Green Day's Pranks for Kaiser Chiefs

3 months ago 16th Aug 09:50

Green Day marked the departure of the Kaiser Chiefs from their ongoing U.S. tour by playing a series of pranks on the British rockers - including hiring a brass band to invade the stage during their set.

The American Idiot hitmakers are currently midway through a massive global trek and they were joined by the Kaiser Chiefs, who opened for them at a string of dates across the U.S. The bands played their last gig together on Saturday (08Aug09) in New Orleans, Louisiana - but the rock trio didn't let their stagemates escape their tradition of playing jokes on their support acts.

If you look at YouTube, there's some support bandsthat have had bad things happen to them, but (Green Day) organised a LouisianaNew Orleans old time brass band and they got them into the arena

Kaiser Chiefs drummer Nick Hodgson explains "Every time when they havesupport bands, the final night they sort of prank the band. We got off really lightly I think. If you look at YouTube, there's some support bandsthat have had bad things happen to them, but (Green Day) organised a LouisianaNew Orleans old time brass band and they got them into the arena. "When we started (hit track) I Predict a Riot, this band came on and then Green Day came on, and they were playing cowbells.

It was a shock.

I just wonder whether the people of New Orleans think that's our regular type of performance". And Hodgson admits that wasn't the only gag they were subjected to - their rock pals also covered all their instruments in toilet roll. He adds, "Toilet Paper.

They T.P.'d (toilet paper-ed) us.

(They coveredour) drums, instruments.

It was live on stage".