Arrested Development's David Cross used ingenious 'scam' to watch bands for free

A teenage David Cross was the beneficiary of a music venue "scam" back in the 1980s.

Best recognised for his hilarious turn as Dr. Tobias Fünke in sitcom Arrested Development, plus various voice jobs on Kung-Fu Panda, Rick and Morty, and Futurama, the star recently took part in NME's Soundtrack of My Life interview, where he recalled the very first gig he attended.

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On 1980's Fox Theater performance from The Kinks, he said: "I remember that Dave and Ray Davies got in an argument and it was weird. They kept being p**** with each other on-stage.

"My friend Glenn knew this scam [to get in for free] where you would go and volunteer to be an usher.

"You just had to have a white shirt and black pants and they provided a red vest," Cross explained.

"And then you listened to 30 minutes of a guy telling you what to do... The scam was that we had different shirts and shorts on under our [uniform] and as soon as the music started, we took our vests off, changed tops and ran into the crowd. And that was that!"

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Earlier this year, The Kinks were embroiled in an unusual social media nightmare, as Twitter began attaching warnings to the band's promotional updates.

Reaching out to the platform's owner Elon Musk, guitarist and singer Dave wrote: "Dear @elonmusk would @Twitter please stop putting warnings on everything from 'the Kinks'. We are just trying to promote our Kinks music @TheKinks #thekinks60.

"The Kinks are a brand name. We have been called the Kinks since 1963," he reiterated.

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