesty.
But this time you are wrong you cranky old fart.
You didnât 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.
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.
Itâs 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 donât 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!
Now when we finally got into some air-conditioned stadiums and arenas with with a lid it greatly improved the situation.
This prompted Steve to seek indoor arena shows only for this year. Unfortunately that didnât 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.
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 then as well but then the government got involved and we were all out of work.Steve was right.
The Joker has always relied on instincts and in this case he is rolling that pair of dice again. Itâs 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.
As for his indoor shows that were cancelled on this tour I canât comment on. Iâm 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.
Now go pick on someone else you cranky old contrarian.
Huh?
Seems most likely
Iâm guessing this is someone defending Steve miller band somewhere. Definitely comes across as a spaz attack in UM discussion with zero context haha
Copy pasta from a Steve Miller roadie in response to the comments posted above. I owe you a drink if you come to see UM at Meijer Garden on 8/24.
Definitely some quality reading there
My favorite part is when they contradict themselves with regard to the indoor venues getting canceled and have to walk it back. The whole: âcanât comment on [it]â then proceeds to comment on it.
Stellar stuff