Not the best way to start your rehab tour.....

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My girlfriend and I had purchased tickets the other day for a show at a local club. The headliner was to be "Adler's Appetite", a band featuring former Guns&Roses drummer Steve Adler, along with former members of Quiet riot and Faster Pussycat. In addition to them, there were two other local bands to open the show. Steve Adler had been on the show "Celebrity Rehab" and this tour was supposed to be a new start in a new, clean life for him........ Well, it seems little ol' Norway Maine was just too small a venue and the money just too much pocket change for a "big star"(sarcasm) like Steve Adler. The club owner payed him once. He showed up earlier in the evening and walked about the club at the and then demanded more money. So, the club owner payed him more (despite the fact that the band had not yet even begun setting up yet). He took the money and then left to "go get something to eat". Well, two hours later, he called and canceled the show, essentially taking the money and running. I can only presume he intends to return the money, but that isn't the larger point. There were a good number of tickets pre-sold and some people had traveled considerable distance to see the show, including press from Ontario Canada, roughly a 9 hour drive. As a result, the venue was nearly empty. I have to give credit to the two opening bands though. They played anyways and put on a great show, despite the dismal size of the crowd. Props to "The Motor Creeps" and "Sinfist" for saving the evening and providing some great music for those of us locals who remained. I recommend looking them up on facebook and checking them out. They are all great people and they both make some great music, if rock is your thing. (Motorcreeps even gave me a t-shirt and cd just for being there, I wear the t-shirt proudly now) I would also recommend looking up Adlers Appetite on facebook and letting him know that blowing off a show just because you have an over inflated ego is not the best way to win fans and start a new career. He will most likely delete your comments, as any comment referring to him canceling the show keep being deleted. There are also a few rabid fans of his there who are calling any of us who are relaying this incident "liars". I can assure you, it is no lie. We were there, Adler blew the show off.