Lions fans start Anti-Nickelback Campaign for Thanksgiving halftime

**GrantZilla** Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:02 pm

It is nearly a proven fact by now that sports fans do not appreciate Nickelback disgracing their teams' venues with their loud, raspy wailing. The NHL made the mistake of announcing that the group would headline the Winnipeg Jets' home opener back in September, but organizers scrapped the plan—possibly thanks, at least in part, to the local campaign against the choice.

And today, just hours after the NFL announced that Nickelback would perform during halftime at Ford Field's Thanksgiving Day Packers-Lions game, another campaign against the band has taken off. An anonymous fan started the crusade by posting a petition at Change.org:

This game is nationally televised, do we really want the rest of the US to associate Detroit with Nickelback? Detroit is home to so many great musicians and they chose Nickelback?!?!?! Does anyone even like Nickelback? Is this some sort of ploy to get people to leave their seats during halftime to spend money on alcoholic beverages and concessions? This is completely unfair to those of us who purchased tickets to the game. At least the people watching at home can mute their TVs. The Lions ought to think about their fans before choosing such an awful band to play at halftime.

As of about 12:30 this afternoon, 2,091 people had assigned their names to the cause. (Some sample comments: "Nickelback sucks," "Nickelback is the worst band ever," "'I'd rather drink bleach than listen to Nickelback.") With our help, they will surpass 2,500 in no time, and the bleach-drinking threats will be put on hold until Madonna & Friends play the Super Bowl. And perhaps Nickelback will fall once again.

If only we could have helped save Lambeau from Lady Antebellum.

http://deadspin.com/5856056/detroit-lions-fans-are-next-to-spearhead-an-anti+nickelback-campaign

I agree. They suck. They should have Detriot's own like Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, or Eminem

**Soonermark890** Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:12 pm

what's so bad about nickelback? I like some of their stuff?

**Tobe** Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:38 am

As a Canadian, I apologize for Nickleback (and Justin Bieber, and Celin Dion) Embarassed

SlickMoney Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:13 pm

Wow. People just bitch for nothing. NO ONE is buying tickets because of Nickelback being there. EVERYONE is buying tickets to see the football game. So just watch the football game.

Now are these Thanksgiving Game ticket prices increased because of Nickelback being there or is it the same price as any other Thanksgiving Game?

**GrantZilla** Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:24 pm

SlickMoney wrote:Now are these Thanksgiving Game ticket prices increased because of Nickelback being there or is it the same price as any other Thanksgiving Game?

Pretty sure the tickets gone up just because the Lions don't suck this year and they're playing Green Bay.

SlickMoney Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:03 am

GrantZilla wrote:
SlickMoney wrote:Now are these Thanksgiving Game ticket prices increased because of Nickelback being there or is it the same price as any other Thanksgiving Game?

Pretty sure the tickets gone up just because the Lions don't suck this year and they're playing Green Bay.

Thats my point tho. The ticket prices are based on the football product not halftime performance so im not sure why people would bitch about it. It's like going to a fight and having a big problem with who sings the National Anthem. I'm going to Cotto-Margo and idc if Roseanne sings the anthem.

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