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Well, this is, as the gays say, just fabulous. The glorious M.I.A. took to Twitter on Saturday to (rightfully) bitch about having to open for Tenacious D, that funny-/fat-man band your younger brother likes, who replaced the ailing Beastie Boys at Outside Lands Festival.
MIA's gold nuggets of wisdom about having to open for Jack Black are as follows:
@_M_I_A_: "P.S I ORIGINALLY BOOKED ON SHOWS COZ BEASTIES WERE HEADLINERS , BUT NOW THEY AINT DOING IT AND I JUS WANNA SAY , WE HAVE TO GO HARD!!!"
@_M_I_A_: "CANT BELIEVE THEY REPLACED BEASTIES WITH TENACIOUS D ??????????????????????AND IF I PULL OUT THEY SUE! SO REALLY? TENACIOUS D AFTER ME ?"
@_M_I_A_: "SO ME AND JACK BLACK ARE BACK TO BACK, BEASTIES GET WELL SOON!"
ALL CAPS rage aside, she has a point. According to Spinner, M.I.A. "originally agreed to the show because the Beastie Boys were headliners and that now she'll just have to 'go hard.'" (We don't know what "go hard" means, but it doesn't sound good.) She ends her online rant by pounding on the keyboard, "YOUR ALL WELCOME ON STAGE FROM THE GET GO, FUCK IT! IM TAKIN BIRD FLU OUT OF THE SET ! JUS TO MAKE A POINT!"
You heard her, folks. Rush the stage on Sunday, or feel her fury unleashed.
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Yep.
Oh. Poor M.I.A. Her life must be so hard!
Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't MIA announce that the was "retiring" a little while back? Only to return to the biz? Because she needed a break from her prolific career cranking out such real, quality music? Someone need some attention?
Yes, while Tenacious D is certainly no headliner, MIA needs to realize she was never near being on the same level as Beastie Boys.
I think Tenacious D as a headliner is a complete joke, but this really does make M.I.A. look like a self-absorbed whiner. You're getting paid the same either way; suck it up.
M.I.A coming back w/ power power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jU5riJNrQQ
I was always wondering who would fill in this gap:
Kayne : Bonnaroo :: ________ : Outside Lands
I agree with Angrybat. She needs to hushhhhh up.
Agreed.
She's ignoring the fact that everyone already knows TD ≠ BB.
It's not reflective of her usual billing or her talent.
Now all I need is y'all to pronounce my name.
Its Kanye, but some of my plastic, they still say Kayne.
whoops. TYPO ON ME.
I talked to some of the 'roo workers this year and they were still peeved about the whole Kanye situation of '08. MIA ain't there yet, but it's a line that no artist should try to cross (at a festival) ever.
Maybe she should throw her newborn baby into the crowd. That'll rile a few people up.
no babies in SF pls
kthxbai
I take it that MIA is not a fan of School of Rock.
Oh cool, I was wondering how they could make the Outside Lands lineup even lamer. Even the Alice FM festival is looking good now.
No kidding. The Outside Lands posters (Dave Matthews! Pearl Jam! Black Eyed Peas!) look like they've hanging there since 1997.
We don't know what "go hard" means, but it doesn't sound good
It's English for "Ka-lang-a-lang-a-lang-a!"
Jack Black is a talentless asshat.
I hope Outside Lands attendees enjoy the hour long version of "Fuck Her Gently" followed by a screening of "Nacho Libre" that will constitute the whole of Tenacious D's set.
M.I.A. is essentially the headlining/closing act that day, as far as I'm concerned.
oh man, this is going to make the backstage run-ins awkward!
oh also: STFU YOU DUMB SPOILED HUSSY
Yeah, she should get back to posting about how marrying into the billionaire Bronfman clan is somehow "authentic" and "street"
This isn't the greatest post ever. It's a tribute.
Somebody name MIA's other song.
Quick.
Nope?
Didn't think so.
I think I read about the talent-less MIA in "Who Cares" magazine...and yeah wtf tenacious D , but I don't need a whiny, talentless hack to tell me that, esp. one whose 15 minutes of fame expired a while back.
someone on londonist might better know what 'go hard' is, but i would guess it's to deal with a bullshit situation
sucks about the cancer, i didnt know that was why they dropped out..
and bleh outsidelands -- i'd rather just see thievery + MIA at the greek
just wait and see how many people bother to stick around for the 'headliner'
outside lands organizers deserve any bad pr they get for making such a terrible call - glad people are bitching.
To be fair (and I do say this as someone not holding tickets or anything, so play it as it lays), I think it was probably pretty hard for them to snag a "worthy" headliner a month beforehand.
Not saying that as a defense of Tenacious D, since they've never done much for me.
Man, it speaks volumes when not only the people on the outsidelands message board are complaining about being ripped off, but one of your own co-headliners is also publicly talking mad shit right before the show.
Sunday night has all the ingredients of a Woodstock 2.
I would stay even farther away from the west end of GGP than you were already planning too.
It’s all just so shady. The fact that 2+ weeks after MCA announced his cancer the Outside Lands were still advertising the Beastie Boys as headlining in print ads in the Guardian and SF Weekly + the fact they are not offering refunds is shadier than any of antics of the fly-by-night Bay Area rave promoters of the 90’s who were just trying to make a fast buck.
If you want to slam the girl for whatever reason, fine. But she’s making a valid point that most everyone in their gut knows is right.
My gut has absolutely no feelings about this.
I don't get the justification here...
MIA is a one-trick hipster frat pony.
Tenacious D is a one-trick... whatever it is. (sure ain't hipster).
seems fair to me. Fuck it, flip a coin you're both pretty mediocre as far as headliners compare to the 90's alternadouche fest that the thing is promoting.
Wow, I gotta say I'm a little surprised by the vitriol. Sure, even as I said above, this whole thing makes M.I.A. look whiny and self-absorbed, but to call her a "talentless hack" is ridiculous. She's put out some great music and continues to do so. This little episode doesn't change that.
She can't sing on key.
Let's do the math here. Some dopey chick from a 3rd world country with one relatively unknown song and two old fat guys who play joke tunes to stoned college kids. If this is what passes for a promotable "concert" these days, then I can get a permit and serve free beer on my lawn and expect a better showing.
We're gonna get loaded, do some Skynyrd covers and serve piss warm Natty Light.
$50 bucks a ticket.
Who's down?
You have a lawn? It's all starting to make sense.
"Hey you kids, ________!!!!"
Believe me, I have no interest in going, but to be fair, there are, what, 100 or so bands playing besides the "dopey chick" and the "two old fat guys." Try the math again.
And I will be seeing exactly NONE OF THEM.
I'm having sushi and cocktails at HMB with some friends.
Thank you for further making my point.