I was looking forward to the upcoming Pretty Things show here in Portland, but I found out today that the show (here and in Seattle) were canceled. Does this mean the whole US tour was canceled or is the PNW getting shafted again?

That must have been unbelievable. The 2nd time The Pretty Things Yardbirds Blues Band played here in Chicago , there were only about 40 people in attendance. The upside of that was , I got to visit with Dick Taylor at length. He's a sweetheart. Spoke to him briefly at The House of Blues , too , while a bouncer , not quite secure in his masculinity at all , was shouting at me to leave , even while I WAS leaving.

i seen 'em couple of months ago in a little boozer here in bristol,only 'bout 40 peeps in there.....damn gig nearly blew my tiny mind,those gentlemen are still mad dangerous on stage,still doin a few off sf sorrow,still bringing that r'n'b thunder,check 'em if you get the chance,they aint gonna dissapoint.

WHAT HAPPENED (i'M JUST NOW SEEING THIS , I REALIZE IT WAS WRITTEN FOUR YEARS AGO.) WAS , THAT U.S.TOUR WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE THE WIVES OF TWO MEMBERS OF THE PRETTY THINGS WERE EXTREMELY , ALMOST FATALLY , ILL , AND , UNDERSTANDABLY , THEY DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE THEIR WIVES ALONE. THEIR SUPER KILLER OPENING ACT , ARTHUR BROWN , ALSO OPTED NOT TO DO THE TOUR , BECAUSE HIS MULTI - INSTRUMENTALIST , ONE MAN BACKING BAND, CONTRACTED A VERY BAD STOMACH OR INTESTINAL INFECTION , AND BROWN WOULD NOT TOUR WITHOUT HIM.

THE WHOLE TOUR WAS CANCELLED , AT GREAT COST , FINANCIALLY. IT WAS , AND , PERHAPS , STILL IS , HOPED THAT IT WOULD BE RESCHEDULED AT A (MUCH) LATER DATE.

I SAW THE PRETTIES ON THE "RAGE BEFORE BEAUTY" TOUR (Ca. 1999?) , THEY KILLED. COVERING MATERIAL FROM THE FIRST TWO LPS , "S.F.SORROW" (It was the S.F. Sorrow lineup , barring Twink.) , and later , as well as new material. My friend saw the same tour in Seattle , and said it was just as good. I've also seen the Pretty Things Yardbirds Blues Band (Dick Taylor and Phil May from The Pretties , Jim McCarty from The Yardbirds , (The Late) Bill Hite from Canned Heat (Bob Hite's Brother.) , and Chicago Blues Guitarist , Studebaker John. They played in Chicago in '91 and '93. Both shows were great. The Pretty Things are playing , now , with a drastically altered lineup , but , it's hard to believe they could'nt still cut the mustard with Dick Taylor and Phil May  on board.

I heard from a promoter in Denver that the whole US Tour was cancelled.

You've probably missed a bullet there! I saw The Pretty Things in London in 2004 (at Modstock) and it ranks amongst the worst gigs I ever attended. They were bloody awful.