[CANCELLED: October 12, 2021] Dead Can Dance / Agnes Obel [rescheduled from April 17, 2020 and April 23, 2021]
On September 30, I received notice that show would be postponed once again. Dead Can Dance cited reasonable concerns about COVID and travelling around the world.
Then on October 11, I received notice that the show was cancelled entirely.
There’s no word from the band on this except t o say that they are trying o reschedule shows for Fall of 2023. Presumably the venue just didn’t want to wait that long.
So, while I was looking forward to this show, I can wait until 2023.
As April came closer and closer I was sure that Dead Can Dance was going to cancel this tour for good–so many other bands have done so. But I’m happy they didn’t–even if I don’t have fantastic seats for this show. This just feels like one of those shows that I’m going to be really happy to experience and I can wait a few more months.
I really enjoyed Dead Can Dance’s mix of cultural touchstones on their earlier albums. I have a bunch of their releases up until they broke up.
Somehow I missed their reunion entirely. I also missed their subsequent reunion and new albums.
They haven’t played in this area for 8 years and I was pretty pleased to finally experience them live. I bought a ticket for this show and then a few days later it was announced that they would be playing the State Theatre in New Brunswick. Since that venue is about three times closer to me, I snatched up a great seat for that show and figured I could sell the Philly ticket.
Then a couple months ago the Theatre announced that the New Brunswick show was unexpectedly cancelled. No reason was given. I don’t think it was sales as it looked like they sold well. So that sucked, but I was glad I still had this ticket.
Agnes Obel is a Danish born singer who plays quirky atmospheric chamber pop. I have heard great things about her for many years but never really investigated her music. I was looking forward to learning about her in this setting.
She was actually scheduled to open for The The on their 2018 tour. However, the three New York area shows had different openers, so I didn’t get to see her then.
I hope they all come back around together.
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