Well, it was bound to happen: Aretha Franklin has stood up the Triangle yet again, for the fourth time. Franklin's Oct. 16 show at Durham Performing Arts Center has been postponed, to Feb. 9.
Franklin's track record on local cancellations gives no reason for optimism that the show will happen then, either. But at least this time, there's a plausible excuse. The Queen of Soul was to sing last month at a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, D.C., an event scuttled by Hurricane Irene. That was rescheduled for Oct. 16, necessitating postponement of Franklin's Durham date.
In 2005 and 2006, Franklin was scheduled to play Cary's Booth Amphitheater. Both shows were canceled after tickets went on sale, as was a 2007 date at UNC-Chapel Hill. Maybe the fourth time will turn out to (belatedly) be the charm.
The show is sold out, and tickets will be honored. For details, see dpacnc.com.
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ARETHA FRANKLIN
Mon, 09/26/2011 - 19:21 — MANNERCOOLI LOVE ARETHA'S MUSIC AN ALWAYS WILL, BUT UNLESS SHE IS SICK OR SOMETHING ELSE VERY SERIOUS IS GOING ON I WOULD'NT INVITE HER BACK TO DURHAM AGAIN.
Sadly Aretha Franklin is a
Mon, 09/26/2011 - 17:27 — TheLibertineSadly Aretha Franklin is a poster child for the diseases of affluence.