Peter Murphy Misses First Night of Residency due to Lightning Caused Flight Delays from Los Angeles Airport

Murphy’s Law…

On the day that he was supposed to open his 17 concert Residency in San Francisco, post-punk icon Peter Murphy was stuck at the airport awaiting his flight to Northern California causing him to unfortunately miss performing his debut solo record Should The World Fail to Fall Apart in its entirety.

We reached out to one of Peter’s representatives who informed us that flights from Los Angeles were being delayed yesterday to torrential rain and bad weather.

And the weather was bad indeed, as a flight to Seattle from LAX had to be turned around due to being struck by lightning—and the airport itself had lost power due to being struck as well—affecting several terminals and delaying flights.

This unfortunately was the fourth cancellation and delay involving the long planned residency, albeit only for the first night.

Despite this, however, Murphy was able to board another flight and is currently in San Francisco with the rest of his residency scheduled to continue as planned.

Peter Murphy’s San Francisco Concert Residency:

• March 5: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (Performing ‘Should the World Fail to Fall Apart’)
• March 8 (early): The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (Performing ‘Love Hysteria’)
• March 8 (late): The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (Performing ‘Love Hysteria’)
• March 9: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (Performing ‘Deep’)
• March 10: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (Performing ‘Deep’)
• March 11: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (Performing ‘Deep’)
• March 14: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (Performing ‘Deep’ with selections from ‘Love Hysteria’)
• March 15 (early): The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (Performing ‘Cascade’)
• March 15 (late): The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (Performing ‘Holy Smoke’)
• March 18: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (‘Stripped’ tour show)
• March 19 (early): The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (Performing ‘Dust’)
• March 19 (late): The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (Performing ‘Ninth’)
• March 21: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (“Mr. Moonlight” Bauhaus classics)
• March 22: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (“Mr. Moonlight” Bauhaus classics)
• March 23: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (“Mr. Moonlight” Bauhaus classics)
• March 26: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (A Tribute to David Bowie)
• March 27: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (A Tribute to David Bowie)

Peter Murphy’s 40 Years of Bauhaus Ruby Celebration Tour with David J

March 29: The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA

*Photo by Gabriel Edvy