I hate it when any band, even headline bands play encores, unless it’s something massively special – such as the Ash / We Are Scientists gig where both bands encored together playing a song from each band and a couple of covers (one impromptu to cover a tech issue) they put together over the tour.

I say don’t ever play an encore unless it’s a one-of-a-kind event such as an album launch, or a special collaboration as exampled above.

The rest of the post is good common sense, and something too many bands fail at.