AFL followers are spewing after seventies glam rockers had been shoe-horned in to serenade Grand Final viewers for the pre-game present.
The stage had been set for Crowded House to play the coveted gig on September 30 earlier than the Don’t Dream It’s Over singers bailed with out particular causes.
Gene Simmons’ face-painted rockers have now been drafted in as a alternative act and sad followers are evaluating the signing to when Meat Loaf graced the stage in 2011.
The late Bat Out of Hell’s exhibiting went down like a lead balloon with a pitchy efficiency on the Geelong-Collingwood Grand Final.
Now followers concern the identical factor might be on the playing cards because the 70-something rockers step in with aged hits like I Was Made For Lovin’ You, the Daily Mail stories.
Reacting to the news one fan scoffed: “Bottom line is you can Kiss goodbye to any decent entertainment from the fl-og-s at AFL house.”
Another chimed in: ‘Going to be Meatloaf 2.0”
A third grumbled: “Who would watch?”
Other followers had been baffled that an Australian star wasn’t referred to as on with the likes of big Aussie acts Tame Impala and Kylie on our shores.
“It’s an Australian event and Australian entertainers should headline it,” one identified.
Fans are braced for one more potential catastrophe present.
Meatloaf, who died final yr, sang via a hemorrhaging vocal twine and delivered a tough efficiency.
He was sad with the flak from followers although, calling Aussie footy followers “the cheapest people I’ve ever seen in my life”.
He later apologised, saying: “I want to now make an apology for any angry or harsh words I have made towards the Australian football league, their fans and the people of Australia,” he wrote on social media.
“I am truly sorry.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
