Cat Power ENTIRE US TOUR CANCELLED

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I really just wanted to be the first one to post it. Here's the message from Matador:

02/06/06 ‹ US tour canceled
We regret to announce that Cat Power's entire US tour has been canceled due to health reasons. Out of respect for Chan's privacy, we can't give more detailed information, but we hope and assume that you'll respect her privacy during this time as well.

There will be information about refunds available imminently, and the tour will be rescheduled as soon as possible.

Chan is a good friend and a dear member of the Matador family, and when we have news about future performances, we'll be certain to share it with you here.

― Major Ding-Dong, Monday, 6 February 2006 23:53 (nineteen years ago)

oh man, sad day. :( hope she's okay.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:00 (nineteen years ago)

900 new "nervous breakdown" and "rehab" posts by morning

― having fun with stockholm cindy on stage (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:14 (nineteen years ago)

"Chan is a good friend and a dear member of the Matador family, and when we have news about future performances, we'll be certain to share it with you here." - this seems bizarre though...unless something really bad happened.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:16 (nineteen years ago)

I have to believe that, in this day and age, if "something really bad happened," it would leak out pretty quickly. Still, hope she's okay.

― Mitya (mitya), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:19 (nineteen years ago)

health reasons = the paying public have finally figured out how terrible she is live and not wishing to pay to see her fumble through 3 hours of trying to remember what she's doing

― simon 803 (simon 803), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

For those of you who didn't see it, here's the latest (two weeks ago) article about Chan.
http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/arts/music/15528/index.html

After reading this, it's hard to imagine it's anything other than her not being able to face her biggest tour yet. (Reminds me a bit of Madeline Peyroux, who vanished herself for weeks last year rather than promote her album.)

― Mitya (mitya), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:31 (nineteen years ago)

WHO.

GIVES.

SHIT.

ANYMORE.

― don weiner (don weiner), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

more details here

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 01:29 (nineteen years ago)

you hittin' that blount?

― don weiner (don weiner), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

i hope i'm wrong (or, for the sake of chan's health, right), but this clearly seems like a publicity stunt

― lesbian stepford (Roger Fidelity), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 02:06 (nineteen years ago)

I hope I'm wrong, but her career sometimes seems like a publicity stunt.

― don weiner (don weiner), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 02:27 (nineteen years ago)

maybe she's pregnant. kitten power.

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 02:27 (nineteen years ago)

I know Chan, and while I haven't talked to her recently, I'm quite sure this is no stunt. I hope she finds herself in good health soon.

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 02:42 (nineteen years ago)

Shannon Wright could step in to be the new Cat Power, if only she'd act crazy.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 03:20 (nineteen years ago)

jeez, guys.

I really like her music and hope she gets better. I don't see why you all get so wound up every time she's mentioned..

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 03:52 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, at least hold off on baiting her until you hear more about what happened.

― having fun with stockholm cindy on stage (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 03:54 (nineteen years ago)

hopefully it's just 'exhaustion', i was actually looking forward to seeing her (still haven't heard the record, i'm a bit skeptical - the last was too flush and filled in as is, this is more apparently) - i caught a show around moon pix where she held it together and it had that pindrop drama (good drama, not 'nobody. make. a. move.' like some of her other shows) of smog or smoke or someone who don't start with 'smuh'. i've never heard anything about her personally that made her seem dislikeable, 'spotty performer', 'unprofessional' or 'not my bag' are pretty pardonable, common offenses.

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind of waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars of night turned deep to dust

― gordo heavyfoot (van dover), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 04:29 (nineteen years ago)

xpost to blount

agreed, having seen one fall-apart show (Eugene Oregon 1998, Jim White walked off stage eventually) and one hanging-on-a-thread show (Bumbershoot '99). and fwiw, I like the new one a lot more than You Are Free.

― sleeve (sleeve), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 04:31 (nineteen years ago)

her parents have money or something, right, which is why she gets away this shit, and people care too much?

― grundrisse, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 04:56 (nineteen years ago)

she's got you posting on her thread, she's got you hooked.

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 04:59 (nineteen years ago)

so she is tanning in miami in a bikini instead. cool!

― kephm (kephm), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 05:13 (nineteen years ago)

all i can say is that i was at the first show of her brief fall tour and:
a) she was sober
b) she cried from about 20 minutes into the show until the end
c) yes, she doesn't know what she's doing with the piano or the guitar. but if you don't like her voice then you're clearly an asshole who knows nothing about good singing.

