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This makes me so sad for many reasons. I would not be surprised if the show was cancelled due to poor ticket sales, as none of the venues have been sold out, and from what I have read, and what I saw during the summer concerts and the one I went to last week, there are a lot of empty seats. Venues book artists and expect them to fill, or at least mostly fill, the place. They pay the artist; and if ticket sales are not good, the venue loses money (I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure that's how it works, based on info my BIL has told me over the years, and since he was in the music industry he would know). Even Clay recently said that a new tour would not be any time soon, as promoters look at past ticket sales. What makes me angry is all the fans who have stated that they weren't going to this tour because they didn't like this genre of music. I am not, I repeat, am not, talking about fans who couldn't afford to go (I said this once before and got somewhat blasted from people saying they couldn't afford to go--you guys are not who I am talking about!). It's those fans who could afford to go, but who chose not to and said they would go to the next tour. Well, guess what. There probably won't be a "next" tour for quite a while. An artist has to prove that he can sell a place out--all artists, not just Clay. But Clay's ticket sales have been less than great for a while now and he needed to have really good sales this time around and it didn't happen. He needed the fan's support, and it didn't happen. And it makes me sad. for him and for us. Clay is Clay no matter what types of songs he sings. His singing, his banter with the audience, his everything is what makes him so great. Does it really matter what kind of song he sings? Obviously for some it does matter. Personally, I don't care what he does on stage as long as I can see him do it.

I have to say it one more time, my venting has nothing to do with the fans who could not afford to go to a concert this year. The economy is awful, it's expensive to go especially if you have to travel to get to one, etc. You guys have supported him for many years, and helped get him to where he's been. I only went to one concert this time around, and I went only because it was 45 minutes away from my home. I could not afford to travel out of state to see him, so I understand. But I am so sad this is happening to him, and I hate to think what's he's feeling now.

On a better note, and it's what I said in another thread weeks ago, I do believe that he's going to go back to Broadway. He's respected there, and he's comfortable there. I'll buy a ticket to see him there in a nano second, but will miss Clay being Clay, which he can't do in a Broadway show.

For those who had tickets to the Memphis show, I'm sorry this happened. I can only imagine how you must feel.

Now I better get out of here before I get blasted.

edited due to typos. moral--venting and typing don't seem to go well together!!