What special guests have you seen brought out at concerts?

samjam

Was thinking about how cool it is when a band says, 'Please welcome to the stage....' I love unexpected, awesome surprise guests at shows! Been fortunate to see some pretty cool guests! Who have you seen?

My list:
Gregg Allman, Vusi Mahlasela, Ron Blake, Paquito D'Rivera at DMB
Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces) and Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade) at Spoon
Billy Joel at Paul McCartney
Bob Mould at Foo Fighters
Neil Finn, Edward Norton, Danny Clinch at Eddie Vedder
Simone Felice (Felice Brothers) at The Avett Brothers

LukinFan

I'll have to come up with a list, but one that sticks out is when PJ brought up Ben from BoH at MSG to do Kick out the Jams.

samjam

Wasn't even considering openers being brought out during a show, but I should, I've seen some notable ones!! Including Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses) at Pearl Jam, Michael Franti at John Mayer, and Glen Hansard at Eddie Vedder!

ilockyer

Neil Young - at Pearl Jam in Toronto
Bruce Springsteen - Gaslight Anthem at Glastonbury
Steve Hackett - Transatlantic at High Voltage Festival

eeriepadave

LukinFan wrote:

I'll have to come up with a list, but one that sticks out is when PJ brought up Ben from BoH at MSG to do Kick out the Jams.

i think u mean Hunger Strike

Eddie Vedder for REM (Mann Music Center '08) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGyBCQXye7M
Eddie Vedder for Bad Religion (halloween '09) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHRv0prqX7U
Ben Bridwell for Pearl Jam (MSG '10) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW_eIfe4tA0
Bob Mould for Fo Fighters (philly '11)
Leila Moss (Duke Spirit) for Eagles Of Death Metal (West Chester '08) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPqzeLgTpFY
Jake Clemons at Eddie Vedder (Jun. '10)

that's all i can remember for now

LukinFan

eeriepadave wrote:

LukinFan wrote:

I'll have to come up with a list, but one that sticks out is when PJ brought up Ben from BoH at MSG to do Kick out the Jams.

i think u mean Hunger Strike

Eddie Vedder for REM (Mann Music Center '08) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGyBCQXye7M
Eddie Vedder for Bad Religion (halloween '09) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHRv0prqX7U
Ben Bridwell for Pearl Jam (MSG '10) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW_eIfe4tA0
Bob Mould for Fo Fighters (philly '11)
Leila Moss (Duke Spirit) for Eagles Of Death Metal (West Chester '08) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPqzeLgTpFY
Jake Clemons at Eddie Vedder (Jun. '10)

that's all i can remember for now

That's the one!

Heisenberg

eeriepadave wrote:

Leila Moss (Duke Spirit) for Eagles Of Death Metal (West Chester '08) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPqzeLgTpFY

mmmm...Leila Moss :thumbup:

peacefrompaul

Johnny Marr at R.E.M.

samjam

peacefrompaul wrote:

Johnny Marr at R.E.M.

That is sick!! What did he play on?

peacefrompaul

samjam wrote:

peacefrompaul wrote:

Johnny Marr at R.E.M.

That is sick!! What did he play on?

Fall on Me

RobbyD462

Tom Waitt playing with the Chilli Peppers was pretty cool!

kasedoug

I've been pretty fortunate living in L.A. to see quite a few. These are only unannounced special guests (i.e. not openers who came out later with headliner like Ben Harper with PJ, openers at PJ20, etc.) that were a surprise. I probably missed a few, including Morello's second LA Justice Tour show (the first one was absolutely incredible).

Cypress Hill at Rage Against the Machine (9/13/00 Grand Olympic)
Blind Boys of Alabama at Ben Harper (5/27/01 SB Bowl)
John Garcia at Queens of the Stone Age to play Kyuss songs (12/20/05 Wiltern)
Tim Robbins at Pearl Jam (7/9/06 Forum)
The Avengers at Pearl Jam (7/16/06 Bill Graham SF)
Stewart Copeland at Foo Fighters (3/5/08 Forum)
Ben Harper at Eddie Vedder (4/10/08 Arlington)
*Flea, Slash, Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stewart Copeland, Travis Barker, Cypress Hill, Steve Vai, Pete Yorn, Jerry Cantrell, Wayne Kramer, Davey Havok at the Nightwatchman's Justice Tour (4/15/08 Troubadour)
Serj Tankian at The Nightwatchman (12/9/08 El Rey)
Gary Numan at Nine Inch Nails (09/02/09 Palladium)
Jim Carrey at Conan O'Brien's Legally Prohibited Tour (4/25/10 Gibson Amp)
Mark Lanegan at Queens of the Stone Age (8/12/10 Club Nokia) (After he was a regular touring member)
Gwen Stefani & Nikka Costa at Prince (4/30/11 Forum)
Alain Johannes at Chris Cornell (5/5/11 Ford Amp)
Mike McCready at Eddie Vedder (7/6/11 LB Terrace)
Mike McCready at Soundgarden (7/22/11 Forum)
Chris Cornell at PJ20
Jackson Browne, Tom Morello, Joan Osborne at Ben Harper (9/19/11 The Mint)
Flea, Josh Klinghoffer, Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone at Tinariwen (9/30/11 El Rey)
Fee Waybill at Foo Fighters (10/14/11 Forum)
Tom Morello at Bruce Springsteen (4/26/12 LA Sports Arena)

