http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fiona-apple-cancels-south-american-tour-to-be-with-her-dying-dog-20121120
QuoteIn a poignant letter to fans on her Facebook page, Fiona Apple announced that she's postponing her upcoming South American tour to care for her dying dog Janet who suffers from Addison's Disease.
"I can't leave her now, please understand," Apple wrote, posting scans of the handwritten copy as well. "If I go away again, I'm afraid she'll die and I won't have the honor of singing her to sleep, of escorting her out."
Apple recently finished up the last leg of her North American tour, and noted that upon her return the once playful pitbull "doesn't even want to go for walks anymore." Apple apparently found Janet as a pup in Los Angeles' Echo Park, with a rope around her neck and bites on her ear and face , indicating the pooch was used by dogfighters to "puff up the confidence of the contenders."
The South American leg of Apple's tour behind The Idler Wheel . . . was set to kick off November 27th in Porto Alegre, Brazil. No word yet on when those dates will be rescheduled, but Apple promised she would make up the shows.
"Sometimes it takes me 20 minutes to pick which socks to wear to bed," Apple added. "But this decision is instant. These are the choices we make, which define us. I am not the woman who puts her career ahead of love and friendship. I'm the woman who stays home, and bakes tilapia for my dearest, oldest friend."
So not about this artist in particular, but what do you think about that, Languish, as a reason to cancel (or reschedule) an arm of one's tour?
Here's the text of said handwritten letter.
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Quote from: garbon on November 20, 2012, 03:14:51 PM
So not about this artist in particular, but what do you think about that, Languish, as a reason to cancel (or reschedule) an arm of one's tour?
Family comes first.
It's her career. If she chooses to prioritize family over career, that's her choice.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 20, 2012, 03:16:52 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 20, 2012, 03:14:51 PM
So not about this artist in particular, but what do you think about that, Languish, as a reason to cancel (or reschedule) an arm of one's tour?
Family comes first.
Yeah my thought is that I can totally understand it - though I could also understand being pissed if I was a fan who had tickets then. (thankfully I've already seen her this year :D)
Quote from: garbon on November 20, 2012, 03:42:15 PM
Yeah my thought is that I can totally understand it - though I could also understand being pissed if I was a fan who had tickets then. (thankfully I've already seen her this year :D)
It's Fiona Apple. Any fan would certainly expect this sort of thing. :lol:
She does have a dreamy voice, though. :wub:
:lmfao:
I know people who have tickets.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 20, 2012, 03:49:30 PM
It's Fiona Apple. Any fan would certainly expect this sort of thing. :lol:
She does have a dreamy voice, though. :wub:
True though I think at least here, some patience has worn thin especially with regards to how difficult it can be to get non-scalped tickets these days.
I can understand that, but a fan getting upset by this from someone like Fiona Apple is like getting upset with the Stone Temple Pilots because a certain member gets arrested/relapses/goes into inpatient. :D
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 20, 2012, 03:57:58 PM
I can understand that, but a fan getting upset by this from someone like Fiona Apple is like getting upset with the Stone Temple Pilots because a certain member gets arrested/relapses/goes into inpatient. :D
:lol:
SON OF A
Stole my gag.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 20, 2012, 04:05:47 PM
SON OF A
Stole my gag.
There's actually a reason I arranged my OP as I did. Didn't want to deal with issues of newsworthiness. :D
I am happy to say I have no idea who this nutbar is.
I have no idea who Fiona Apple is but I assume she is the kind of artist with a tight-knit small fan base. Such people have a completely different relationship with their audiences (which is often akin to that of virtual friendship) than a professional entertainer like Madonna, so I assume most of them won't mind.
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 20, 2012, 04:14:28 PM
I am happy to say I have no idea who this nutbar is.
I am, on the other hand, happy to say that despite having no idea who Fiona Apple is, I got teary-eyed when reading her post about Janet the dog.
Quote from: Martinus on November 20, 2012, 04:15:35 PM
I have no idea who Fiona Apple is but I assume she is the kind of artist with a tight-knit small fan base. Such people have a completely different relationship with their audiences (which is often akin to that of virtual friendship) than a professional entertainer like Madonna, so I assume most of them won't mind.
