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CDBaby.com - The DIY Musician
"The Worst Gig recently celebrated its first birthday. That entertaining site has compiled performance horror stories from acts like Def Leppard, Gillian Welch, The Sex Pistols, Owl City, Fishbone, Pat Metheny, Ted Nugent, X, Tori Amos, Flogging Molly, Wynton Marsalis, Henry Rollins, Fitz & the Tantrums, and many more."
diymusician.cdbaby.com/2012/02/whats-your-worst-gig-ever/
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Salon.com
"Musicians' 'Worst Gig' makes for best read ever"
www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/02/18/worst_gig_websites
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SoundUnwound
"Thirteen years spent as a music journalist and you’ve probably heard it all. But it took Jon Niccum to compile stories about artists’ worst gigs and put it online. ... Find out what it takes to get Juliana Hatfield to pour a beer over someone’s head or for Concrete Blonde’s Johnette Napolitano to put her cat in the fridge. Good stuff!!"
www.soundunwound.com/news/1268-stranger-than-fiction-friday-worst-gigs-ever?ref=NS
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Thrillist
"From a Kansan music journalist, TWG catalogs well-known bands' horror stories, with selections from the likes of Rush (who hilariously played a sock hop in their early days), to Kansas, who headlined with Foreigner at a Wisconsin nudist colony because they mistakenly thought ‘there'd be all these beautiful blonde women,’ also what disappointed nudists were left saying when the band came on stage."
www.thrillist.com/entertainment/the-worst-gig_music_time-wasters_websites#ixzz1HZYp2KYy
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Buzzfeed
"Tawdry tales of concert catastrophes!"
www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/the-worst-gig
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How's My Living
"Music journalist Jon Niccum has started up The Worst Gig, where he posts stories from interviews he’s done about the worst shows bands or musicians have ever played. ... It’s a good way to spend an hour or so right now, and it’s definitely a site to keep an eye on."
www.howsmyliving.com/2011/02/22/recommended-reading-the-worst-gig/
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Vividmix
"I have some music roots having been a former radio DJ. I’ve spent a bunch of time with artists backstage and on the road – and KNOW it’s not all glamour. Check out WorstGig.com, a website encompassing 13 years of interviews conducted by music journalist Jon Niccum."
blog.vividmix.com/2011/04/01/music-stars-where-is-the-glam/
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