jdesantis1983

I think there have been a few more, but these are the ones I can remember off the top of my head:

DMB in Central Park 2003- Warren Haynes came out to play "Cortez the Killer" and "Jimi Thing" with them
Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon, can't remember what year, maybe 2006- Bruce Willis played harmonica, very random
Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon 2011- Phil Lesh, Natalie Cole, David Crosby, Graham Nash all at the same show on several songs
Avett Brothers at PNC Arts Center in NJ 2011- Nicole Atkins
The Strokes at MSG 2011- Elvis Costello sang "Taken for a Fool" with them
Foo Fighters MSG 2011- Bob Mould on "Dear Rosemary" and Joan Jett on "Bad Reputation"
Eddie Vedder Beacon night 1 2011- Neil Finn on "I Got You"!
Pearl Jam MSG night 2, 2008- Ace Frehley on "Black Diamond"

but the absolute craziest thing I've ever seen, Bruce Springsteen came out to sing "People Get Ready" with U2 when I saw them in Philly in 2005, just insane still one of the best concerts I've ever been to

ComeToTX

I saw Alexi Murdoch bring out Pete Towneshend. There were probably less than 50 people at the show.

DewieCox

I haven't had any "complete surprise they're in the building" type of special guests, but alot of opening/headlining flip-flopping at several of the shows.

All the guest appearance at PJ 20 night 2, which are all really several steps cooler than any of my other stuff.
Nick Lowe came out and played a few with Wilco after opening
Melt Banana guitarist for Lateralus on 07
Tomahawk percussionist for Reflection/Disposition/Triad in 02
Pedal steel player from Beechwood Sparks played on Wiser Time with the Crowes

SPiNMeRouND_RoLLMeOVeR

Coolest one for me would have to be:

Neil Young & Peter Frampton @ Pearl Jam (Vote for Change 2004 in Toledo, Ohio)

kwdaley

Saw Bowie on his Glass Spider Tour, Peter Frampton was his guitarist.

Bruce Springsteen brought out Wynn and Regine from Arcade Fire for 2 songs (State Trooper and Keep the Car Running). This one was a complete surprise.

Don't know if this counts but Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton together for the encore of their co-headlining tour.

catefrances

there was a time back in the day whilst seeing neil young that springsteen toddled on to the stage.


but my favourite time was when the guys from anti flag came on to rock out with tom morello.

titchinello

seen a few, but one that springs to mind is

Jimmy paige joing aerosmith for a couple of zeplin songs
brian may joining guns n roses

veddertown

I've seen a few over the years but for me the most memorable was when PJ brought out Peter Buck and Scott Macoughey from REM in Berlin for Kick Out The Jams.

BLACK35

Neil Young in Toronto with PJ 2011

uninnocent-

Off the top of my head I can only think of two who weren't already on the bill, and they're both during PJ shows:
Neil Young and Bono

solace23

Ronnie woods at pearl jam
Jimmy page/John Paul jones at foo fighters

red mos

Tom Petty brought out Stevie Nicks did- "insider", "stop dragging my heart around" and Stevie sang lead on "I need to know"

Eric Clapton brought out Robert Cray to Play, "Crossroads" in Feb 2007. Cray was the opening act as well.

Pearl Jam with Perry ferrell at ACL 2009 doing "Mountain song"
Ben Harper came out and played slide guitar on "Red Mosquito"

Alejandro Escovedo came out and sang " Always a friend" with Bruce Springsteen for the "Magic" tour.

Eddie Vedder and Glen Hansard doing "falling slowly" was pretty awesome!

Better Dan

Bon Jovi came out and did Glory Days with Springsteen at an 08 show I saw.

