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Why? cancellation of tour?

from last.fm:

"The Why? UK tour has been cancelled / postponed. This is due to Yoni breaking his hand as well as contracting mumps followed by Josiah getting mumps. The gig looks likely to be rescheduled for the summertime"



  • WHAT?

    He played in Spain ok...

  • :(

    LAME.

  • OH FUCK

    I've spent £30 on train tickets too.

  • nooooooooooooooooo

    :'''''(

    • yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

      rescheduled dates with more added, please. And, eh, get well soon et al

  • is this for definate?

    the dates arent listed on myspace it seems, but i cant find anything else bar the bit on last.fm about it.

    this sucks if true :/

  • Tits

  • i don't feel so bad now!

    but get well soon guys, mumps - ouch!

  • last.fm

    seems a bizarre source for a news item though, no?

    • hence the decleration of source

      the use of a quote
      the question mark.

      BUT the source is the DiS user who originally set off my investigation into whether or not this might be true from when he posted in the Why? ticket for sale thread.

  • Whyyyyyyyyyyy?!

    ^ anguished holler

    • booooooooooo

      :(

      • Arse

        Just missed out for a Bon Iver ticket on Scarlet Mist as well...

      • but thinking about it maybe i'll go see Jeremy Warmsley again

        maybe...

    • Where can that quote be found on last.fm

      I can't see anything on the event itself:
      http://www.last.fm/event/521808

      which surely would be the most obvious place to put something.

    • thats all from me,

      i'm putting on the Manchester show and just got the word through from the tour manager. Yoni broke his hand in Copenhagen then got mumps, then apparently Josiah got mumps and they are pulling out of the UK tour....and working on rescheduling as we speak...

      • Do you know at this stage

        if tickets from cancelled shows are still going to be valid for rescheduled dates?

        • I guess they'll be ok for July though?

        • Gutted

          Just bought my ticket for Venn in Bristol

        • There's something about it on the Faversham website

          "Please Note That Why? Have Cancelled Their Entire European Tour Due To Illness.

          We do not know if the gig will be rescheduled as of yet, but we do apologise about the late notice of this cancellation. We have literally just found out ourselves."

          This (and finding out that I got HMV to send the new Silver Jews album to my house in London rather than my halls in Leeds) makes me extremely unhappy. Hope Yoni/Josiah get better soon.

        • noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

          nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
          oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
          ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
          that was the only thing I had to look forward for two weeks.:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@

        • if we manage to

          reschedule shows then i would have thought so. But that is still an IF...hopefully we will know this in the next few days

    • sorry guys...

      this is my fault. the only music i have listened to for the last day or so has been why? and i was enjoying it too. then i got pissed off that i didnt get any tickets for this tour, so my negative feelings must have manifested themselves in illness and injury for the band. i had mumps once.

    • SHIT

      I was so excited about this, and I turn 19 on Thursday night. Was going to be the best birthday gig ever :(

    • that sucks

      Was looking forward to it, as well as Jonquil. Wonder if/when it will be rescheduled to.

      The only plus side for me is that I am seeing Get Well Soon the day after, and The Notwist the day after that, so it would have possibly been a bit tiring for me, but still pretty sucky.

    • i fucking hate everything

    • This is the worst thing ever.

      Fucking hell.

    • Balls

    • to be specific

      it's just the uk tour dates to June 8th that are cancelled, due to the tour's compounded health problems. Most of the dates look like they'll be rescheduled prior to their return to Europe later this month FYI.
      x

    • pretty much the saddest

      i've been at a news story ever. this is fucking awful but i mean, at least they haven't split up, right? :(

      get well soon yoni and josiah. didn't he have a broken hand at primavera? seemed ok, but mumps aren't good.

      :'(

    • GIG RESCHEDULED!!!

      Manchester date has been rescheduled to the 4th July. It is likely most of the other UK dates will also be rescheduled - have created another thread to speak about this...

    • The London date

      Has been rescheduled for 29th June.

      This leaves me with a (Simeon's) Dilemma.

      I arrive back into London that evening at 20:08 in Paddington with a weekends worth of stuff (back to Wales for my Dad's birthday). I've got a flight at 11:15 the next morning that would require getting up at 06:30 to get ready for.

      Wait, when I write that down it doesn't sound so bad.

      Does Madame Jojos have a cloakroom? I don't wanna be the guy with the bag / bag guy.

      • madama jojos

        does have a cloakroom.

        29th? i can live with that, on the plus side its 2 nights of why? back to back.

      • .

        Hmm, Am coming back from a three night holiday in Bruges on the 29th. Now just to see how keen the gf is at going to see Why? on the same evening as coming back from holiday...

    • is looking like this now...

      29.06. MADAME JOJOS London (UK) RESCHEDULED & SOLD OUT

      30.06. CARGO London (UK)

      01.07. BRIGHTON AUDIO Brighton (UK) VENUE CHANGED !

      02.07. BODEGA Nottingham (UK) RESCHEDULED !

      03.07. FAVERSHAM Leeds (UK) RESCHEDULED !

      04.07. ROADHOUSE Manchester RESCHEDULED !

      05.07. WIRELESS @ HYDE PARK London (UK)

      • no Bristol :'(

      • pah

        Wireless, fucking wireless!

      • ugh

        spent lots of money on a train ticket as well. week is RUINED.

      • What a bunch of arse.

        I'm in Manchester when the rescheduled London gig is on, and i didn't watch them at Primavera as i thought i'd be seeing them tomorrow.

      • anyone

        got any spares for Madame Jojo's now, let me know!

        • i have 4 spares

          as the people i was going with will be at glasto

      • why?