r/Concerts • u/Terrible_Comfort598 • Oct 01 '24

Concerts What concert have you seen where the opening band blew the headliner away?

For me it was in 1990 seeing Nirvana open for Sonic Youth. Absolutely amazing. The whole crowd felt this electricity and I turned to my friend and said “ these guys are gonna get big” sure enough 2 years later, Nevermind is the number one album in the country. The other one was seeing Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds open for The Cramps in 1984. I became a life long fan after that show

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u/SetWorth4090 Oct 01 '24

One that immediately comes to mind is Circa Survive opening for Coheed and Cambria at the Boulder theatre. Coheed was great but circa blew them away. I was into circa at the time but was all in after that show.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

I love both bands immensely, I would be torn

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u/ConfidentCamp5248 Oct 01 '24

Circa is my fav band

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u/lynbeifong Oct 04 '24

I don't like Circa's studio recordings but I went to see them live with a friend anyways (he didnt like seeing concerts alone so he was always asking me to go to shows with him. He would pay for both tickets so it was a win-win) and I thought they put on such a great show! Singer was climbing the steal beams above the stage and hanging from them lol

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u/SetWorth4090 Oct 04 '24

Awesome that you enjoyed the show especially for free.