“Don't Know Where, Don't Know When. We Hope to see you all again,” The Musician Said in a statement
The Steve Miller Band Has Called Off Their Tour Dates for the Rest of the Year. Frontman Steve Miller Shared a Statement on the band's Website Explaining that He Was Pulling The Plug Two to Extreme Weather Conditions.
“You Make Music With Your Instincts,” Miller Wrote. “You Live by Your Instincts. Always Trust Your Instincts … The Steve Miller Band Has Cancelled All of Our Upcoming Tour Dates. The Combination of Extreme Heat, UNPRICICTABLE FLOODING, Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Massive Forest Fires Make These Risks for You Our Audience, The Band and the Crew Hoverpactable. I know … you can blame it on the weather … the tour is canceled. “
The Musician Aided, “Don't Know Where, Don't Know When … We Hope to see you all again.”
Miller Didn'T Cite Any Specific Weather Events Impacting The Tour, Which Was Set To Kick Off on Aug. 15 Miller Was Also Scheduled to Perform at this Year's Minnesota State Fair. The Steve Miller Band Played One Show Earlier This Year At A Casino in Oklahoma.
Miller's Decision Comes Only Weeks After The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde Warned About the Future of Outdoor Concerts As Both the US and the UK Experience Record-High temperatures. “I Trust You're all Surviving The Heat Waves,” Hynde Wrote in A Long Instagram Post in June. “I'm Remembering the Last Couple Years When We Supported Guns N 'Roses, and then the Foo Fighters in Stadiums (to pay for the Clubs Which I Favo Playing). It was so hot i Had to Stop Ice Packs Around My Waist. I Realized then That Outdoor Events Are Going To END. It's too hot. ”
Also in June, Popular Music Festival Bonnaroo was Forced to Cancel The Event two to Weather-Related Conditions at the Festival Grounds, While an outdoor K-Pop Concert For Stray Kids Had Five Attedees Who Were Rushed to the Hospital for Heat Stroke.
