Steely Dan Reportedly Dropped Aimee Mann From Opening Slot

Aimee Mann mentioned she will not be opening for Steely Dan this summer season, although “nobody is solely positive why.”

Mann, who initially rose to fame with ‘Til Tuesday, broke the information in a four-panel cartoon on Instagram then adopted the drawing with a number of Twitter replies.

Steve Winwood was initially paired with Steely Dan for these dates however was changed by Mann and Snarky Pet in February. Snarky Pet are nonetheless set for exhibits in Might and early June, whereas Mann was to have taken over on June 21 by means of July 3.

Mann instructed that she was dropped as a result of “their viewers would not like a feminine singer-songwriter.” UCR has reached out for remark from Steely Dan’s PR contact.

“Because it occurs, Steely Dan is the one band that I one hundred pc love, with no reservations, so it actually sucks,” Mann added. “However you understand what? Individuals are allowed to not such as you, for no matter cause.”

Steely Dan are touring behind Northeast Hall, their first dwell album in 25 years. The LP arrived final September on the identical day as Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly Dwell. Ticketmaster no longer lists Mann because the tour’s opening act, although a couple of web sites for particular person venues haven’t but been up to date.

“I like Steely Dan,” Mann instructed Forbes later in 2021, “and to me, Steely Dan has an unlimited quantity of feeling that I really feel like no one ever offers them credit score for. There’s an unlimited quantity of feeling. The characters are unhappy, and pathetic, and despairing, and drug addicts, largely concerned in these horrible dead-end relationships. What’s to not like?”

Mann referenced Steely Dan’s famously inscrutable lyrics in a separate tweet about her departure, particularly mentioning “Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)” from Cannot Purchase a Thrill: “All is forgiven if Donald simply tells me what ‘Brooklyn’ is about.”