Chris Cornell came out and did Hunger Strike at LA Night 3 in 2009, which was a complete surprise.
Jerry Cantrell came out and played on Alive at the same show, another surprise.
Chris Cornell at PJ20

Have seen Sleater Kinney, Ben Harper, and Perry Ferrell come out with PJ. An olympic gold medalist Curt Tomasevicz played Yellow Ledbetter with PJ at a show I saw. Tomas Young also came out and Eddie dedicated No More to him.

Liam Finn and Glen Hansard with Eddie.

uninnocent-

uninnocent- wrote:

Off the top of my head I can only think of two who weren't already on the bill, and they're both during PJ shows:
Neil Young and Bono

I just remembered I've also seen the Trailer Park Boys do a song with Guns 'n Roses.

Jason P

peacefrompaul wrote:

samjam wrote:

peacefrompaul wrote:

Johnny Marr at R.E.M.

That is sick!! What did he play on?

Fall on Me

Marr came on stage with PJ to play an awesome version of RITFW in Portand.

Holtzmn

The main one I remember was Neil Young joining REM and then Bruce Springsteen at the Vote for Change thing in '04

Also Gary Louris of the Jayhawks has joined the Black Crowes a few times when they've played Mpls.

ETA- I forgot at the Rock For Karl benefit which had Soul Asylum, Gear Daddies, Paul Westerberg and Golden Smog play, the big deal was Bob Mould was there and had Grant Hart come out and play a couple songs with him.

Drowned Out

I've seen a few....but the standout would be seeing Mudhoney play in a 100-seat club last summer....EV showed up and did Kick out the Jams with them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue6Mhu-PPso

JL19851

So many I cannot possibly remember them all, but here's some:

PEARL JAM shows:

Randall's Island 1 in 1996 - John Popper on "Even Flow"
MSG 2 in 1998 - Ben Harper on "Indifference"
MSG 1 in 2003 - Ben Harper on "Daughter" tag ("With My Own Two Hands") and "Indifference"; Buzzcocks on "Sonic Reducer" and "Baba O'Riley"
Lollapalooza 2007 - Ben Harper on "No More"
MSG 1 in 2008 - Ricky Ramone on "I Believe in Miracles"
MSG 2 in 2008 - Ace Frehley on "Black Diamond"; Ricky Ramone on "I Believe in Miracles"
MSG 2 in 2010 - Ben Bridwell on "Hunger Strike"

Other shows:

Ben Harper at Irving Plaza in 2005 - Charlie Musselwhite on "Dressed in Black"
Ben Harper at Lollapalooza in 2007 - Eddie Vedder on "Masters of War"
Dave Matthews Band at Central Park in 2003 - Warren Haynes on "Cortez the Killer" and "Jimi Thing"
Foo Fighters at MSG in 2011 - Bob Mould on "Dear Rosemary"; Joan Jett on "Bad Reputation"
Eddie Vedder at Beacon Theatre in 2011 - Liam Finn and Glen Hansard for numerous songs
The Roots at Central Park in 2005 - Mos Def for at least one song - memory a bit hazy
The Roots at Prospect Park in 2009 or 2010 - Talib Kweli for "Get By" and a few other songs

Can't remember any more off the top of my head.

NYCPJ

Off the top of my head:

Bob Dylan and Gary US Bonds with Springsteen at the last show of the 2003 tour at Shea Stadium
Sheryl Crow with the Rolling Stones at MSG
Norah Jones with Wilco (opening for Neil Young) at MSG
Ron Wood with Rod Stewart at MSG
Bob Dylan with the Grateful Dead in 1986 (Dylan w/Tom Petty as his back up band opened for the Dead)
Ben Bridwell with PJ at MSG 2 2010
Ace Frehley with PJ at MSG 2 2008
Eddie Vedder with MMJ at East Rutherford 2 2006 (I guess he did that the whole tour? it was still pretty cool)
David Bowie's 50th birthday at MSG 1997-- Guests: Lou Reed, Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Billy Corgan, Frank Black, Robert Smith
Clapton with the Allman Brothers
Bob Weir and Phil Lesh with the Allman Brothers
Levon Helm and Taj Mahal with the Allman Brothers
John Bell and Jimmy Herring from Widespread Panic with the Allman Brothers
Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell and Buddy Guy with the Allman Brothers

(At the Allman Brothers 40th anniversary shows at the Beacon Theater, they had guests nearly every night; i live close to the theater and went to a bunch of shows)