# Strangest musical double bill you've seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [May 29, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481 "2026-05-29T21:24:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/81 "2026-07-14T02:49:26Z")
Was this before or after Jethro Tull won the “Best Metal Album” Grammy? Waitresses and Oingo Boingo halfway makes sense, because they were both considered New Wave bands. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/82 "2026-07-14T13:33:08Z")
1980, well before that nonsense. Foresightful! Yeah, I see the thinking on that bill, but Oingo Boingo had taken a harder edge - it was a mosh pit down front - and they heckled poor Patty Donahue mercilessly. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/83 "2026-07-14T13:41:47Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > When I saw Lorde (around 2018), one of her two opening acts was hip-hop act Run the Jewels. After their first song (which had a lot of profanity), one of them said, with a smile, “Apologies to all the moms who brought their daughters to see Lorde tonight, but we curse a lot.” Heh. I saw Remi Wolfe opening for Olivia Rodrigo. Rodrigo does swear a little (see the unexpurgated version of “Vampire”) but Wolfe swore a **lot**. Personally I found her getting an arena full of under-18 girls to all scream “MOTHERFUCKER!” to be hilarious. Not sure if the other parents in attendance thought so. ---
**Author:** ![Meatwater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meatwater/32/20074_2.png) [@Meatwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatwater)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/84 "2026-07-14T17:16:46Z")
Lil Wayne opening for Blink-182 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/85 "2026-07-14T23:11:49Z")
Since someone mentioned John Cooper Clarke already, I’ll note I saw the late Allan Ginsberg and the not-late Philip Glass do a concert together. It was fascinating. Ginsberg played the harmonium and sang. Glass played the piano. Sometimes they did this together, but mostly they alternated. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/86 "2026-07-17T01:08:49Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > the Waitresses for Oingo Boingo I saw X open for Oingo Boingo. It doesn’t seem as jarring now as it did in 1982. They had completely different groups of fans back then. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/87 "2026-07-17T18:51:53Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > Around 1971 or so I saw the Grateful Dead. The opener was a monkey act, i.e., a guy with a trained monkey. He had the monkey smoking cigarettes, among other “tricks.” Also around then (1972) I saw a trained chimp opening act. The main act was Captain Beefheart. This was in Boston, and the audience did not like the apes very much. I hope the Librarian doesn’t hear you call apes monkeys. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/88 "2026-07-17T21:14:21Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Also around then (1972) I saw a trained chimp opening act. The main act was Captain Beefheart. This was in Boston, and the audience did not like the apes very much. The show I mentioned was also in Boston, at B.U.'s Sargent Gym. We were refused admission as our tickets turned out to be counterfeit. We joined a group of folks who were boosting each other up thru a second-story window. Being a gym, we were able to jump down on a pile of wrestling mats for a soft landing, and then find empty seats for the show. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/89 "2026-07-17T21:55:32Z")
I saw the Monkees open for “Weird Al” several years ago. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/90 "2026-07-17T22:57:54Z")
Wow, that might even beat the Jimi Hendrix Experience opening for the Monkees in 1967 (not that I saw this, I was -1 year old). ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/91 "2026-07-18T03:26:43Z")
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