thatguyad t1_j29n0ez wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:28 PM

Reply to comment by Fumb-MotherDucker in TIL a UK punk band called the FF'ers were bottled at the Reading Festival in 2008 after rumours circulated their set was a secret Foo Fighters gig. Their bassist said items thrown included "bottles, shoes, clumps of earth, phones, a full packet of cigarettes (exactly what we needed after the gig)" by electricmaster23

Tenacious D were announced months before. Not a late replacement.

Fumb-MotherDucker t1_j29x6l8 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:31 PM

Yeah but they were supposed to be on after slipknot. The massive crowd half expecting to get a Grohl/Slipknot mashup were treated to TD. Or should I say TD were treated to a much larger than expected crowd which they mentioned several times (also they were the last slot before Metallica and Jack Black mentioned several times that was a dream fantasy bucket list achievement for him to open for Metallica and he got a bit emotional)