Five Famous No Shows
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."
Seriously, these super clean goobers make nothing but the same old processed cheese time and time again. Want an example? Country music in recent years. It was great back when Hank was getting hammered, Charlie Daniels was burning the bud and Johnny Cash was whacked out on pills. Now what do we have? Good clean sober, "I'm an angry Amurricun". BORING!
Besides that, Morrison has been portrayed as some incredible poet with a tortured soul. He wasn't a poet, he couldn't sing and he was a waste of skin. Go ahead, emulate him.....shows to your character.
2nd time no show- written reprimand
3rd time no show- dismissal
That's how it works at my workplace. Hard to get drunk when you don't get paid.