Yeah she's out of the female singer-songwriter vein, for a long time had given up live performances, and consistently full of angst.
Quote from: Martinus on November 20, 2012, 04:18:29 PM
I got teary-eyed when reading her post about Janet the dog.
Quote from: garbon on November 20, 2012, 04:21:04 PM
Yeah she's out of the female singer-songwriter vein, for a long time had given up live performances, and consistently full of angst.
Dog's probably had enough of her as it is anyway.
I named my cat after her :Embarrass:
I know who she is in that I knew that she's an angsty singer-songwriter type, but I couldn't name one of her songs or identify it as being hers if I happened to hear it.
It's her choice. I can understand making it that way.
Now all she has to do is have her BF cheat on her, and lose her job, and she'll have the makings of a classic country song. ;)
Fiona doing country...:hmm:
Quote from: garbon on November 20, 2012, 05:21:59 PM
Fiona doing country...:hmm:
It has happened. Sorta.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcaOLPi6CWk
Yeah sorta. Or as kindle wanted me to say: Yeah aorta.
Yeah, I see no problem with what she did. Although there seems to be a spate of female singer/songwriters cancelling tours.
I had tickets for sinead earlier this year and she cancelled. And I heard Cat Power cancelled her tour of Europe.
I think it's all menstrual.
Quote from: Josephus on November 20, 2012, 05:57:54 PM
Yeah, I see no problem with what she did. Although there seems to be a spate of female singer/songwriters cancelling tours.
I had tickets for sinead earlier this year and she cancelled. And I heard Cat Power cancelled her tour of Europe.
I think it's all menstrual.
Meanwhile, Tegan and Sara had to cancel as the headline act (The Killers) had their singer come down sick.
I don't know if she still is, but IIRC Fiona Apple used to be HOTT as hell. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on November 20, 2012, 07:05:57 PM
I don't know if she still is, but IIRC Fiona Apple used to be HOTT as hell. :cool:
Yes, I loved the Criminal video!! :hug:
Quote from: derspiess on November 20, 2012, 05:33:48 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 20, 2012, 05:21:59 PM
Fiona doing country...:hmm:
It has happened. Sorta.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcaOLPi6CWk
How did I not know about this?
Fiona Apple is pretty good. I liked her first album, that one with the long ass title (When the Pawn blah blah blah), and Extraordinary Machine. Haven't heard anything since then, though.
She's only had one album since that came out this year.
She could at least blame it on "musical differences" with the dog.
Quote from: Caliga on November 20, 2012, 07:05:57 PM
I don't know if she still is, but IIRC Fiona Apple used to be HOTT as hell. :cool:
Going by recent pictures, while not a hag, I'm going to have to go with NOT HOTT.
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Ugh. She is getting haggish. She's always been too skinny, but it's catching up with her. She really needs to start eating meat. I'll avoid the obvious joke about helping her get started.
Yeah she's looking rather spindly recently.
She was never healthy looking to begin with, but damn, girl. Have two or three fucking french fries.
Isn't she some sort of devout vegan or something? I've never seen one of them who couldn't use a few Twinkies.
Edit: Nope, anorexic
QuoteFiona Apple
Singer and songwriter Fiona Apple became anorexic after being raped outside of her mother's home at the age of twelve. She says she was not anorexic out of a desire to be thin, but as a reaction to being raped. She also admitted to having self-injurious behaviors in the past.
Actually I believe she's got both bits working against her.
Quote from: Barrister on November 21, 2012, 01:33:01 PM
Quote from: Caliga on November 20, 2012, 07:05:57 PM
I don't know if she still is, but IIRC Fiona Apple used to be HOTT as hell. :cool:
Going by recent pictures, while not a hag, I'm going to have to go with NOT HOTT.
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Define hag.
Looks like one of the Olsen twins after a heroin binge.
Quote from: Josephus on November 21, 2012, 05:25:25 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 21, 2012, 01:33:01 PM
Quote from: Caliga on November 20, 2012, 07:05:57 PM
I don't know if she still is, but IIRC Fiona Apple used to be HOTT as hell. :cool:
Going by recent pictures, while not a hag, I'm going to have to go with NOT HOTT.
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Define hag.
Yo momma.