I paid $127.00 a ticket Woody. I have a front row seat. When the concerts were originally announced for the whole tour, Vinny was listed as the drummer.
It was only a few weeks ago that it was announced that Vinny would not be doing most of the US dates, and we discovered that was due to Jeff Beck. I'm not sure what happened exactly, but the Australian tour with Beck wasn't scheduled until recently and Vinny couldn't get out of the commitment to Beck - maybe he had a multi tour agreement or something.
As I said , I'm disappointed about Vinny not being there, though I have seen him play before. My real focus is to see John and Chick together because that's a special collaboration. I've never seen Brian Blade live so maybe he will surprise me. Concert is not till April.
Peace, TED