LeAnn Rimes Cancels Charleston Concert
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Posted: 11:50 AM Oct 8, 2008
 Last Updated: 2:42 PM Oct 8, 2008
 Reporter: Anna Baxter
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Country music star LeAnn Rimes has canceled her concert at the Clay Center in Charleston.

According to a press release, Rimes is ill and won't be able to make it.

The concert was set for Saturday, October 11.

A spokesperson with the Clay Center tells WSAZ.com, "those who have purchased tickets for the event are currently being notified with additional information and special instructions."

Ticket holders can also visit the Clay Center's website for more information. You can click on the link below and it will take you directly to its website.

The concert will not be rescheduled.
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Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 10, 2008 at 10:24 AM
This is just devastating. Leann cancelling and the Milton Flea Market burning down. This weekend is going to suck!
Posted by: natalie on Oct 10, 2008 at 09:39 AM
i saw her with kenny chesney and it was the worst concert i have ever been too. you aren't missing out on much.
Posted by: Grow Up!! on Oct 10, 2008 at 08:31 AM
It is sad to see how many childish, ignorant people have taken the time to bad mouth each other!! WSAZ was simply reporting the news for people that it affects. If it doesn't affect you then find something else to read and comment on!! good grief people get a grip and a life!! How old are we?
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 10, 2008 at 03:00 AM
Patti Loveless will eat her alive in the next show
Posted by: To Ya'lls on Oct 9, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Go to bed and brush your tooth.
Posted by: Billy Hill on Oct 9, 2008 at 07:23 PM
Well now, If it was Larry the Cable Guy, that'd be somethin ta get mad about. Saw Leanne once, once was enough.
Posted by: amber on Oct 9, 2008 at 06:41 PM
Well, the only comment that needs to be made is that Ms. Rimes has been singing and making millions for over 10 years now...hmmm...that tells me that she must be singing a lot better than the people on here are saying...are any of you on CMT, radio stations across America, or is your face on hundreds of record covers?She is a beautiful woman, with a beautiful voice.
Posted by: Hey der To A on Oct 9, 2008 at 06:16 PM
I tink ya might orta go tru yer ritin an fegyur out ifn ya usd propr sentens structr and spelin. I s not a roket scintist er nuttin but Ima fegyurn ya skepd english class a few days!
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 9, 2008 at 06:01 PM
could you people be anymore negative? WOW
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 9, 2008 at 05:47 PM
she cant sing anyways...
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 9, 2008 at 04:32 PM
LeAnn Rimes is ugly and look like a H** last time she came to Charleston. Glad shes not coming
Posted by: Responding to To A (yea you TEACHER) on Oct 9, 2008 at 04:30 PM
GO back to your classroom!!! This is about Lee Ann Rimes, NOT do I use proper English or not!! GO grade your papers in your wonderful classroom instead of getting on the WSAZ board and correct people's English! BOOKWORM! You sound so stupid to even respond back to A. WV schools are not bad! I guess you will win the Teacher's Award this year huh???
Posted by: Suzie on Oct 9, 2008 at 04:15 PM
maybe if her concert had been advertised ticket sales would have been better. this is the first i heard of her coming to the area. i like her, i like how she sings, i don't care that she's blonde, and i would have gone to see her. i hope she feels better soon. i agree with scott, you are a mean bunch of people.
Posted by: Janet on Oct 9, 2008 at 12:07 PM
To wouldn't you like to know.....just for the record. WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE EITHER!!!
Posted by: To A on Oct 9, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Go back to your holler... "they was"? It is "they were". You definitely graduated from a WV school. How do I know? I hear the teachers talking like this. When the kids write this on their papers, the teachers don't even correct them. I have to explain to my children that it is wrong and it makes you sound like you are uneducated if you write or speak like that. Have some respect for yourself and write and speak correctly. Others will respect you more, too. (I am willing to overlook the typos, but in my class, they would have cost you points on your paper as well.)
Posted by: Phil on Oct 9, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Maybe we can get Miley instead!
Posted by: Sue on Oct 9, 2008 at 09:16 AM
WHO ????
Posted by: Scott on Oct 9, 2008 at 08:42 AM
You guys are spiteful, hateful people! Must be a sign of the times.
Posted by: cosmo on Oct 9, 2008 at 04:41 AM
well, bless her little heart...
Posted by: ? on Oct 9, 2008 at 02:53 AM
Who has money to WASTE these days unless you are rich? I'm more worried about food, bills and health cost!
Posted by: A on Oct 9, 2008 at 12:45 AM
I think her ticket sales are always down. Waent she here one year around xmas and they was selling her tickets for hardly nothing. One country artist i can;t stand to hear sing.
Posted by: Heather on Oct 8, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Funny how she's well enough to be running the streets with her hubby and talking smack about Jessica Simpson to the paps.... it's on tmz.com
Posted by: hey on Oct 8, 2008 at 09:52 PM
She must have watched wrong turn!
Posted by: Earl on Oct 8, 2008 at 09:23 PM
Well LA TI DA
Posted by: wouldnt you like to know on Oct 8, 2008 at 05:52 PM
Maybe she heard how bad Charleston is.......i wouldnt come visit that place if i was a country singer actually would come visit it noways....I Wouldnt be proud to be from there or Huntington
Posted by: the man forever on Oct 8, 2008 at 03:37 PM
If she would fix her face and get some plastic surgery on her chest...then maybe i would go see her.
Posted by: booger on Oct 8, 2008 at 02:24 PM
Too bad. I wasn't going to go, but I know lots of people who were wanting to go. Hopefully she'll be back soon.
Posted by: Faith on Oct 8, 2008 at 02:21 PM
This is typical of the Clay Center...if ticket sales aren't up, they will cancel, and try again with another number. Typical small town operation for a venue that is 'behind the times'.
Posted by: sean on Oct 8, 2008 at 02:00 PM
must be slow ticket sales
Posted by: Heather on Oct 8, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Who bought that crap anyways? Those blonde country singers are a dime a dozen..hell that's just about all they have anymore
Posted by: me on Oct 8, 2008 at 12:31 PM
big deal. wouldn't go see her anyway.
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