Blackout Blues
Aug 18, 2003 |
By Friday morning, power began to flicker on across the areas affected by Thursday's massive power outage, but the repercussions of the biggest blackout in North American history stretched into the weekend, forcing the rescheduling of concerts and appearances all across the East Coast, Midwest and Canada.
Among the acts affected by the loss of power were Radiohead, the Libertines, Aaron Carter and Hanson, all of whom had to cancel weekend shows.
Radiohead's sold-out Saturday gig with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks at the Molson Amphitheater in Toronto was canceled two nights after Steely Dan were forced to pull the plug on their show there. The hat trick came courtesy of a scratched sold-out show by Hanson at Toronto's Guvernment club on Saturday night. Information on refunds and rescheduled dates for all three are pending, according to a spokesperson for House of Blues Canada.