Support acts that proved better than the main concert

[Leighgull]

The bloke who did the warm up for Lee Mack at the Brighton Centre last weekend was much funnier than Lee Mack.

Cancer is funnier than Lee Mack to be fair.

Saw Van Halen wipe the floor with Black Sabbath.

 

[ditchy]

Squeeze supporting the Tubes circa 1979 Brighton Centre

 

[fleet]

I saw Jay J Picton as a support and he was very good indeed - on this years X-Factor live shows now it seems. Just can't remember who he was supporting so don't know if he was better! He was good enough for me to remember his name though, which is sufficiently unusual that he must have been good on the night.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

When Blur headlined Mile End, I enjoyed Sparks, Boo Radleys and Dodgy more

Blur played the Brighton Centre and while the support act was on I was, as usual, drinking lager outside the venue & on this occasion chatting to Phil Daniels in the Walkabout bar who also couldn't be bothered to watch them

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

Blur played the Brighton Centre and while the support act was on I was, as usual, drinking lager outside the venue & on this occasion chatting to Phil Daniels in the Walkabout bar who also couldn't be bothered to watch them

Don't blame him, he probably wanted to get home and shag Debbie McGee

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Many years ago (early 1970's) I went to see Focus in Oxford. They were not spectacular, not helped by the fact that half their sound system seemed to blow up on the night.

The Support band was called Kokomo, and they were far, far better. I have just looked them up, and wish I had followed them a bit more closely all those years ago.

http://www.alexgitlin.com/npp/kokomo.htm

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Bay City Rollers supporting Showadywaddy, David Essex & the Osmonds this year.

The rollers were first on and obliterated what follows, they were awesome.

Showaddywaddy

I had you as an educated music fiend.........

Oh my days..........

 

[Garage_Doors]

Showaddywaddy

I had you as an educated music fiend.........

Oh my days..........

The wife made me go........honest

 

[Moshe Gariani]

No he wasn't. He was Mike Gunn who I saw three years ago at the Komedia doimg the same act with the same list.

I agree the material wasn't particularly original but at least it was mildly amusing and Lee Mack did set the bar very low....

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

The wife made me go........honest

And your still married ?

 

[Garage_Doors]

Yep, 5 happy years...................................shame about the other ******* 27 !

 

[OzMike]

Foreigner - The Doobie Brothers.