Toughest Act to Follow/Open Up For

[PassiveTheory]

Imagine, 40,000 or so screaming fans either begging for more or going insane at the prospect of the headlining act... Who would you dread opening for or following after?

I would imagine Radiohead and Tool as being tough acts to follow, much less open for. That and the Rolling Stones, purely because of their fans.

Your thoughts?

[bmack86]

Man Man. Those guys destroy a stage. I'd hate to be the band that followed them at a festival.

[bballarl]

I want to follow Man Man at a festival.

[suprefan]

The Dillinger Escape Plan, Nine Inch Nails, Pixies, Daft Punk, Muse.

[wmgaretjax]

radiohead fans are pretty open minded, I imagine they aren't too tough to open for.

I think Xiu Xiu would be a hard act to follow, particularly in a small venue.

[suprefan]

radiohead fans are pretty open minded, I imagine they aren't too tough to open for.



Radiohead usually picks good acts to open for them so its not such a tough thing.

[dorkfish]

I want to follow Man Man at a festival.
Man Man killed in SF last week. Killed.

I'd like to follow Man Man, but instead of playing a set, I'd just reminisce with the crowd about how much I enjoyed watching Man Man.

[bmack86]

Brad, I think we should start the church of Man Man. It'd be like the Pentecostal, only instead of speaking in tounges, we'd sing their lyrics when possessed by the spirit of the Honus

[Boourns]

Arcade Fire

[Tylerdurden31]

Broken Social Scene...they only played for 45 minutes at lollapalooza...they got a 15 minute ovation at the end. The chili peppers came on and sucked it up.

[chrislasf]

I enjoy me some Tool and I enjoy me some Rage so I am not terribly biased. But at the 99 Coachella Tool followed Rage and it was just....sad. Tool put on a great show but the crowd was spent. I felt bad for them.

[xxxxxxxxxx]

gogol bordello are a tough act to follow....so much energy.

[lowfront]

chili peppers is gonna have a hard time fallowing arcade fire

[TomAz]

This is one of those 400 monkey threads.

[schoolofruckus]

I don't think this is a monkey thread. It's a valid question.

Of the shows I've seen, Tool's fans are some of the harshest on the bands that play before them. Some of them were booing Massive Attack, for fuck's sake. I'm sure the ones at Coachella '99 were more than happy for Rage Against the Machine, but I don't think too many other bands could hack the assignment of playing before them.

As for bands that would be rough to follow....well, I personally wouldn't want to follow U2 or Sigur Ros.

[i_like_cake530]

i wouldn't want to come after rage, the fans would be done, and probably thoroughly unimpressed.

[suprefan]

I don't think this is a monkey thread. It's a valid question.

Of the shows I've seen, Tool's fans are some of the harshest on the bands that play before them. Some of them were booing Massive Attack, for fuck's sake. I'm sure the ones at Coachella '99 were more than happy for Rage Against the Machine, but I don't think too many other bands could hack the assignment of playing before them.

As for bands that would be rough to follow....well, I personally wouldn't want to follow U2 or Sigur Ros.

Speaking of U2 and Rage, I wonder how it was when Rage opened for U2 during the Pop Mart Tour. All the U2 fans were probably like "wtf?!?!". One of my friends went and he was going nuts and everyone around him was sitting and staring.


Oh and At The Drive In is another.

[amyzzz]

This is one of those 400 monkey threads.
That's kinda what I was thinking.

[bludevil007]

i would say at this show the toughest acts to follow will be Arcade Fire (especially since the peppers are the one's trying it), and of the smaller bands, Tokyo Police Club - saw them on Saturday with the Cold War Kids and Delta Spirit - they stole the show - i was right by the stage so im gonna post the video of Citizens of Tomorrow i took on YouTube and will forward the link - you'll see why it'll be nearly impossible for a middle of the day band to follow them.

[Boourns]

Radiohead (duh)
Sigur Ros (earth-shattering)
Arcade Fire (you know why)
Metric (so much energy, so much sexy)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (also full of energy and fun, upstaged the White Stripes)
Islands (great energy)
The Dresden Dolls (always end up opening for inferior bands to ungrateful crowds)

[SubBass49]

The Roots
Brother Ali
Sage Francis
Immortal Technique

[All That I Am]

I'm in for the church of Man Man, but can we do the church thing like during the week, i'm usually hung over on sundays

[joppy-slow]

Im sure back in the day when Metallica played huge festivals, they were not very fun to follow. Same with U2.
This year I would not want to Dj/play after Evil 9 and SoulWax..
I did see Rage open for U2 and while they sounded really good live, people were just not into it.. I really enjoyed it though..
I also heard the Darkness were a tough act to follow a few years ago.

[PassiveTheory]

A friend of mine went to one of the shows during the Pop Mart tour and when he got there for Rage literally half the stadium was empty; all the U2 fans just came 45 minutes late! He enjoyed it though.

I do want to challenge the notion that the Dresden Dolls always open for inferior acts... I'm sure that Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails wouldn't be considered inferior... I wish I had seen that show, though. However, both NIN and Panic! At the Disco provided really shitty crowds for the Dolls to perform for...

The Dolls do take good bands on the road with them, like the Red Paintings, so it's all good.