strangest tour fellows?

YES / THE EAGLES

http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?ftype=1&qdec=1970&qdateid=317

Hendrix/Monkees

Tom Petty/The Replacements

Barenaked Ladies/OMD

British musician and former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett told Britain's The Guardian newspaper that fights broke out between Genesis and Reed supporters when the progressive rock band opened for Reed in a 1973 gig at Toronto's Massey Hall.

"There were people who wanted to watch Genesis, and people who wanted to watch Lou Reed. And that deteriorated into a punch-up between the Lou Reed fans who were on downers, and the Genesis fans who were more into Earl Grey tea," Hackett said in 2011.

Lorde/Run The Jewels

Sting/Krusty the Clown

PRAM and PULP

psychedelic furs / happy mondays

blue oyster cult / japan

sisters of mercy / public enemy

whoa barenaked ladies and OMD

that is weird

U2/Primus/Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

saw this show 4 years ago at Barclays:

Arcade Fire
Dan Deacon
Television
The Unicorns

yes, Television opened for Dan Deacon.

Tool / Melt Banana

Lollapalooza 1994, the festival's most successful year in the 90s, was pretty strange:

Main Stage: The Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars, The Breeders, A Tribe Called Quest, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, L7, Boredoms (first half of tour), Green Day (second half)

Side Stage: The Flaming Lips, The Verve, The Boo Radleys, The Frogs (first six dates only), Guided by Voices, Lambchop, Girls Against Boys, Rollerskate Skinny, Palace Songs, Stereolab, Fu-Schnickens, The Pharcyde, Shudder to Think, Luscious Jackson, God Lives Underwater, King Kong, Charlie Hunter Trio, Shonen Knife, Blast Off Country Style, Souls of Mischief, Cypress Hill, The Black Crowes.

The NME tours used to throw up some odd combinations

2002: Andrew W.K., Lostprophets, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Coral

2000: Shack, Les Rythmes Digitales, Campag Velocet, Coldplay

1999: UNKLE, Idlewild, Delakota, Llama Farmers

1998: Stereophonics, Asian Dub Foundation, The Warm Jets, Theaudience

Toto/the Ramones

Saw abstract jazz sax guy Jason Stein open for Amy Schumer.

well, that's the thread

Sly & the Family Stone/Albert Brooks

blue oyster cult / japan

BOC also had the Jam open a bunch of US arena shows in '77 -- iirc, these were the Jam's first US shows, and BOC audiences didn't exactly dig them.

In the old Dave Marsh "Rock Lists" book, there was a list of "Bands Who Opened For The J. Geils Band", and seems like at least 75% of it could go here (iirc, Yes, the Eagles, and Kiss appeared).

oh wow, flashback! had totally forgotten abt that list, but I remember it now

https://files.greatermedia.com/uploads/sites/18/2017/04/Rick-list-2-e1492005684624-300x225.jpg

2 out of 3 ain't bad.

The NME tours used to throw up some odd combinations

2002 I suppose you could turn up late and go to the bar for an hour

2000 turn up late and go home if Shack are a mess

1999: drop during Llama Farmers, come up during Delakota, have a sit-down and some water during Idlewild, back up for UNKLE

1998 seems likely that the front 19 rows will be fuckwits crossing their arms and refusing to let ppl who want to leave before Stereophonics dance

Saw abstract jazz sax guy Jason Stein open for Amy Schumer.

They're cousins.

Bills I have seen (or knew about):

Primus/TAD
GWAR/Mudhoney
The Red Aunts/New Kingdom (almost - New Kingdom didn't make the show)
Anthrax/Public Enemy/Primus/Young Black Teenagers
Fishbone/2 Live Crew
Sunn O)))/Sunburned Hand of the Man
Sonic Youth/David S. Ware Quartet (didn't attend this one myself)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse/Sonic Youth/Social Distortion

2 out of 3 ain't bad.

― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, August 2, 2018 2:46 PM (forty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's such a random list! Kiss wouldn't have been out of place on it. And EW&F + J. Geils must've been an incredible show.

Einstürzende Neubauten/Showaddywaddy

Gwar/Redd Kross

Strange (Non-Festival) Live Bills

Autechre/Earth was fun

some mindblowing lineups here rock band / slightly different kind of rock band

Bruce Springsteen/Bob Marley - Max's Kansas City 1973

Sly & the Family Stone/Albert Brooks

i love that bill and would travel back in time to see it in a heartbeat

I dunno, it doesn't sound like fans of either had a great time:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hhj50

Cold / Weezer
Pavement / US Maple

Trans Am / Tool

Last Whartscape was wild... there were some acts in between but I remember Eric Copeland opened for Lil B.

which is actually not that strange of a pairing

maybe if eric copeland played the lute

Har Mar Superstar/Trans Am