I sympathise... and I admire your fortitude, sticking it out for nearly 3 hours.... I'd have wanted to overdose on those aspirin by the end of the first 20 minutes!

I'm afraid that if a band is billed as a particular brand of music, then it's to be expected that they play that sort of music... but there are many MANY big band tunes that don't all sound the same. However, nearly 3 hours is beyond human endurance and they should be reported under the Geneva Convention.

I do like your idea though.. the thought of Ice T doing a big band number in the middle of his (C)rap concerts has me in giggles!

(I have attended a ceilidh where the band, Edward II & the Red Hot Polkas, would slip odd tunes into dance sets. Found myself doing a Nottingham Swing to 'Montego Bay' once!)

LTS