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And Finally
American football fans campaign for no Nickelback
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 7 November 2011
A fan of American football team the Detroit Lions has started an online petition calling on the club to alter plans to have Nickelback play during the half-time show at the team’s Thanksgiving Day game, even though that booking has only so far been rumoured.
Above his petition, which has been signed by 37,300 people, student Dennis Guttman writes: “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 half-time to spend money on alcoholic beverages and concessions?”
Comments from those who have signed the petition include one from someone who lives in Nickelback’s home province of Alberta in Canada, which says: “They have been giving Canadians and Albertans a bad name since they puked out that ‘How You Remind Me’ thing way back when, and I think it is time they are stopped”. Meanwhile a Detroit local remarked: “I’d rather drink bleach than listen to Nickelback and have them associated with Detroit”.
For a band that have sold over 35 million records worldwide, they sure have some haters don’t they? Last week the Canadian rockers topped a survey as the act most like to “turn-off young lovers” run by music-based dating service Tastebuds.fm.
