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Re: The reason why Kate is never going to tour again!

From: Dan Star <danstar@execpc.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 22:40:50 -0500
Subject: Re: The reason why Kate is never going to tour again!
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I read in a book that Kate was traumatized by the death of a stage hand
on her only tour.  He fell through a hole in the stage down some 50
feet.  I don't think Kate would be traumatized by skin.  After all she
did write Sensual World!

Dan

> 
>  delius@xs4all.nl (Marco Gatti) wrote:
> 
> > The reason why Kate never intend to tour again is that she is
> > traumatized for live. Do you remember the live-performance of 'The
> > Wedding List'? The hilarious annex embarrassing but very professional
> > resolved appearance were Kate's spagetti-straps spring loose. I have
> > noticed that every live-performance after this one, Kate wears a lot
> > of clothes (never bare arms again and a jacket for the security).
> > What do you think of this.
> 
>     You mean the one where she almost exposed herself to HRH Prince
> Charles?
> 
>     Actually, I think her more conservative clothing choices are more
> due to fashion (who wears spaghetti tops in this day and age? Other
> than Tori, that is.) I also think she is self-conscious about her weight.
> Some of the charity events and Wogan appearances happened during
> periods when Kate would be in the studio drinking tea and munching on
> Kit-Kats...several years of sitting in one place can have the effect of
> of putting on a few more pounds than the vicious hacks of the UK
> music press will "allow".
> 
>     As Kathleen Turner said: "After a certain age, you can either keep
> your face or your body". I'd hate to see Kate destroy her face in a
> vain attempt to maintain the body of a 19 year old...a la Jane Fonda.
> 
> Myself, I don't care what weight she is...as long as she keeps producing
> music. But I hope that isn't why she's stayed off the road.
> 
> Chris Williams of
>    Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
>       chrisw@wwa.com
> "How perfectly goddamn delightful it all is, to be sure" - C. Crumb