Outdoor music venues pay the price when weather strikes
Concertgoers mingle between acts during a performance of Live at the Garden featuring the Goo Goo Dolls, Michelle Branch and Parachute. (The Daily Memphian file)
In 2025, the Steve Miller Band cancelled its 29-leg North American tour, including a Sept. 19 performance for Live at the Garden in Memphis, citing various weather concerns as the reason for the cancellation.
“You can blame it on the weather...The tour is cancelled,” the band wrote in a cryptic Instagram post.
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Joseph Mangin
Joseph Mangin is a Memphis native who is pursuing degrees in art history and journalism at Northwestern University, and covers a variety of topics.
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