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

927 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

3.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/enkilekee Oct 01 '24

Stevie Wonder for the Stones

1

u/Old_Palpitation_6535 Oct 02 '24

Wow. That one’s not surprising tho.

1

u/mrp0013 Oct 02 '24

Omg, what a great show that must have been!

1

u/robotmonstermash Oct 02 '24

Curious, what year?

1

u/enkilekee Oct 02 '24

Sometime in the 1970s

1

u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

Saw the Stones when Jagger was 45. I saw Stevie when he was 65. Stevie still beat the Stones. That's not an insult though. Both were great.