― Thomas Rees (treesessplode), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 06:29 (nineteen years ago)

i have no info in front of me to substantiate this, but i don't think she has some sort of benefactor or anything. i saw her after moon pix came out. it was the first show i ever went to by myself. she played a couple songs with her back to the audience but it was absolutely one of the best shows i've ever seen in my life. that particular band and those songs are still magical to me in a way that very few things i was listening to at that time still are. i hope that it's "just" nerves, and not some physical health issue. if it bothers her so much, she should just stop touring. her recent output is much less amazing to me, but i still eagerly await each new record.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 06:31 (nineteen years ago)

CREEPY DUDES

― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 06:39 (nineteen years ago)

meatloaf overdose

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 06:49 (nineteen years ago)

What a spectacularly unpleasant thread, do please keep it up

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 09:43 (nineteen years ago)

OTM. blech.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 09:52 (nineteen years ago)

http://photos.friendster.com/photos/73/09/129037/895376906371l.jpg

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

Aw, she's lovely. I hope she's feling better soon.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

that's a lovely photo.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:33 (nineteen years ago)

she played a couple songs with her back to the audience but it was absolutely one of the best shows i've ever seen in my life.

Wow...I'd say this is a pretty clear indication of how far standards for live performance have fallen. And I LOVE Moon Pix.

I've never seen her live, but I can imagine a lot of hushed intensity/drama; this shouldn't be confused, however, with contempt for the audience.

― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:44 (nineteen years ago)

im not gonna get too sappy,but i have spent time on and off stage w chan and she always makes it hard to think anything other than what a sweet and amazing and creative and funny and sexy and thoughtful and caring woman she is..her stage fears are exactly that,and to think that she would cancel a tour that included some of her southern soul heroes must have been a painful decision,she digs those guys alot...she plays live because she wants her fans to have that experience even if she is not up to experiencing it,and that says alot to her loyalty to th audience.her more um..colorful nights she can anger,disappoint and baffle the best of em and more power to em..live audiences often have it way too easy and need a jolt of SOMETHING to make them feel as if they are not staring at a flat screen.get well,it's hell.

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:46 (nineteen years ago)

If she has legitimate stage fright (which I totally believe she does) then she should get help until she can actually reward her fans with a good show. There's nothing wrong with going that route, and her fans will be very forgiving.

― don weiner (don weiner), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:56 (nineteen years ago)

"Getting help" usually involves sum harried shrink makin prescription after prescription until he finds th one that doesn't make u feel as if u r bein electrocuted when u touch a doorknob..Some performers are also leery of nosejobs because they think they will sing differently..Endure any live spectacle at your own peril,at your own expectations

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

dan bunny otm.

it's almost ridiculously stupid, but pls no more bullshit speculation ("but hey that's what ilm does best," they protest!).

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

What I find really sad and weird is that almost no one in this thread seems willing to even consider that she may have health problems that have nothing to with her mind. I mean, I get why people jump to the "she's lost it again!" conclusions, but where's the benefit of the doubt, especially when a physical ailment is about as likely?

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

For what it's worth, I saw Cat Power once in 1999 and she just came out and played eight or nine songs on an acoustic guitar and it was just totally normal. She did "You May Know Him" and "Sea Of Love" and it was nice.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

yeah i've seen her a half-dozen times without any of the probs. was really looking forward to the town hall gig.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

Saw her play in VA in '96 and she had one of those bad nights. Hard to watch.

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

Who's the boy in that photo?

(Chan Marshall

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

cat power is good.

people seem to get real mean when they talk about her.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

Wow...I'd say this is a pretty clear indication of how far standards for live performance have fallen. And I LOVE Moon Pix.

if by this you mean that having some illusion of eye contact with a performer is what makes a show enjoyable for you, then i think it's probably you that needs to reconsider your standards for live performance. it's not as if i went to see cat power hoping that she'd do a handstand and play a solo with her feet.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

im a late convert to cat power [one day about 3 years ago her music hit me like a brick] but even in the years where i didnt "get" her, id still find some of the comments here awful. i hope she gets better, whatever she's going through. in my reading of that article, it seems like she relocated to miami to get away from a lot of stuff. perhaps touring dredged a lot of it back up and maybe she doesnt know how to deal/confront/etc it?

