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Strange Choices for Support Acts
Looking forward to going to see MUSE in june, but have now seen Dizzee Rascal is the support act (will have to wait til he has finished before i go in ) I wondered if anyone else has been to gigs where the support act seemed an odd choice?
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Hot Chelle Rae with support act Cher Lloyd.
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Hot Chelle Rae with support act Cher Lloyd.
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Looking forward to going to see MUSE in june, but have now seen Dizzee Rascal is the support act (will have to wait til he has finished before i go in ) I wondered if anyone else has been to gigs where the support act seemed an odd choice?
Very strange setup. |
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Girls Aloud supporting Coldplay was a bit random (but a good choice I think).
And I think Pet Shop Boys were too good to be a support act for Take That. I remember loads of Take That fans slagging them off when they were announced
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Hot Chelle Rae with support act Cher Lloyd.
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Technotronic for Madonna in 1990/1 - can't remember exact year
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A while back I saw some weird electronic artist supporting Coldplay on their Viva La Vida UK tour... it wasn't bad as such, more a "what the hell is this?" kind of thing!
And speaking of Dizzee Rascal, he actually supported the Red Hot Chili Peppers last year!
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Not a major "WTF" but I always felt Cover Drive supporting Kelly Clarkson was so random.
A Bajan band with a female vocalist supporting an American pop rock singer.
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Kim Wilde supporting Michael Jackson on his Bad tour.
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Girls Aloud supporting Coldplay was a bit random (but a good choice I think).
And I think Pet Shop Boys were too good to be a support act for Take That. I remember loads of Take That fans slagging them off when they were announced ![]() |
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I thought they were too big as well. Love the Pet Shop Boys tho so I really enjoyed their set.
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At that time no probably not. Guess it works out well for the fans tho, getting 2 top class acts instead of some crappy support acts like what a certain cheesy pop band gave us last April.
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Snow Patrol, Muse, Black Eyed Peas, Kasabian and Jay-Z were all support acts for U2 on the 360 tour.
U2 are too big for anyone
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The Darkness supported Lady Gaga last year (with their 1 hit), very strange choice!!
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Queen supported Mott The Hoople...
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Generation Terrorist era Manics supporting crusty, hippies The Levellers seems really odd. Was just reading about it the other night.
Foo Fighters supporting Prodigy was a strange one also. |
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A while back I saw some weird electronic artist supporting Coldplay on their Viva La Vida UK tour... it wasn't bad as such, more a "what the hell is this?" kind of thing!
And speaking of Dizzee Rascal, he actually supported the Red Hot Chili Peppers last year! ![]() |
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TBH it's all down to the labels, they're either label mates and the label wants to push a certain band, or there's a nice wad changing hands. It's just the way it works. Very rarely does an artist get a say in who supports them
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Generation Terrorist era Manics supporting crusty, hippies The Levellers seems really odd. Was just reading about it the other night.
Foo Fighters supporting Prodigy was a strange one also. Back in 1998, a little band called Snow Patrol supported the Levellers. I remember Funeral for a Friend supporting Iron Maiden in 2003 and thinking that didn't work. Roots Manuva supporting Rage Against The Machine in 2010 as well. |
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The Saturdays supporting Take That
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In 1967 Jimi Hendrix supported The Monkees!!
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B.O.B supported Paramore on their last full UK tour. About thirty seconds into B.O.B's set decided it was total s**t and that the bar was more appealing even at LG Arena prices.
Paramore were excellent though |
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B.O.B supported Paramore on their last full UK tour. About thirty seconds into B.O.B's set decided it was total s**t and that the bar was more appealing even at LG Arena prices.
Paramore were excellent though |
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Snow Patrol, Muse, Black Eyed Peas, Kasabian and Jay-Z were all support acts for U2 on the 360 tour.
U2 are too big for anyone ![]() |
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A Bajan band with a female vocalist supporting an American pop rock singer.
