Meat Loaf POSTPONED
August 2 - Jubilee
"Under the advisement of his doctors, Meat Loaf will be on vocal rest for the next two weeks with flu related symptoms. He will need to cancel his Canadian shows in Edmonton, Dawson Creek, Calgary, Prince George, Abbotsford and Pennticton. He regrets any inconvenience to his fans as a result of his illness. Concert organizers are working on potential rescheduling opportunities, details of which will be released late next week. Meat, who is touring in support of his new “Hang Cool Teddy Bear” CD, is looking forward to his Gibson Amphitheatre show on August 12th in Los Angeles."
Ticket holders for the Calgary show that was scheduled for August 2 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium are urged to retain their tickets until next week, when more information about possible rescheduled date will be available.
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NOTE: THE MEAT LOAF CONCERT ON AUGUST 2ND HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE JUBILEE AUDITORIUM! PREVIOUS PURCHASED TICKETS WILL BE HONOURED!
Meat Loaf will be embarking on a summer North American tour beginning July 3rd in support of his star-studded forthcoming album Hang Cool Teddy Bear. Meat Loaf’s new Hang Cool Teddy Bear, whose title was taken from a line in Beyond The Valley of the Dolls, was produced by Rob Cavallo and features guest appearances by Jack Black, Hugh Laurie, Kara DioGuardi, Queen’s Brian May and Steve Vai. The highly anticipated album is due out May 11th from Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records. Free single downloads from the new album will be included in the price of the ticket in select markets. The first single from Hang Cool Teddy Bear, “Like a Rose,” debuted on AOL’s Spinner.com e.
The CD’s theme was inspired by screenwriter/director Kilian Kerwin’s story. A soldier who has been wounded in battle thinks he is going to die. Instead of his life flashing backward at the prospect, his life flashes forward into what could have been. The inter-related songs are the different scenarios he finds himself in. It’s not always the same time or place, but it is always the same woman. The album’s first video, “Los Angeloser,” is a tale of a bad significant other who takes advantage of a generous lover. (Who hasn’t been there?!)
“I wanted it big, I wanted it dramatic, I wanted a rock record,” Meat Loaf says. “Yes, it sounds like a Meat Loaf record. But it sounds different, too; it sounds new, it sounds fresh. It speaks to you in a different way.”
For Hang Cool Teddy Bear, Meat Loaf’s creativity was sparked by working with a new collaborator, Rob Cavallo, a lifelong Meat Loaf fan who has worked with some of the most explosive names in rock music: Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Paramore and Fleetwood Mac. According to Meat Loaf, “Rob is the number one rock producer in the world because he leaves his ego out of the equation and gives an artist his voice, making it sound better than the artist could even imagine.”
The first leg of the summer 2010 North American tour begins on July 3rd in Gilford, NH at the Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion. The Union will be producing dates in Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton.
