But then, just three dates into the tour, came Philadelphia, where the kind of freedom Elton sang about was particularly conspicuous by its absence. Isobel got sick, for home, for safety, whatever. [...] The group had been in town for two days, lingering in the carpark around their van, wondering whether they were going to play or not. Stuart was their only link with the sickened Bel, appearing every few hours ashen-faced but boldly optimistic, until the point where he told the group that if the girl wasn’t well enough to play then the gig would be off. Belle and Sebastian sans one was not Belle and Sebastian, he argued ó†if she couldn’t play, then he wouldn’t, and what was the group without their Prince and Princess Charming?

Moral of the story: Don’t sleep with the girl singer.
Just A Modern Rock Story: Up For A Bit The Belle And Sebastian

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