The Ramones also began touring to help sell records; these tour dates were mostly based in the United States, though two were booked in Britain.
And some of these tour operators are for-profit companies!
These tour operators use a hedging strategy that mitigates the effects of currency exchange fluctuations.
"Elton is incredibly disappointed to postpone these tour dates," the statement said.
And yeah, hopefully I'll be back playing a lot of these tour events soon".
It's like in training, when we play in two teams it becomes quite competitive and you'll see the same in these tour matches.
Philharmonic musicians do not stand to lose income from these tour cancellations; they are paid on a 52-week contract, although sometimes there is something left over from tour per diems.
"It's an air quality concern, it's a congestion concern: Why should we have all of these tour buses in the neighborhood?" asked Julie Menin, the chairwoman of Community Board 1, which covers Lower Manhattan.
Many of these tour operators also require their hotels to sign up to Travelife for Hotels & Accommodations – an international certification scheme that helps hotels and travel businesses manage their waste.
In a statement on its Web site (decemberists.com), the five-member ensemble, based in Portland, Ore., said: "One of our band members has been ill for a while, but we thought all would be well in time for these tour dates.
Mr. West will be joined at most of these tour dates by Kendrick Lamar, the Southern California rapper whose album "good kid, m.A.A.d city" was released to wide acclaim last year, as well as other special guests still to be announced.
