Seen way to many dodgy support acts to mention but a few -

Rodrigo y Gabriela supporting Muse, WTF?
Waysted supporting anyone who toured in 1988/9
Malice supporting Slayer, again WTF?


Best -
Queensryche supporting Dio
Fastway supporting AC/DC
Joan Jett supporting Green Day
Faster Pussycat totally destroying Guns and Roses every night of a six date tour.

Best:
Pavement suporting Sonic Youth in Leeds (I think it was T&C in those days) 1992.

Worst:
Too many to recall.

I remember going to see Danzig in Bradford sometime in the early 90's, supported by Skyclad. They were given about 3 square feet of stage to play on but despite that, went down an absolute storm - about halfway through the set, a Danzig crew member came out and cut them off, presumably because the headliners were worried about how to follow them. The place was in uproar - certainly not the best support act I've ever seen, but they won a lot of crowd support purely by dint of being (relatively) local and being dumped on by the headliners.

Worst - went to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Bercy Stadium in Paris in 2006. The support act was Dizzee Rascal who was not appreciated at all by the French fans - he was booed from about song 2 onwards and only managed to pull it back by having his DJ play classic rock songs and hosting a ginormous singalong for the whole crowd.

I was at that gig, a great gig but Danzig were totally upstaged - both bands fronted by nutters

Went to see Dirty Revolution last week, they were completely blown off stage by their support, The Talks.

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Can add to the list after watching Muse at the Etihad tonight!

Thought Bastille were very good but then Dizzee Rascal was absolutely shocking. I don't know why people would pay to see him (no jokes about me paying to go and see Muse please!)

Saw Mumford and sons at the 02 last year...fantastic
This specials also very special

I turned up as he was finishing and wondered why he was chosen tbh. On such a huge stage in a huge arena, two guys marching up and down in front of a guy on the decks looked ridiculous. Never mind the music

Indeed - I also recall that we were all patted down on the way in to that gig, as Glenn Danzig had convinced himself that someone was planning to shoot him. Seemed bonkers at the time, although appears less so now, given what happened to Diamond Darrell.

Saw some great gigs in Bradford in that era, including Nirvana in, iirc, 1991.

Anthrax supporting Metallica at St George's Hall Bradford 09/11/86

Bon Jovi supporting Kiss at Queens Hall Leeds 13/10/84

Lamb of God & Iced Earth supporting Heaven and Hell (Sabbath with Dio) at Sheffield Arena 07/11/07