In 1980 Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult played a tour called the Black and Blue Tour. It got me thinking that there should be more of these — lots more of these.
So, here’s my list of bands at should play together based on their names alone. It would be very interested to see some of these together:
Billy Ocean / Little River Band
The Monkees / Bananarama
The Cars / Mike + The Mechanics
The Kentucky Headhunters / Georgia Satellites
Three Dog Night / Stray Cats
100cc / The Fix
Twisted Sister / George Strait
Mamas and the Papas / The Babies
ACDC / Electric Light Orchestra
The Police / The Outlaws
Alabama / Kansas / The Ohio Players
AWB / NWA
The Raspberrys / Strawberry Alarm Clock / Wild Cherry (The Fruit Salad Tour)
Richard Marx / John Lennon (The Commie Leader Tour)
Joan Jett / Jefferson Airplane
Barry White / Clint Black / Simply Red
Los Lobos / Steppenwolf
Coldplay / Hot Chocolate
Led Zeppelin / Iron Butterfly
Green Day / Red Hot Chili Peppers
Johnny Cash / Eddie Money
Genesis / Exodus
Rolling Stones / Stone Ponies
Meat Loaf / The Black Eyed Peas
Kiss / Heart
Doobie Brothers / Linkin Park (Light It Up Tour)
The Four Tops / Tina Turner
Exile / Foreigner
Elton John / Olivia Newton-John
The Temptations / Barenaked Ladies
Guess Who / Who / Yes / U2
Boys II Men / Men at Work
Parliament / The Buckinghams
Moby / Hootie and the Blowfish
The Kinks / The Sex Pistols
Death Cab for Cutie / Crash Test Dummies
Styx / The Rolling Stones (Styx & Stones Tour)
The Grateful Dead / The Zombies
Pearl Jam / Bread
Peter, Paul & Mary / Jesus Jones
The Spinners / The Four Tops
Journey / Blues Traveler
Rush / REO Speedwagon
The Isley Brothers / The Pointer Sisters
Wham! / The Doors
Dusty Springfield / Donna Summer / Fall Out Boys / Edgar Winter Group (All Seasons Tour)
Snoop Dog / Cat Stevens
Reverend Horton Heat / Bad Religion
Dead Kennedys / George Clinton
Milli Vanilli / The Pretenders
Ones I’ve seen online (I can’t take credit for)
The Carpenters / Nine Inch Nails
Ratt / Poison
Vanilla Ice / Cream
Goo Goo Dolls / Lady Gaga / (Goo Goo Gaga Tour)
https://www.namerobot.com/All-about-naming/blog/Band-names-tour-together.html
- Red Hot Chili Peppers / The Flaming Lips (my favorite one)
- Phish / Styx (my second favorite)
- Poison / The Cure
- Boston / Chicago
- The Beatles / The Crickets
- Fine Young Cannibals / The Missing Persons
- Gorillaz / The Monkees
- 50 Cent / Nickelback
- Vanilla Ice / Ice-T / Ice Cube