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Just spoke with Lisa Endicott, who runs press for The Granada Theater, and she verified that the Billy Joe Shaver/Jesse Dayton concert that was to take place this Friday is canceled.
Endicott told me the reason for the cancellation off the record, which means that I am bound by the press version of the Hippocratic Oath not to divulge what Endicott told me. All I can tell you is that Shaver is not dead or dying and that the show should be rescheduled very soon.
[Editor’s Note: I just spoke with Shaver’s booking agent at Austin Universal Entertainment to find out–on the record–why the show’s been canceled. Samantha Garrett of AUE says that Shaver’s recovering from minor surgery–although she’s not sure exactly what the surgery was for–and that Shaver’s “still recovering, so he won’t be able to make it.” It’s called “reporting”, Darryl. –Pete Freedman]
Either way, the Shaver/Dayton pairing was a very interesting alt-country bill, which makes this postponement even more of a bummer.
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