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

live audiences often have it way too easy and need a jolt of SOMETHING to make them feel as if they are not staring at a flat screen.

i agree with this!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not sure that something is "someone with stage fright" though.

― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

two shows for me:

1. post-moon pix, brilliant and mesmerizing. you could see jim white getting worried/frustrated at times, though.

2. post-covers record, painful. she got quieter and quieter, the crowd got louder and louder. i felt really bad for her.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

When I saw her play she ran around the audience giving people strawberries. It was lovely, and a great fun show.

I hope she's alright.

― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

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WORD UP!!!
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― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

turgid

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

http://worldofwonder.net/image1/oprah_winfrey_web.jpg

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

i like to think that this thread illustrates our love (and attention) in one form or other.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

the whistling in "After It All" rules my world.

― sleeve (sleeve), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

"She wasn't shy and tender and fragile enough to avoid showing her box in that pretentious New Yorker piece some time ago."

You sound like someone who's never actually seen a real live pussy.

― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

She's an alcoholic.

― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

Cat Power played before Double Leopards at that East River Park Amphitheatre show because Chan had another show to play in Prospect Park that evening (a Neil Young tribute), and had to leave early.

I put that afternoon's show together, and Chan was very gracious and accommodating.
+ her performance was great !
I hope she's allright.

Russ

― Russell (Russell), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 22:12 (nineteen years ago)

I hope she's allright.

FUCK OFF AND DIE CONSUMER SHEEP

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 22:26 (nineteen years ago)

I guess this doesn't bode well for that Hanging on the Telephone cover being releaesd anytime soon, eh?

― Mitya (mitya), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

"She wasn't shy and tender and fragile enough to avoid showing her box in that pretentious New Yorker piece some time ago."
You sound like someone who's never actually seen a real live pussy.

-- js (roc...), February 8th, 2006.

I actually appreciate this, because it's a charge I've used on ILM myself in the past, when things get ugly and personal, knowing that most people with serious relationships and a job do not have the kind of time to post as much as some poeple around here.

That said, I know enough about women to know many don't like the p-word reference, and I have enough respect not to use it unless I'm intending to insult someone in a particularly nasty fashion. That's why I called Chan a boob instead. Only slightly offense, in an eye-rolling way, which is exactly how I perceive her live show dramas.

The fans who buy into it? Douche bags.

― Giles Manius (jsoulja), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:06 (nineteen years ago)

FUCK OFF AND DIE CONSUMER SHEEP

I worked at Matador for a few years in the 90s, and worked with Chan on a few occasions.
I'm not saying that I knew her very well, or that I'm close to her at all (I'm not), but she was always nice.
also, I like her music.

IS THAT SO WRONG ?
you are an asshole.

I only came on this thread to clarify that Cat Power did not "open" for Double Leopards...that the order of bands at that show was just a matter of circumstance.

― Russell (Russell), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

lol @ the virgin gil manius

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

(I think he was just making a joke Russell, referencing Giles' ridiculous Orpha reference and belabored People analogy)

― T/S: Pinks/Oki Dog/Scoobys/Tail o' the Pup (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:12 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.mancosre6.edu/PageMill_Resources/pie.jpeg

― Russell (Russell), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

Please read more carefully (though I'm glad someone got my Orpah-Oprah ref) before responding.

Not calling into question the music. Not even saying that people who like her music are bad in any way. I like some of her music. I'm calling into question her regard for her fans and the false perceptions they have about her live show issues.

(Anyone call feel free to question my virginity, but Gear- you can suck me off. It wouldn't be the first time for me, nor you I'm sure...)

― Giles Manius (jsoulja), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

lol gil, there's nothing wrong with being gay is there, it seems like you think so

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

how come i never get in on the hot ILM suck-off action.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

i like how it's ok to say "box" but not "pussy."

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

No gay issues here, at all, just being rude, Gear.

I've never once heard a girl complain about a "box" reference, but I've heard many say they're offended that a word associated with their privates is also a term for weakness.

....to which I always ask "But what about when someone's acting like a dick?"

See- we're all assholes. Ok I'll stop now.

I only wanted to point out that if you all stop going to her shows for a while, maybe she'll give you all a little more respect.

― Giles Manius (jsoulja), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:42 (nineteen years ago)

Well, seeing as there aren't going to be any shows...

