Lunar Park Book Tour Troubles?
There are rumors flying that the Lunar Park paperback book tour has been cancelled. I haven't seen anything official yet, and haven't had a chance to follow-up with people who would know, so this is still a rumor at this point to me. And given that I've seen 3 variations of this rumor - exhaustion, broken foot, rehab - I'm not too inclined to believe it.
Hopefully, I'll have better information by this evening.
UPDATE: Page 6 is reporting the book tour cancellation and using the broken foot story as the reason why.
UPDATE #2: Here are a couple of images of Bret from one of his readings in California that wasn't cancelled. Clearly on crutches with a cast on the foot.
pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3.
The pics come from here and here. You may have to copy/paste the URL of the pictures into your browser rather than clicking on them.
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Previous Comments
[1] On Sep-21-2006, thomas anderson wrote:Its true the tour is canceled -- I have a friend who works at Knopf and she confirmed the tour is canceled. Not sure if Bret is in rehab or not but the foot story is bogus.
[2] On Sep-21-2006, patrick bateman wrote:
I just spoke to a friend who lives in LA who saw Bret last night at the Chateau Marmont with Jayne Dennis. They were talking about Sarah and how she needed help.
Not sure whats wrong but he says there were talking for close two hours -- also no crutches in sight.
[3] On Sep-21-2006, dutsukyampu wrote:
i only wish it was a rumor..only wish..
[4] On Sep-24-2006, itboy wrote:
No way. I just saw him last night at the Whole Foods in Columbus Circle. He was walking fine.
[5] On Sep-24-2006, wrote:
are you serious? that's really sad. I'm bummed-- I was gonna drive up to Austin to see him.
[6] On Sep-25-2006, ryanchang wrote:
tonight at the Hammer museum in westwood was the only date he completed for the whole book tour. yes, he injured his foot.
[7] On Sep-25-2006, Lisa wrote:
wow, that is a bummer. Bret wasn't going to be anywhere near me for this tour, but I was looking forward to some more interviews and maybe some first hand accounts from others who frequent this site. Are there any plans to reschedule?
[8] On Sep-25-2006, ryanchang wrote:
there wasn't any mention for a reschedule, but probably the highlight of the reading for me (besides meeting him and getting my books signed, then him poking fun at james frey cause they used to be friends) was his confirmation for a follow-up to less than zero!
[9] On Sep-25-2006, Less than Zero fan wrote:
I saw him last night at the Hammer. Indeed, injured foot. Great reading -- at least 45 minutes worth. He said he'd stay until every single person got their books signed. Didn't stick around to see if he did.
Also, he said his mom was in the audience. And yet he read really racy stuff.
[10] On Sep-26-2006, spike0902 wrote:
He did wait until every single book was signed - at least in Cologne/Germany in March this year. When one of this "Oh-I'm-so-important"-officials told him that she had informed the ones who were still waiting that he would only sign one book for everybody he went nearly crazy. He told her that it was his first reading there in Cologne and that everybody had a right to get his/her book signed - no matter how many copies they had. I thought that was very nice of him - I waited more than two hours to get my copies signed...
[11] On Sep-26-2006, renovation wrote:
If you go to his MySpace page, someone actually took pictures of him at his signing on 9/24/06. He's on a stool with crutches. This whole book tour cancellation thing is really getting confusing.
[12] On Sep-26-2006, dutsukyampu wrote:
whats his myspace page?
[13] On Oct-03-2006, aw wrote:
Last night, at the Barnes & Noble, there was supposed to be a seven p.m. reading, and an employee of the store came up and (rudely) let us know that it had been cancelled for weeks.
[14] On Oct-13-2006, kat wrote:
hey does anyone know if ellis ever tours in the uk? or if he plans to?
[15] On Oct-16-2006, toby wrote:
anyone know if there are plans for rescheduling the tour dates?