That apparently my mind simply could not accept the fact that her Sept. 2 show at the St. Pete Times Forum WAS CANCELED!
I’m sure the information came across my desk, my computer … seeped into my brain at some point. But it just didn’t register. I wanted it so badly, to see the charming, pleasantly kind of plump Texan get on stage and belt out near-perfect pop ballads like “Because of You” and the rocking kiss-off “Since U Been Gone.”
Alas, Clarkson’s summer tour was shelved, basically, because not enough people bought her new album My December and promoters were scared that if she played places like the St. Pete Times Forum the sports arena would appear even more empty than when Beyonce visited.
This article appears in Aug 29 – Sep 4, 2007.
