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    Fish cancels UK tour!!!

    Fish has postponed his entire UK tour after guitarist Robin Boult suffered a suspected blood infection on top of his chicken pox.

    The Scots singer had already been forced to push back the first three dates, originally planned for last week, then later moved tomorrow's appearance as well, but had been holding onto hope that he could hit the road for the remaining scheduled events.

    Now he says: "Robin is still seriously unwell and incapable of performing anywhere close to his abilities. His condition has been worsened from aggravated sores on his back, chafed by hit guitar strap in rehearsals. He has also picked up an ear infection as his immune system is on the floor. Playing shows in his condition would have been physically dangerous and recovery on a tour bus impossible.

    "Everything has happened so fast it's impossible to bring in a replacement, and I'm left with no option but to cancel the entire tour."

    Fish admits he, his band and crew are "depressed and deflated" but adds: "I doubt if Robin could have played a soundcheck, never mind a full gig. Any shows we could have done would have been a shadow of our capabilities, and totally unrepresentative of the solid reputation we have built up in the last year."

    Replacement dates are being organised. In the meantime Fish apologises to fans and finishes: "First and forewent, my thoughts to go out to my friend. I hope he gets through this dreadful illness quickly and unscathed, and he's fully fit and smiling again, and back by my side in the summer."

    Rescheduled dates
    May 02: Sheffield City Hall – now Dec 20

    May 04: Durham Gala Theatre – now Sep 29

    May 06: Bilston Robin – now Dec 08

    Dates to be rescheduled
    May 03: Liverpool O2 Academy

    May 08: Norwich Waterfront

    May 09: London Islington Assembly Hall

    May 10: Cardiff Globe

    May 11: Bristol Fleece

    May 13: Brighton Concorde

    May 15: Exeter Phoenix

    May 16: Northampton Roadmender

    May 17: Holmfirth Picturedrome

    May 18: Glasgow O2 ABC

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    Not to be Cliche, but here's to a speedy recovery Robin, we need you back rocking the world's stages ASAP!

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    On a side note, what are people's oppinion on Feast of Consequence?

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    Highly Evolved Orangutan JKL2000's Avatar
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    There's a separate thread re the Feast of Consequences album - sorry, can't recall the title of the thread.

    I was sorry to hear about this. It's always something with Fish - bad that it's serious illness in this case. It sort of sounds he's starting to blame lack of success of the current single on this and other factors, which seems a bit silly. I think the current album is ok, but I'm not sure there are any real singles on it. Who really buys "prog" singles these days? I did buy both bundles but only for the live tracks.

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    I saw him at Baja Prog and he was really great (the Guitarist I mean)... hope he has a speedy recovery
    Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?

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