Longest and shortest headling sets you've seen

Drjohnrock · 08-28-2016, 04:46 PM

Mine are:

8/4/1978: Bruce Springsteen, Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginia

Two Hours and forty-five minutes, not counting intermission. I enjoyed the show but don't know if I would enjoy seeing Springsteen nowadays.

3/26/2016: Jad Fair, Indianapolis Museum Of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

For this solo show, the leader of Half Japanese played all of 23 minutes. Yes, this was a free stage at a music festival where it cost $ to see most of the national-level musicians. And yes, the primary purpose of Jad's appearance was to sell his art--although that's not how it was advertised at first. But I still think he could have given us a longer set.

Shadou Dan · 09-03-2016, 05:46 PM

The longest was probably when I saw The Cure this summer which ran about 3 and a half hours.

As for the shortest, I saw hed(pe) and powerman 5000 at a dive bar last year, each set was no longer than 45 minutes each.

The Batlord · 09-03-2016, 05:52 PM

What's a "headling"?

Blank. · 09-03-2016, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

What's a "headling"?

It's a women that only blows you. Refuses to screw.

**Janszoon** · 09-03-2016, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord

What's a "headling"?

It's a baby head.

Chula Vista · 09-03-2016, 08:46 PM

Shortest: Aerosmith as a headliner in the late 70s at their peak only played about 45 minutes cause they were so wasted. Tyler didn't even come out for the 3 minute encore which Perry sang.

Longest: Not sure cause if it was a great show I didn't pay attention to time. I have some live Zep boots that are 3.5+ hours.

Psy-Fi · 09-04-2016, 08:09 AM

Longest was a 3 hour set by The Allman Brothers Band (can't remember the date.)

Shortest was a 3 song set by Roky Erickson at the third annual Roky Erickson Psychedelic Ice Cream Social held at Threadgill's in Austin, TX on March 19, 2005. It was his first live performance in 10 years and although I was expecting a much longer set, it was good to see him onstage and playing again.

Drjohnrock · 09-10-2016, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

There's a show where Jad Fair played the whole set without his guitar plugged in

And Jad can get away with stuff like that. At the show back in March, he had a miniature pink guitar that looked like a toy but he got some music out of it--sort of. At the end of the set, the neck came completely off, but it turns out there was a peg that allowed such detachment. Maybe it WAS a toy.

**Janszoon** · 09-10-2016, 11:10 PM

Shortest was Make Believe. During the second song, the singer got really into the moment, yanked the mic out of the stand, and tossed the mic stand behind him. Unfortunately, the guitarist was standing right behind him and was struck in the head by the flying mic stand. He collapsed, unconscious. The paramedics were called. He was taken off stage on a stretcher. And that was it for the evening.

Raust · 09-11-2016, 06:04 PM

Went to see Slightly Stoopid a few years back. Played for 4 hours straight. They thought it would be a good idea 3 hours into there set to cover Nirvana's Nevermind.

08-28-2016, 04:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Drjohnrock Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 316	Longest and shortest headling sets you've seen Mine are: 8/4/1978: Bruce Springsteen, Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginia Two Hours and forty-five minutes, not counting intermission. I enjoyed the show but don't know if I would enjoy seeing Springsteen nowadays. 3/26/2016: Jad Fair, Indianapolis Museum Of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana For this solo show, the leader of Half Japanese played all of 23 minutes. Yes, this was a free stage at a music festival where it cost $ to see most of the national-level musicians. And yes, the primary purpose of Jad's appearance was to sell his art--although that's not how it was advertised at first. But I still think he could have given us a longer set. Last edited by Drjohnrock; 08-28-2016 at 06:58 PM.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Shortest: Aerosmith as a headliner in the late 70s at their peak only played about 45 minutes cause they were so wasted. Tyler didn't even come out for the 3 minute encore which Perry sang. Longest: Not sure cause if it was a great show I didn't pay attention to time. I have some live Zep boots that are 3.5+ hours. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Shortest was Make Believe. During the second song, the singer got really into the moment, yanked the mic out of the stand, and tossed the mic stand behind him. Unfortunately, the guitarist was standing right behind him and was struck in the head by the flying mic stand. He collapsed, unconscious. The paramedics were called. He was taken off stage on a stretcher. And that was it for the evening. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

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Shadou Dan Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 98	The longest was probably when I saw The Cure this summer which ran about 3 and a half hours. As for the shortest, I saw hed(pe) and powerman 5000 at a dive bar last year, each set was no longer than 45 minutes each.

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Raust Music Addict Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,411	Went to see Slightly Stoopid a few years back. Played for 4 hours straight. They thought it would be a good idea 3 hours into there set to cover Nirvana's Nevermind.