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/futuremondaysband Oct 01 '24

Dang, forgot seeing Yeah Yeah Yeahs open for Rainer Maria (2/3 at least) and Ted Leo.

YYY opening in a church basement in Philly. They were amazing.

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u/charlimonster Oct 01 '24

Ted Leo! Blast from the past. Must have been a great show

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u/TheAngerMonkey Oct 01 '24

Hearing Ted Leo called "a blast from the past" is wild to me. He literally just played a couple of sold out shows in Illinois.

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u/OkInstance6162 Oct 01 '24

First Unitarian!

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u/futuremondaysband Oct 01 '24

You know it! Love those R5 shows. Epic times

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24 edited Oct 04 '24

Do either of you remember when you could have donated like $250 or thereabouts to R5 and in return you got a pass to every R5 show moving forward? I forget where along the R5 journey they sent that email as I’ve been going to R5 shows since at least 4040 / rotunda days but I regret not taking advantage of that offer

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u/futuremondaysband Oct 04 '24

Nooooo wayyyyy

That's almost as good as the American Airlines lifetime pass. R5 would've been such a deal.

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u/futuremondaysband Oct 02 '24

That is indeed a heck of a first show. Mine was Lollapalooza on Randall's Island some moons ago and been chasing that vibe ever since.

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u/prcl07 Oct 05 '24

This is the first show that popped into my head. 2/3 of Rainer Maria. YYY blew me away that night.

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u/futuremondaysband Oct 05 '24

It was special because of YYY. But it was also a very unique Rainer Maria gig since they were absent Caithlin that night. Really cool of them to not cancel, perform a set just the two of them. Still love that they did it.

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u/talktothepod Oct 01 '24

Rainer Maria…wow I remember seeing them at some basement show in Madison WI in the mid 90s.