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Episode #25 of The Rock Star Branding Podcast.
Choosing a Support Act and How It Affects Your Band's Brand.
We discuss the various reasons why certain support acts are chosen for tours, including helping to sell tickets or appealing to an entirely different demographic.
Some of the bands we discuss are Kool & The Gang opening up for Van Halen on their 2012 tour, Poison opening for KISS in 2005, Tragically Hip with a local opener in the Caribbean who did a cover of their biggest song before their headline set, and Bruce Springsteen not having any support acts whatsoever.
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- maQLu
maQLu at 10.42 on July 31, 2012 03:25
lol, yes... even if the headliner is pretty good, egos can rule the opening choices. I heard that when Nine Inch Nails opened for Skinny Puppy in the 1988 they blew SP off the stage. Opening bands since then, not so much - eg. last time that SP toured in 2009 the opener was a pretty terrible and boring solo act, and I can think of 10 great up and coming industrial bands that would sell their souls to open for SP. Had to wonder about the thought process there.
Of course, there's only so many opportunities to have a band like Nine Inch Nails open for you, but still.
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