Name: Michael (formerly Marvin) Lee Aday.
AKA: Meat Loaf.
Age: 70.
Appearance: Loveable schlub.
Shtick: Preposterously overblown gothic rock with unexpected movie cameos.
Ah yes. I remember him from such films as The Rocky Horror Picture Showand Fight Club. That’s right. But he is probably best known for the albums Bat Out of Hell (1977) and Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), which between them sold eight billion copies.
Are you exaggerating? Only slightly. The point is that there are a lot of Meat Loaf fans out there, and soon they will get the chance to see him perform again.
You mean he’s going back on tour? That’s right. It is reported to be called the Back Out of Hell tour.
Then why do I detect a hint of reservation in your voice, as if you were holding back some crucial detail? Does he tour quite often? He does. He even does farewell tours quite often. But this will definitely be something new.
In a good way? I suppose that depends on your point of view. If this information is reliable …
That’s a fairly mighty “if”. Well, yes, but if so, on his next tour, Meat Loaf himself will not do any actual singing.
Uh-oh. The dreaded lip-sync. Actually, no. Meat Loaf’s reported plan is to bring in a lad called Caleb Johnson to sing the songs for him.
Eh? Apparently, “Meat Loaf is concerned he isn’t up to some of the bigger numbers after losing his voice a couple of years ago.”
I suppose the type of singing required by Meat Loaf’s greatest hits must take its toll. Yes. They certainly call For Crying Out Loud. Johnson is 27 and won American Idol four years ago. Meat Loaf praised him at the time, saying:
“It’s great to see him tearing it up and putting some real rock’n’roll back on primetime TV!”
It makes sense, in a way. “I’m tired of words and I’m too hoarse to shout,” Meat Loaf probably told Johnson.
For more read the full of article at The Guardian
