Well, it's the same old story again. A couple of weeks ago, Jon Oliva's Pain announced some European tour dates including Turkey. They were going to play here for the first time. As it turns out, Jon has to cancel the tour because of his commitment to TSO and they say they're going to re-schedule a JOP tour in April-May 2007.
So, where does that leave Savatage? Nowhere of course. The supposed 25th year farewell tour Sava is obviously not happening, as JOP's drummer has already been asking the JOP fans to contact festivals and promoters around for summer gigs. Also, yesterday, former CIIC and current JOP guitarist Matt LaPorte openly said on the official forum that the Sava thing was not going to happen in 2007 and no one should anticipate it. As it is, his message was promptly deleted.
Obviously no JOP shows will be played for the next 6-7 months. JOP will simply go into hibernation and wait for Jon to fufil his TSO duties. Then, Jon will come out and say he's doing a European tour for the summer. Then again, it's TSO time. The same thing will keep recycling itself.
By the way, for the record, as much as I think there can never be a Savatage without Jon, JOP isn't and cannot be Savatage either, so people should quit claiming they're the same. They are not. It takes Caff, Middleton, Plate and Pitrelli to be Savatage. JOP is simply an offshoot of the Tage with some Streets era songs. They are nothing like oldschool Savatage either! When the first album came out, they said it sounded like HOTMK/GB which is wrong. Tage Mahal is like The Wake of Magellan meets Poets and Madmen with a few vague early 90's Sava references.
Anyway, I'm pissed off about this cancellation, but one thing I'll forever question is, why did the JOP management negotiate touring plans when it was obvious a TSO thing was on the horizon? This does nothing but add to the fans' disappointment.
Similar posts like this, along with LaPorte's, got deleted on the JOP forum, so I've decided to open this thread.
Anyone else think that there may never be a Sava tour again and JOP will only be able to gig if TSO is inactive?
I feel Circle 2 Circle will be able to play their second gig around here long before JOP gets back into action. At least they don't have shitty TSO commitments and are eager to gig around if the opportunity comes up.
On a side note, those who have been praising JOP and CIIC during Sava's inactivity, I have to repeat myself. None of those post-2001 albums, be it JOP, CIIC or Caffery, while good in their own way, can even come close to the brilliance of the dark and menacing Poets and Madmen.
So, where does that leave Savatage? Nowhere of course. The supposed 25th year farewell tour Sava is obviously not happening, as JOP's drummer has already been asking the JOP fans to contact festivals and promoters around for summer gigs. Also, yesterday, former CIIC and current JOP guitarist Matt LaPorte openly said on the official forum that the Sava thing was not going to happen in 2007 and no one should anticipate it. As it is, his message was promptly deleted.
Obviously no JOP shows will be played for the next 6-7 months. JOP will simply go into hibernation and wait for Jon to fufil his TSO duties. Then, Jon will come out and say he's doing a European tour for the summer. Then again, it's TSO time. The same thing will keep recycling itself.
By the way, for the record, as much as I think there can never be a Savatage without Jon, JOP isn't and cannot be Savatage either, so people should quit claiming they're the same. They are not. It takes Caff, Middleton, Plate and Pitrelli to be Savatage. JOP is simply an offshoot of the Tage with some Streets era songs. They are nothing like oldschool Savatage either! When the first album came out, they said it sounded like HOTMK/GB which is wrong. Tage Mahal is like The Wake of Magellan meets Poets and Madmen with a few vague early 90's Sava references.
Anyway, I'm pissed off about this cancellation, but one thing I'll forever question is, why did the JOP management negotiate touring plans when it was obvious a TSO thing was on the horizon? This does nothing but add to the fans' disappointment.
Similar posts like this, along with LaPorte's, got deleted on the JOP forum, so I've decided to open this thread.
Anyone else think that there may never be a Sava tour again and JOP will only be able to gig if TSO is inactive?
I feel Circle 2 Circle will be able to play their second gig around here long before JOP gets back into action. At least they don't have shitty TSO commitments and are eager to gig around if the opportunity comes up.
On a side note, those who have been praising JOP and CIIC during Sava's inactivity, I have to repeat myself. None of those post-2001 albums, be it JOP, CIIC or Caffery, while good in their own way, can even come close to the brilliance of the dark and menacing Poets and Madmen.