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Bowie, Sting's Tour Woes
David Bowie and Sting--each on separate tours supporting their latest releases, Bowie's Reality and Sting's Sacred Love--have had to scrap shows over the past few days but for vastly different reasons.
On Thursday, an unexpected tragedy forced Bowie to cancel his concert in Miami. A local stagehand was killed when he fell off a ladder shortly before the "Fame" singer was set to go on.
The accident occurred at the James L. Knight Center at about 8:30 p.m., following a performance by Bowie's opening act, Stereophonics.
The roadie, a native Floridian identified as 44-year-old Wally Thomas, was climbing a wire ladder to operate a spotlight, but he apparently lost his grip and fell about 50 feet to his death. South Florida's Sun-Sentinel newspaper reported that Thomas wasn't wearing a safety harness.
"The mood is very somber and very devastated," fellow stagehand Armando Curonel told the Sun-Sentinel. "He's an experienced stagehand, 20 years."
Fire-rescue personnel on the scene tried to revive Thomas, but he was pronounced dead after being transported to a nearby hospital. The accident is under investigation, but so far, authorities do not suspect any criminal wrongdoing.
Forty minutes after the fall, the loudspeaker announced that the sold-out concert was being scrapped "due to an unfortunate and serious accident involving one of the local stagehands working the show." The 4,600 concertgoers were asked to leave the venue in a quiet orderly manner.
Bowie released a statement through his publicist saying he and his touring company were "deeply saddened by the news of this tragic accident and send their sincere condolences and thoughts to the stagehand's family and friends." Bowie's next scheduled tour stop was Saturday in Atlanta.
The show's promoter, Clear Channel Entertainment, released a statement Friday saying the Miami date would not be rescheduled and all ticketholders would be refunded.
Bowie is on the second leg of his North American Reality Tour, which wraps up June 5 at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey. The 57-year-old rocker then heads across the Atlantic to play a series of European summer festival dates.
As for Sting, the former Police man encountered his own setback, albeit far less serious.
After coming down with a severe case of laryngitis, the singer was forced to nix the first three nights of the U.K. portion of his Sacred Love tour, including Friday's opening-night gig in Newcastle, as well as dates in Manchester and Glasgow. Those cancellations are in addition to dates in Antwerp, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and Rotterdam previously postponed due to the bum pipes.
"This is a bitter blow for me," the 52-year-old musician said in a statement on his Website. "It is a terrible beginning for the U.K. tour...to be in my home town and not be able to sing. I want to do well in Newcastle and for my hometown to be proud of me."
Saying he feels "gutted," "beleaguered," "disappointed and frustrated," Sting promised to make it up with some great shows as soon as he recovers.
Despite being voiceless, the "King of Pain" crooner did manage to turn up at the Newcastle Civic Center to be feted at a tribute lunch put on by the Variety Club of Great Britain honoring his contributions to music.
There is no word yet when the shows will be rescheduled.
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