Worst Concert Pairing, EVER

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by walkonby:
  hanson opening for michael jackson.  now that's odd.

maybe its NOT so odd?

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by eros:
   

Originally posted by thingsfallapart:
   Didn't the Pixies open for U2 at one point?

I saw them on Zoo TV in 1992 at the Hampton Coliseum. [/b]

pixies opened up for the indoor portion of the zoo tv tour. . .saw them at arco arena in sacto.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by chancegardener:
  Alright, pulling out my concert book here. And the worst of the worst were:
 
 Big Audio Dynamite, PiL, Live - Smith Center 1992
 

that was a group tour. . so, that's not really fair.  in san jose, we got blind melon, live, PiL and BAD II.  but, it was billed as an MTV 120 Minutes tour, so to say that they opened for BAD II is misleading.

[eltee]

Originally posted by chancegardener:
  Alright, pulling out my concert book here. And the worst of the worst were:
 
 Rod Stewart headlining, Air Supply opening - Spectrum, Philadelphia 1977
 Rolling Stones, Foreigner, Peter Tosh - JFK Stadium Philly 1978
 Jerry Garcia Band, Rachel Sweet - Lisner 1980
 Love and Rockets, Pixies - DAR 1989
 Public Enemy, Sisters of Mercy, Gang of Four - DAR 1991
 Big Audio Dynamite, PiL, Live - Smith Center 1992
 Porno for Pyros, Mercury Rev - Wilmers Park 1993
 Rolling Stones, Counting Crows - RFK 1994
 Jeff Buckley, Emmett Swimming - Black Cat 1994
 Blur, Emmett Swimming - Cap Ballroom 1996
 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair - USAir Arena 1996
 The Who, Drivin' and Cryin - Nissan 1997
 Rolling Stones, The Corrs - MCI Center 1999
 Jane's Addiction, Live - Nissan 2001
 South, Elbow - 9:30 2002

I don't see any that are too odd...?

[eltee]

It's not completely crazy, I guess, but I'm still scratching my head at the Guster / Ray LaMontangue pairing at WT this summer.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I'm guessing they'd attract the same somewhat mainstream collegiate and post-collegiate crowd?
 
 

Originally posted by El Teezer:
  It's not completely crazy, I guess, but I'm still scratching my head at the Guster / Ray LaMontangue pairing at WT this summer.

[eros]

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Shadrach:
  I'd like to see U2 be braver and take a relative unknown on the road with them. I mean they sell out arenas world wide and people aren't buying tickets to see the opening acts. So why don't they use some of that power and pull to help launch the career of a new artist?

I'm with you -- I'm not really a fan, but I think it's completely awesome that the Rolling Stones do just that.  Some recent opening bands for them include Sloan, Metric, Antigone Rising, Brooks and Dunn and QOTSA. [/b]

How much input do you think the Stones have on something like that?  I personally can't see Mick or Keef sitting around and listening to any of these bands.  
 
 Plus, getting to open on a huge tour (U2, Stones, etc) seems like something that is more orchestrated by labels than artists.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by El Teezer:
  It's not completely crazy, I guess, but I'm still scratching my head at the Guster / Ray LaMontangue pairing at WT this summer.

it seems to make perfect sense to me ... same fan-base, and i like small doses of guster

[distance]

Originally posted by MindCage:
  Rush and Primus was kinda odd but who can really open up for Rush?
 

maybe rush could get coheed & cambria for their next tour.

[samsfresh5]

Originally posted by Dr. Jonas Sulk:
  March, 26th 1978
 
 Wheeling Civic Center
 
 Wheeling,W.Va.
 
 BLUE OYSTER CULT
 
 supported by.......THE JAM !

HOLY CRAP! my first show ever was at the Wheeling Civic Center, too... and it was almost as wierd of a pairing.. don't remember the exact date, but it was:
 
 1979
 Sha Na Na
 w/ Special Guest "Dr. Hook"
 
 (don't dis me.. I was 8 years old and lived in Wheeling, WV, forchrissakes!) ..and hey, I mean.. Sha Na Na played Woodstock! ..talk about a weird pairing.. which brings me to...
 
 Does everyone know that Jimi Hendrix opened up for the Monkees on a tour in the late 60's? ...now that would be funny.. bringing your kids to a Monkees concert in the late 60's, only to see a black guy making loud guitar rock music that sounds like nothing you've ever heard of... and then lighting the guitar on fire! ...oh yeah.. and then to be followed by four vanilla white guys playing "Daydream Believer".

[amnesiac]

Did anyone else think that last year's Wilco/Roots show @ Merriweather was an odd pairing?

[Summerteeth]

Originally posted by amnesiac:
  Did anyone else think that last year's Wilco/Roots show @ Merriweather was an odd pairing?

That was my favorite show of last year.  Such a great contrast.  I also think I was the only person there to see both.  I loved watching the fans of each band educating fans of the other band.  Still, Wilco played last and by the end most Roots fans had left, leaving the Tweedy adorers alone.

[grotty]

Originally posted by samsfresh5:
  HOLY CRAP! my first show ever was at the Wheeling Civic Center, too... and it was almost as wierd of a pairing.. don't remember the exact date, but it was:
 
 1979
 Sha Na Na
 w/ Special Guest "Dr. Hook"
 
 (don't dis me.. I was 8 years old and lived in Wheeling, WV, forchrissakes!) ..and hey, I mean.. Sha Na Na played Woodstock! ..talk about a weird pairing..

Watch this DVD. Seriously.
 
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[LRHippo]

Originally posted by bellenseb:
  This Wednesday at York College (PA), the bill is The Roots and Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) !

Nice...the alma mater doing me proud. They've had many an odd pairing.

[MindCage]

Sam you will like that I remembered this one:
 
 Run DMC w/ Spider Monkey @ the Bayou
 
 MindCage
 Mindless Faith
 Deep6 Productions