Seriously, there have been a dozen (ok maybe a few) times where I’ve bought a ticket to see a band I don’t really care about with the main purpose of seeing their support act. This has just happened to me
recently, and it begs the question, should support bands be given more respect? Since I am still incensed at the cancellation of Gogol Bordello as support act for Flogging Molly (Truly disgraceful) I am inclined to say yes. It seems like supports are always changing for bands, one week there is one band playing second fiddle, the next week they have been replaced. Doesn’t this piss them off? Or are they just so grateful for the gig that they don’t care?
Personally I think we as the audience should also not be jerked around, especially when a couple of good support acts playing with a great headliner can really make an excellent night of music. We can get just as annoyed about a good support bad being cancelled last minute as much as the cancellation of the headliner.
April 6, 2007 at 5:40 am
Kinda depends on the individual case; I think it’s kinda shitty that they were billed as co-headliners right up until refunds were called for. But in this case it looks like it was GB who cancelled the tour, not the promoters.
April 9, 2007 at 7:56 pm
What’s annoying is when a support band doesn’t fit the kind of crowd that the headliner brings and people end up not apprecating a good band that just doesn’t suit the taste of the particular crowd.
April 12, 2007 at 10:19 am
Yeah tell me about it. With this particular show I went to I was almost glad that the support didn’t end up playing due to the calibre of people who turned up. It was totally mismatched. I think it would’ve made me embarassed thinking that this would be their impression of Melburnians.
June 14, 2007 at 2:22 pm
hell yeh they do!!
i fink support bands rock socks!!!
especially if they’re unsigned.
unsigned bands r relly good
it amazes me why nobody has noticed them…
kinda like…
unmarked
my friends band.
they’d love to be a suport band,i bet.
YEH SUPPORT BANNDDDSS