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Five Famous No Shows

Posted Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:55pm PDT by Rob O'Connor in List Of The Day
So you've read that bookies are taking Vegas odds on whether or not Amy Winehouse shows up for her next gig. It's always nice when the younger generation emulates the older folks. But Winehouse has a ways to go if she's going to trounce the legends of who failed to show before her.

Whitney Houston: She cancelled on the Reverend Moon and has cited "sudden illness" in the past for missed appearances. She's visited rehab on occasion and her marriage has been in the tabloids for years. And when she does show up, she sings. And some of us kinda then wish she didn't show up in the first place.

Sly Stone: Even when he showed up for gigs he'd often leave before stagetime, deciding that shopping in a faraway city was more urgent than the need to take his fans higher with the music they paid to see.

The Doors: Jim Morrison had trouble with authority. And he liked to drink - a lot. So even when he did make it to the show, he was often not in any shape to really do more than burp and curse at the audience. Which was still preferable to hearing the immortal words: We're going to let Ray sing a few.

George Jones: He earned the nickname "No Show" Jones. Considering his shows usually didn't last longer than an hour, it's seems like even when he did perform it was almost like not getting a show. At least if you saw him in a dinner theater maybe you got a decent meal out of it.

Guns N' Roses: Their new album, Chinese Democracy, is due out any decade now. No, seriously, it's coming. And just to whet your appetite, Axl Rose and a bunch of guys he's hired to be Guns N' Roses could be coming to a town near you. If they don't cancel first. But they might. That's half the fun. That cool sense of "not knowing."

1149 Comments

61. Frank -
Thank God for George Jones ! He even made a song called "no show jones"
He is really one of the best singers i ever heard

62. Frank -
Thank God for George Jones ! He even made a song called "no show jones"
He is really one of the best singers i ever heard

63. Frank -
Thank God for George Jones ! He even made a song called "no show jones"
He is really one of the best singers i ever heard

64. Smmrluv -
thats just lame but that what happens when the fame gets to ur head and ya think that giving thanks to ur fans that keep u rich and famous would be top priority not gettin high and drunk the night before

65. Yahoo! Music User -
Love Live JIM MORRISON - The Lizzard King!!!

66. Yahoo! Music User -
the album Chinese Democracy is something that the next decade can have... I have listened to 4 of the tracks, and for the ammount of time Axl has invested on this project... one would hope for his own sake that he is a no show.

67. lora -
I see so much live music, but bought tickets this year for ACL just to see Amy Winehouse....Sure hope she show up for ACL Fest in September...

68. Roger -
I don't think it was alcohol that was impairing them, that's milk compared to what they were under the influence of.

69. terry -
Ha ha Axl is freaking crazy! CD will NEVER happen. Long live Slash

70. Sammie -
Can we just leave celebrities alone already and get on with all of our lives?

71. Bryn -
thats becuase aerosmith sucks.

72. Yahoo! Music User -
Axl Rose actually makes most shows these days but expect him and the band to go on VERY late.

73. Morgan -
Seriously, Axl needs to give it up! WTF is up with that guy? He comes back on MTV with this new crew of dolls called Guns N Roses. That is NOT the GNR I know! Plus, Chinese Democracy had been 'in the works' for years! Come on, get real Axl!

74. john l -
can you say ozzy

75. Billy -
I WENT TO A MIKE JONES CONCERT A WHILE BACK...
HE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE ON AT 9:45 PM WELL HE
GOT THERE AROUND MIDNIGHT...
I HATE MIKE JONES....
HE JUST MADE ALL THE OTHER BANDS WORK HARDER

76. Arianna -
hahaha!( about the comment above) ya, whats up with all these celebrities cancelling on shows out of no where??!!!!

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78. Trevor -
morrison died like an animal... what a shame

79. heftyj -
Yeah, I don't care about the other, The Doors rock! Personaley though I'd rather see the Rolling Stones skip a few shows, or, stop altogether.

80. Yahoo! Music User -
You know...iIfind it fascinating people want to go all the way back and include Mr. Morrison- (Jim) in a pessimistic list...yes it is trie he was human and had challenges......However, when he sang -he SANG! People still enjoy boxing a True Artist in.... The sorry performers of recent years/decade will less likely be remembered.......Morrison is ....Morrison was...Morrison always WILL BE a True Poet and Living Legend....That is why the media still speaks of him-like he never left....Course, he was not perfect but in my opinion-though debatable -he had more talent than Houston, Axl , or any of the infamous performers of recent days combined...Think twice before boxing a great soul from yesteryear as well as tomorrow's classic with sodapop come and go of today....
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