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The Mark Simone Show

Mark Interviews Roger Friedman from Showbiz411.com

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3695 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Mark and Roger talked about Harry Styles canceling some of his sold-out shows due to covid. They also hit on some of the Broadway plays that are in trouble.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Giving you the stories behind the headlines.

0:03.8

Mark Simone on W-O-R.

0:07.4

Hey, Roger Friedman is the great entertainment reporter, and he runs an excellent website called

0:12.6

Showbiz 411.com.

0:15.0

You should check it every day.

0:16.0

There's always new stuff.

0:17.4

Showbiz 411.com.

0:19.9

Roger Friedman, how you doing? I uh very good this morning how are you mark

0:24.7

good hey harry styles the biggest star in the world the biggest concert artist 15 nights in a row

0:31.2

madison square garden 15 nights in a row at l a god millions every night did he really cancel the tour

0:37.9

no he just canceled uh i don't know what he's doing this week, but he canceled the last three

0:43.3

or four shows. He's been sick. He's human. What are you going to do? If you can't sing, you can't sing.

0:49.8

He probably has COVID and doesn't want to say so. You know, every performer gets COVID at this point.

0:56.0

And depending on what their vaccination has been, it takes, you know, varying amount of

1:01.6

time to get better.

1:03.9

So, you know, he'll be back in January.

1:06.1

He'll do the shows that he missed.

1:07.9

But, you know, it's a disappointment for the fans.

1:10.8

But, you know, you have to remember these guys are human.

1:14.7

You know, Elton John is just coming to the end of his touring life.

1:20.5

In two weeks, he's doing his last four shows at Dodger Stadium.

1:26.5

And he's had a lot of illness problems over the years, but he's going to make it. And it's amazing 50 or 60 years of touring. It's incredible. Wow. But he's had some farewell tours before, right? He could still come back. No, this is, Elton John, this is really his farewell tour. No, he's not like The Who.

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