At a Wilco concert I saw last summer, as the band walked off the stage at the end of their set a woman next to me asked “Do you think they’ll come out for an encore?” I said “I’m sure they will,” but what I was really thinking was “You don’t go to very many concerts, do you?” After all, I’ve been going to concerts for thirty-plus years and I don’t think I have ever seen the headlining artist or group walk off the stage and not come back out. It just seemed like such a ridiculous question.
So I’m curious… has anyone ever been to a show where the headlining band did not come back out for an encore? For purposes of this thread let’s exclude situations that are out of the band’s control, like an outdoor show shortened by bad weather, the drummer spontaneously combusts, etc.