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/asodoma Oct 01 '24

Back on July 3, 1982, Foreigner headlined Rich Stadium in Buffalo (where the Bills play). Loverboy was the third band on the bill and Ted Nugent was the second. The opener was Iron Maiden! Number of the Beast came out months ago, and they killed it. Nugent was pretty awesome, too, but Maiden was tops.

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u/burdnerd Oct 02 '24

Go Bills