Fish - 99 European tour.
Dear Fishheads, Freaks , Fans and the Company,
We are having a hellish time putting together the European tour for a
number of reasons mostly to do with venue availabilities , offers below
requirements and promoters being on holiday.
There's good news and bad news!
Good news is that Poznan is now confirmed for the 3rd of October at the
Centre of Culture. It means a run of 5 shows in a row but it's the only way
we could get a Polish gig on the tour.
We are hoping to get 2 Swiss shows for the 29th and 30th or one Austrian
and one Swiss.
The dates have changed for the latter part with Bern on the 12th October,
Wien on the 13th , 14th Off , 15th Milan , 16th Genova, 17th Luzerne and
18th Winterthur.
Marseille is sadly not happening due to the local promoter having taken
heavy losses recently and being unwilling to take shows.
As this was one of our biggest markets it throws the entire French tour
into dissaray.
I can't get a Paris show due to lack of available venues and the offers at
the moment for provincial France are to say the least dreadful.
I will know tomorrow if the French leg will happen but I must admit it as
being highly doubtful as the offers have to nearly double to make sense of
our costs. At the moment we are being offered 1300 pounds a show. Our cost
are 2300 pounds a day.
If the French tour doesn't happen then Spain will also go as their offers
are equally bad and only a safety net of a series of guaranteed break even
French gigs make the Spanish dates possible as we are losing money on those
shows.
This would mean a week off on the tour before the Brussels gig on the 30th
and a possible Parisian suburb show the night before.
The UK tour is safe.
I am really disappointed but the potential loss is too great to accommodate
at this moment in time (or in fact anytime)
I will know the score tomorrow as the French promoter is coming back with
new figures.
The convention is setting itself up and no-one is looking forward to the 2
shows more than me!
The outlook is Sunny in places
lots of love
Onkel Fish XXX
