Best Opening Act You Sat Through .......

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by John B, Jan 14, 2018.

  1. Jack_Straw

    Jack_Straw Forum Resident

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    BB King opening for U2 was a good one! Seemed like a strange pairing at the time, but then the Rattle & Hum album came out.
     
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  2. pmckeeaalaska

    pmckeeaalaska Forum Resident

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    The Steve Morse Band opened up for Rush when I saw them on their Power Windows tour in January of 1986 in Dallas. Had second row center seats. They were amazing and even came out for an encore, which I have never seen before or since from an opening act. It was also the best show I ever saw Rush do. Easily the best concert experience of my life!
     
  3. D. Harry

    D. Harry Forum Resident

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    Hershey, PA.
    Van Halen opening for Black Sabbath at the Philly Spectrum in '78. Sabbath was off but VH nailed it. Played entire 1st album minus Ice Cream Man.
     
  4. Roger Thornhill

    Roger Thornhill Senior Member

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    Mine was Wire opening for The Tubes in late 77 at Hammersmith Odeon. I became a Wire fan overnight and never listened to The Tubes again - even though they were who I went to see.

    Oh, and some band called The Police opening for Spirit - and even below Alternative TV on the bill - in March 78. Wonder what happened to them?
     
  5. Eric Weinraub

    Eric Weinraub Forum Resident

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    Stevie Ray Vaughan opened for the Moody Blues on the Texas Flood tour in addition to club shows he did. Portland, ME 1983. Place was half empty when SRV came out and blew the dust out of the rafters. He played with the lights on and put on a clinic. The Moody's were ok.
     
  6. forthlin

    forthlin Member Chris & Vickie Cyber Support Team

    I saw Poco open for Yes. A guy I knew told me Poco would blow Yes off the stage. That...didn't happen, but they were good. My wife saw Neil Diamond open for The Association. I also saw Steve Martin open for the Dirt Band.:)
     
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  7. Jimmy B.

    Jimmy B. .

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    Cheap Trick
     
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  8. Efus

    Efus Senior Member

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    Maggie Bell and Midnight Flyer.
    Bell was well known in the UK fronting a blues rock band Stone The Crows, and was the background singer on Stones Sympathy For The Devil.
    Midnight Flyer had original Foghat bassist Tony Stevens as well, so a fairly seasoned group.

    Slowly, but steadily lost the south Florida crowd in January '82 opening for AC/DC, when I saw them. Eventually getting booed off the stage.
    That week AC/DC's For Those About To Rock was the #1 album in the US.
    Never really stood a chance......
     
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  9. Mike Reynolds

    Mike Reynolds Forum Resident

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    Thanks for the info. I wish I'd known this then. I would've paid much closer attention. I remember the band was good, but I thought she was awesome.
     
  10. JuanTCB

    JuanTCB Senior Member

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    Brooklyn, NY
    Radiohead opening for R.E.M.
    Dion opening for Dylan
    Cheap Trick opening for Stone Temple Pilots
     
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  11. oxegen

    oxegen Forum Resident

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    The Waterboys for The Pretenders
    Nirvana for Sonic Youth
    Skid Row (Irish version) for ( Peter Green's) Fleetwood Mac
    U2 for The Stranglers
    The Police for Spirit
    Noel Gallagher for The Who
    The Boomtown Rats for Eddie and the Hot Rods
    Bob Dylan for Van Morrison
    Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson for Bonnie Raitt
    Paul Brady and Andy Irvine for Clannad
    Iris DeMent for John Prine
    The Doobie Brothers for Foreigner
    The Doobie Brothers for Steely Dan
    BB King for U2
    Nick Lowe for Elvis Costello

    Nothing wrong with the main acts either.
     
  12. Jerquee

    Jerquee Take this, brother, may it serve you well.

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    Sting opening for the Grateful Dead.
     
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  13. Efus

    Efus Senior Member

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    Van Halen, w The Henry Paul Band, opened for the Stones in September 1981 (I think the 22nd and 24th)
    The picture of Van Halen on the back cover of Diver Down was taken at one of those Orlando Tangerine Bowl shows.
     
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  14. Jerquee

    Jerquee Take this, brother, may it serve you well.

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    June Tabor opening for Bert Jansch and John Renbourn.
     
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  15. LMonaco

    LMonaco Forum Resident

    I remember Loverboy opening up for April Wine at the CNE in Toronto. I was so impressed that the next year when Loverboy headlined at Maple Leaf Gardens I had to go. Their opining act was a guy called Bryan Adams.
     
  16. Mike Reynolds

    Mike Reynolds Forum Resident

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    Ok, so you're guy I hate. You lucky bastard! :D
     
  17. pig bodine

    pig bodine God’s Consolation Prize

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    Van Halen opening for Black Sabbath
    Thin Lizzy opening for Queen
    Black Uluru opening for the Police
    ZZ Top opening for Alice Cooper
    AC/DC opening for Rush
     
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  18. LandHorses

    LandHorses I contain multitudes

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    Patti Smith opening for Neil Young - Madison Square Garden, Philadelphia, Brooklyn. I love Neil, but wouldn't have seen him 3 times the same tour if Patti wasn't opening.

    Bob Dylan opening for the Grateful Dead - Vermont, Giants Stadium, RFK Stadium 1995. Dylan was on top of his game, the GD weren't.

    The Flamin Groovies opening for the Sonics - Brooklyn 2013. Amazing concert.

    Maybe most of all........
    The Detroit Cobras opening for X - Philadelphia, NYC 2008. This because I never heard of them beforehand, and afterwards, bought all their albums and seen them live locally every time since.
     
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  19. Alan G.

    Alan G. Forum Resident

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    Manhattan Transfer for Steve Martin (Boarding House, S.F.)
    BB King for Ray Charles (Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, Ca)
     
  20. Mark Snowden

    Mark Snowden Forum Resident

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    ACDC opening for the Stones in Oberhausen 2003
    Therapy? opening for The Wildhearts in Southampton 2004
    Mindfunk opening for Slayer in Portsmouth 92
    Screaming Jets opening for Thunder in Portsmouth 92
    Arthur Brown opening for Robert Plant in Portsmouth 2002
     
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  21. Chris Schoen

    Chris Schoen Rock 'n Roll !!!

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    Maryland, U.S.A.
    John Cougar (Mellencamp) opening for Heart ('80?) - He rocked, did some Stones and Humble Pie tunes, only had one album out.
    Heart actually kicked it up a notch, and did a barn burner of a show. At the Concord (Ca.) Pavilion.
     
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  22. sherrill50

    sherrill50 Well-adapted Melomaniac

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    Al Di Meola, opening for Renaissance.
     
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  23. Bill Hart

    Bill Hart Forum Resident

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    Roy Buchanan opening for Little Feat (w/Lowell).
    Mountain opening for Tull, pre-Aqualung.
     
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  24. EddieMann

    EddieMann I used to be a king...

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    Geneva, IL. USA.
    Kinetic Playground?
     
  25. Glenn Christense

    Glenn Christense Foremost Beatles expert... on my block

    Yep.
     
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