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The hippies are coming! The hippies are com … wait a sec. They’re not?
According to their website, Grateful Dead redux Furthur have been forced to cancel their upcoming Concerts on the Green performance scheduled for 7/5 at stately — and now 99% hippie free — Shelburne Museum. Here’s the announcement:
July 5th Shelburne Vermont Show CANCELLED
To All Of Our Fans Who’ve Purchased Tickets To Our July 5 Show in
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As someone who has enjoyed visiting Shelburne Museum several times and who also looked forward to attending the Furthur concert, I can authoritatively dismiss many of the above statements as invalid.The band’s management is far too experienced and organized to have failed to provide a security plan. The state and local authorities may have failed to comply with said plan, or tittering ninnies at Shelburne Museum may have dismissed appropriate plans due to an 11th hour panic attack based on paranoid delusions about tie-dyed hordes invading their precious little world.The facts: Furthur is not the Grateful Dead, and this is not 1995 (Highgate debacle). This was to be a one-day family picnic off the beaten tour path, not some 4-day drug festival which happened to include live music (Calaveras County last month). The “kids” among those disappointed by the cancellation have been 30-somethings with professional careers and/or families. These are people who are too busy and responsible to go see their favorite bands far from their own backyard. Chances are that many of these people, like me, have enjoyed Shelburne Museum in the past but now would dissuade others from doing the same.Rest assured that there will be negative consequences to befall Shelburne Museum for this indisputably unacceptable decision.
Shelburne Museum “crude”?With all due respect, Skratchy, the fact that a concert featuring 70 year old men noodling for hours at a time was cancelled doesn’t make Vermont a bad place to live. That honor goes to property taxes (I kid) (well not really)Dan, we understand that you are personally upset, but you have no idea what transpired here. It is entirely possible (and seems probable) that Shelburne Museum requested a security plan when the show was booked, and pulled the plug when the band was unable to provide one after four months. I think it’s safe to say that this incident is not going to negatively impact the Museum in any way. Anyone blindly blaming them for this probably never went there anyway, and no one else cares.
This ruined a nice family vacation for all of us. The ineptitude of the promoter, the instability and crude nature of the venue and the aloof state/local govt ruined what could have been great. The promoter and band failed to find anything resembling a suitable substitute and have failed their fans entirely. There’s plenty of blame to go around. Why can Maine figure out how to do this and New York too, but Vermont is unwilling or unable?
Meh, I’d rather see Dark Star Orchestra on the Waterfront in August anyway. At least they admit they’re a Grateful Dead cover band. Bobby should have hung it up for good in ’95 when he still had some dignity.
Another reason why only self-hype makes out cowpoopland to be a decent place to live.No guts, no glory.
This ruined a nice family vacation for all of us. The ineptitude of the promoer, the instability and crude nature of the venue and the aloof state/local govt ruined what could have been great. The promoter and band failed to find anything resembling a suitable substitute and have failed their fans entirely.
i agree devon, except i heard they had been trying to move it to the fairgrounds for months and SM wouldn’t let them out of their contract. now it’s too late, but it’s OK for them to say, sorry, we can’t do it? lame.amen, huh?
I think it’s well within the museum’s rights to cancel the show if the performers were unwilling/unable to hold up their end of a contract, which it sounds like included a plan to address security concerns. It definitely sucks that they’re not coming, but let’s not discount the idea that they might be to blame.
Weak sauce for sure! Definitely smells fishy.. Shouldn’t there have been a meeting or some sort of round-table with local citizens and officials before calling it off? This show would have had a positive impact on the area’s economy. Sounds like some shady insider stuff going on..
re: 7 Daysies : please subtract my vote for Shelburne Concert Series ” Best Outdoor Venue”. Thanks in advance,