(had to be said)

― Mitya (mitya), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:49 (nineteen years ago)

its like she anticipated us cancelling on HER and cancelled on us first! pussy's always gotta be in control.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 9 February 2006 00:04 (nineteen years ago)

I guess this doesn't bode well for that Hanging on the Telephone cover being releaesd anytime soon, eh?

according to some folks, there was never a full cover recorded in the first place -- just that snippet for the commerical.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 9 February 2006 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

i always did have trouble thinking outside the "box"

― |l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l| (eman), Thursday, 9 February 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)

i hope to god her depression is not as bad as this thread

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 9 February 2006 00:40 (nineteen years ago)

I have more trouble thinking inside the "box."

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Thursday, 9 February 2006 01:24 (nineteen years ago)

i have trouble not thinking of crustaceans squirming inside a temperature controlled tank when i read the words real live pussy.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 9 February 2006 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

Giles: There might even be women reading this thread! They could give you all sorts of data points about box v. pussy. You know, outline the 1-2-3-step for your Mr. Sensitive dance.

― js (honestengine), Thursday, 9 February 2006 01:47 (nineteen years ago)

Since when did pubic hair constitute the box?

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 9 February 2006 01:54 (nineteen years ago)

Eazy: That's what led to my "Hasn't seen pussy" theory.

― js (honestengine), Thursday, 9 February 2006 01:58 (nineteen years ago)

yeah its euphed box for a reason..cuz of the four "sides" of pulsing womanness..hair is just called "hair"

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Thursday, 9 February 2006 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

Why doesn't anyone care how I'm doing without Jennifer? Shitty, real shitty. Thanks for asking, assholes.

― Brad (s_clover), Thursday, 9 February 2006 03:42 (nineteen years ago)

Scoop: Brad is now dating Bennifer!

― |l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l| (eman), Thursday, 9 February 2006 03:53 (nineteen years ago)

so it's more like she's showing the lid, not the box, right?
(currently awaits insults about how I know nothing of genitalia slang)

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Thursday, 9 February 2006 06:54 (nineteen years ago)

I think everyone who hangs out on ILM is a real woman, js.

― Giles Manius (jsoulja), Thursday, 9 February 2006 08:22 (nineteen years ago)

thank you! :)

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 9 February 2006 08:22 (nineteen years ago)

This thread reminds me of that one time when some newspapers ran cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammed.

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Thursday, 9 February 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

hey those cartoons were THA BOMB!

― Giles Manius (jsoulja), Thursday, 9 February 2006 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

http://stream.qtv.apple.com/qtv/bbanquet/http/matador/livingproof_ref.mov

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Sunday, 12 February 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

you know I like her and all and totally love any sort of crazy show, so her crying or playing with her back to the audience or leaving halfway through -- none of that bothers me at all. however, I do feel if this is in fact her realizing how big this tour is and freaking out seems kind of like b.s. to me. before she decides she wants all of her fans to run out and buy tickets she should think long and hard about how big this is going to be and what it entails. but again, I'm speculating so who knows. in any event GOD DAMN IS SHE ATTRACTIVE. GOD DAMN

― man with a mouth, Sunday, 12 February 2006 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

maniushatesdirtycooters.com

;)

― john clarkson, Sunday, 12 February 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

i hope everything is alright! she is one of my idols and i've never seen her live so this is sad for now, but tomorrow is a whole lotta time.
stay sweet you guys :)
p.s. there will be more tours!

― jaime m., Thursday, 16 February 2006 07:47 (nineteen years ago)

That video is great. Cool to see Harmony K back in the game.

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

four months pass...

The saga continues.

― don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

um, nope. not when it's a month-and-a-half ago. she was fantastic in new york two weeks ago.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

That blogger forgot to mention that about halfway through that SF show, Chan raised her arms up above her head and yelled "Sober! Whoo!"

It pays to pay attention sometimes.

It also pays not to keeping switch tenses during reviews, I was getting carsick reading that.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

three months pass...

chan is way, way hot in that lived in bars video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxHRG6TyM-4

― napkinman (napkinman), Monday, 25 September 2006 05:07 (nineteen years ago)

way hot?

http://www.drudgereport.com/siren.gifALERT DON WEINERhttp://www.drudgereport.com/siren.gif

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Monday, 25 September 2006 11:50 (nineteen years ago)

I'd hit it.

― don weiner (don weiner), Monday, 25 September 2006 12:47 (nineteen years ago)

NOW WE KNOW

― Jimmy Mod's Champion Erotic Fantasy Team 2006 (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:09 (nineteen years ago)

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