Author Topic: The hilarious band/fest mismatch thread (Read 3390 times)

Wolfman · « **on:** April 06, 2009, 12:18:26 am »

Another thread about what festivals The Breakfast should play got me thinking:

What are the worst, funniest, most awkward, or most ironic band/fest mismatches you can think of?

Or you can go with

Worst, funniest, most awkward, or most ironic opener/headliner combo.

Here we go...

Band/fest
Eminem at Lilith Fair
Raffi at Ozzfest
Dave Matthews Band at a Phish fest
N*Sync at Bonnaroo (had to come up with one for Bonnaroo)

Opener/Headliner
Chris Brown opening for Ani Difranco
William Hung opening for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, or Project Object
Medeski Martin and Wood opening for The Roots, opening for 311. (Oh wait, they really made a whole tour out of this in 2004, never mind!)
Indigo Girls opening for GWAR (Assuming the crowd is mostly GWAR fans since they\'re the headliner, this would actually work great if GWAR came out and ate the Indigo Girls in the middle of their set. GWAR fans would unanimously embrace it as the greatest moment in the band\'s history.)

Have at it!

Jim Cobb · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2009, 12:22:15 am »

i think bonaroo\'s recent lineups do just fine on their own for this discussion.

peaches626 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2009, 02:18:05 am »

the breakfast opening for jeff bujak.

DocEllis70 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2009, 09:54:33 am »

Weird Beards opening for Bryan Adams at the Shubert

ellis-d · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:12:03 am »

The breakfast opening fir the wailers in Chitown, "we get it your good" heckler from the first row.

Vassillios · « **Reply #5 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:15:46 am »

the breakfast opening for anyone

lizardflag · « **Reply #6 on:** April 06, 2009, 01:12:31 pm »

Quote from: peaches626;225535

the breakfast opening for jeff bujak.

Yeah... that\'s hilarious.

leith · « **Reply #7 on:** April 06, 2009, 01:40:34 pm »

Quote from: ellis-d;225544

The breakfast opening fir the wailers in Chitown, "we get it your good" heckler from the first row.

:lol: That\'s CLASSIC!

Quote from: lizardflag;225567

Quote from: peaches626;225535
the breakfast opening for jeff bujak.

Yeah... that\'s hilarious.

Don\'t sweat it man. He\'s just jealous you probably get more and better gigs than his band.

jking · « **Reply #8 on:** April 06, 2009, 01:54:01 pm »

the all-time winner for this, of course, was the tour where Hendrix opened for The Monkeys.

peaches626 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 06, 2009, 01:55:39 pm »

nice to see ya still around, lizardflag!

see u at southbridge, right?

Jim Cobb · « **Reply #10 on:** April 06, 2009, 02:10:16 pm »

urban fetch opened for a misfits tribute band a couple weeks ago. no idea how we ended up on that bill...

Vassillios · « **Reply #11 on:** April 06, 2009, 02:35:19 pm »

twiddle opened up for my old band at higher ground one time. now they are a regular headlining act there.

kindm's · « **Reply #12 on:** April 06, 2009, 02:52:48 pm »

Quote from: jking;225572

the all-time winner for this, of course, was the tour where Hendrix opened for The Monkeys.

"Foxy Davey!!"

But i was in attendance for:

Rahzel at the vibes or was it the summit ?

Cannot remember exactly but that was a very uncomfortable set.

When he started in on the "**** galore" refrain the groans from the audience were audible.

FrankZappa · « **Reply #13 on:** April 06, 2009, 04:33:50 pm »

black pearl opening for the breakfast.

anyone who has ever appeared on any bonnaroo lineup

rush opening for kiss (76 I think?)
candlebox opening for rush on the counterparts tour (94)

pearl jam and nirvanna opening for red hot chili peppers, nye 93

santana opening for anyone

the who opening for the dead (77-ish)

the Exotic Birds opening for the culture club

frank zappa opening for the monkeys

simon and garfunkle opening for zappa

phish opening for willie nelson (farm aid)

Mark · « **Reply #14 on:** April 06, 2009, 04:34:20 pm »

Evelyn actually saw Stevie Ray open for Huey Lewis. They left after song 1 by Huey.