The lovely Imogen Heap is going to choose which acts she books to support her on her upcoming UK tour via her MySpace. Local bands interested in appearing on her tour are invited to make their existence known on her MySpace, and she will invite her favourites to appear.
Heap says the idea came about after her cellist, who was due to play a support set at one of Heap's US dates, got an invite to attend a festival in France at the last minute, an opportunity that clashed with the Heap gig. Imogen says: "I said to her 'You have to do it', even though she was supposed to be playing for me in Florida. I put a message on my MySpace page and the response was massive. I got over 200 emails."
Of course it's not an entirely original idea - I know of at least one other band who recruited support acts this way (though I can't quite remember which one) - but it's a great idea all the same. Well done Ms Heap.