Grey Cup halftime show - Announced MGK

[Balticfox]

Rolling Stones still sell out shows in their 80's and they haven't had a hit in 40 years!  Living off the legacy.

That's nonsense! Here are the Stones' hits from the last forty years:

Harlem Shuffle - Feb. 1986
One Hit (To the Body) - May 1986
Mixed Emotions - Aug. 1989
Almost Hear You Sigh - Jan. 1990
Love Is Strong - July 1994
Out of Tears - Nov. 1994
Like a Rolling Stone (live) - Oct. 1995
Doom and Gloom - Oct. 2012
Living in a Ghost Town - April 2020
Angry - Sep. 2023

These would be my favourites in rough order:

Mixed Emotions

One Hit (To the Body)

Harlem Shuffle

Living in a Ghost Town

Love Is Strong

Listen to Mick Jagger's harp!

Like a Rolling Stone (live)

Angry

Yes I know, I know. They've slowed right down and they're not the hitmakers they were in the 1960's. But nonetheless no other band has put out as many tracks I really like  in the last forty years as have the Stones.

[Tecno]

No show will ever touch Green Day. That's through my millennial bias, though.

We're talking production, though, not the actual act.  I was there for Green Day and it was also better than expected, but not nearly as pyro/fireworks/lights as MGK.

[Jesse]

We're talking production, though, not the actual act.  I was there for Green Day and it was also better than expected, but not nearly as pyro/fireworks/lights as MGK.

Personal preference, I guess. I don't really care if there's a bunch of fireworks.

[Tecno]

Personal preference, I guess. I don't really care if there's a bunch of fireworks.

Ya, but if you don't like the act (as many/most of us feel many/most years) then at least you have something to enjoy.  It also reflects good on the club & GC organizers when they spend big and make it all work.

[Balticfox]

I don't really care if there's a bunch of fireworks.

The music is the key to me but then again I really do like firework shows.

 

[ModAdmin]

The Crew Cuts
The Four Aces
The Mills Brothers

Are they still alive?

[blue_gold_84]

No show will ever touch Green Day. That's through my millennial bias, though.

As a fellow millennial, I have to agree that Green Day live doesn't disappoint. And they're such an iconic 90s/00s band, too.

It sounds like MGK put on a really good half-time show despite my old millennial self having basically no idea what his music is. By all accounts it was a success, which makes me happy as a fan of this league. Good publicity is the best kind.

[bomb squad]

I didn't know the band, but I thought the songs were pretty decent for hearing them the first time. What really impressed me though was the sound. It was fantastic. Especially given the situation of needing a quick set up and take down. They really killed it there.

[Blueforlife]

Green Day is weak life imo, they can't get the crowd going through the music and try to hype up the crowd too much in other ways.  Didn't feel authentic to me.