Inaugural American Idol Kelly Clarkson is doing a late-summer tour of state fairs, although breathing in all the greasy midway dust must have gotten to her: She canceled her Sunday night show at the Minnesota State Fair because of undisclosed “vocal issues.” The fair is giving people refunds for their tickets, but that’s not enough to satisfy some people out there. At least, that’s the case according to a Twitter search conducted by Minnesota’s public-radio station!
“Kelly Clarkson you owe me $20 for parking, $11 for admission and $30 for the food I ate - for canceling at the State Fair!” Twitter user redquake wrote Sunday night.
“What about the $5 bus ride? and the $11 to get into the fair? what are you going to do about that kelly clarkson?” Twitter user julesdash added.
And those were the slightly nicer messages, with other Twitter users calling her a whore, getting generally mad, and hinting at shenanigans. Of course, the Internet + even the most threadbare reason to complain will always add up to people complaining on the Internet, but still, it’s kind of scary how people who were excited enough to shell out for a ticket can turn on a dime once their hopes are dashed? I’d hate to give any of these people a birthday present they didn’t like! I mean, jeez.
(And selfishly, I hope Kelly recovers soon, because I’m supposed to see her at the Great Allentown Fair on Thursday night. Idolator meetup?)
Despite refunds, Kelly Clarkson’s cancellation irks fans [Minnesota Public Radio]
It is not just that she cancelled, but cancelled two hours before show time. I drove 4 1/2 hours to take my nine year old daughter to see her. My little girl was in tears because of this and how does a parent make that up to a child. A new dress or toy doesn’t even come close to making up for not getting to see a concert.
@arhendrickson: Not to be dismissive, but it’s never too early to learn that the world doesn’t always operate the way you want it to. People get sick! Stuff happens! Etc.
(And I’m going to hazard a guess that your daughter, despite being disappointed, acted in a manner that was more mature than the Twitterers linked above, who are likely four times her age at the very least yet behaved as if they’d had a blankie taken from them.)
@arhendrickson: Your kid is nine, good time to learn that shit happens. If Clarkson actually was sick what is she supposed to do to make it up to you people? Go door to door and offer to bake you all cookies?
@arhendrickson: Not to add to the dogpile, but yeah, a parent “makes it up” by whipping out Hot Rocks and playing You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
Might wanna skip the “bloodstained hands,” though…
What, Mick & Keef aren’t good models of parenting advice? :|
See, this type of stuff doesn’t happen to Britney. DAT tapes don’t get sick. They may “malfunction,” sure, but they don’t get sick.
I love Kelly as much as the next regular Idolator reader and think that she should be taken at nothing less than face value here. I can’t help but laugh at the whining (I drove 4 1/2 hours to get there. In the snow. Barefoot.) - and how exactly is it Kelly’s problem that you ate (and paid for!) $30 worth of fair food?
Still, the one thing that does kind of suck is having to pay the admission fee to get into the fair when you only wanted to go to a show that ended up getting canceled. I know that with the big state fair near me (Puyallup Fair), your fair admission is included with the purchase of a concert ticket.