BEST OPENING ACT I SAW;

LIVING COLOUR
THE CORRS
PRETENDERS



WORST;
FIONA APPLE
COUNTING CROWES
BLUES TRAVELLER
BECK
BLACK EYED PEAS


WISH I'D GOTTEN TO SEE VAN HALEN (81) METERS(75) AC/DC (03) STRAY CATS (82) PEARL JAM (94)

Usually don't even bother to take my seat. However:

Best: Living Colour
AC/DC (if SARSfest counts)

Worst: Shaggy (clearly 2 shows PRIOR to RO summits or I would have remained at the bar)

Sorry I missed: Stone Temple Pilots

LJ.

I had the horror of listening to Jason Mraz for over a good hour. Just unbearable. They have had some shocking acts over the years and a lot of them seem to stem from Mick's tastes. Lowest point ever though was having that fake from NStink on stage with the Stones.

Best
Living Colour
Pearl Jam

Worst
Bryan Adams
Johnny Lang

I had the pleasure of listening to Bobby Womak open for the boys on the '81 tour..................yawn  

Didn't B.B. King open some shows for them in 69?

I liked the Strokes the best.   I would have loved to see Iggy open.

PERKS, apply often!

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Best?  ALICE COOPER!!!

George Thorogood almost got Ronnie's job after he opened.

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Best I saw,
George Thorogood
Pearl Jam

Worst:
Journey
Living Color

Best:
Buddy Guy
Pretenders
Ryan Adams
Guinness

Worst:
Soulive

The Corrs

:paristhong

Christ the only openers I even remember seeing bits and pieces of are:  Jack and Meg, Jonny Lang, and Beck..

Stones should just do what Bruce does and forget the opener..
but then they don't play for three hours anymore, do they? ;)

Carlos Santana (various tours)
El Tri

Jefferson Airplane too

King Crimson too too   :smoking

Best:  "Buddy... 'Muthafucka'... Guy"

parmeda wrote on Aug 19^th, 2008 at 10:03pm:

Best:  "Buddy... 'Muthafucka'... Guy"

Lucky you!!!

:willya

Metallica!

Best I've seen: Probably Idlewild in Glasgow September 2003.  :areyoufuckingserious


Worst I've seen: The Cooper Temple Clause in Dublin a week later.  :funny


I saw The Charlatans open for the Stones 3 times (Twickenham 06, Hampden 06, Slane 07). Once was enough....  :whatapostronnie

Best I saw:  White Stripes
Worst:  Tie:  Blues Traveller/whoever that piece of shit was that opened the Philly Tower show in '02.
Most thankful I missed:  Blind Melon (YAY!)
Saddest I missed: Pretenders

Best ever:  Ike & Tina.

Anyone here see Stevie open for them in '72?

this is a good question.

someone please refresh my memory as to who opened the 4-5 show at giants stadium during the voodoo lounge tour....other than that i quite enjoyed the band that opened for them during the no security tour at hartford that sings that song.....and i don't want the world to see me 'cause i don't think that they'd understand when everythings made to be broken...yeah yeah yeah, that song.

muraned 5 weren't that bad....


everybody say owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

J.Geils Band in 1982 was really good

Toots & The Maytals during ABB 2007 sucks!

Pearl Jam 05.  I maybe the only one on this board to see that, since PJ only opened for one show on that tour.  

Coop second.

Worst Blind Mellon, K West.

Mr Jurkka wrote on Aug 20^th, 2008 at 7:35am:

Metallica!

I'm reminded how much I forget. I've saw Metallica at one of the two SF shows... I've seen Metallica a few times. I saw Metallica open for some in Philly in the 80's, and i can't for the life of me remember who the hell they opened for...

axl79 wrote on Aug 21^st, 2008 at 5:23pm:

J.Geils Band in 1982 was really good

I agree... in fact there was a band with members of J. Geils Band and the Rolling Stones... I don't remember the name but they played one gig only LOL

7/19/72
Stevie Wonder was Wicked Pissah!

" everybody say owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww "



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monkey_man wrote on Aug 20^th, 2008 at 11:05am:

Anyone here see Stevie open for them in '72?

Yup..easily the best ever.Wonderlove was his band then and really rocked the house.Story/Rumor has it that Stones waited almost 2 hours in Detroit before coming on to cool the crowd after Stevie kicked ass.The Meters in 75 were great too as was Chaka Khan. Worst?.....cant tell as I have been outside drinking during the openers since 75!

PRINCE, Tina Turner,

The Worst...Coors...Strokes...GnR

Wish I was there...Pretenders...they have NEVER disappointed me live!!

Counting Crowes were good... for me to poop on.

wrote on Aug 20^th, 2008 at 4:12pm:

this is a good question. someone please refresh my memory as to who opened the 4-5 show at giants stadium during the voodoo lounge tour....other than that i quite enjoyed the band that opened for them during the no security tour at hartford that sings that song.....and i don't want the world to see me 'cause i don't think that they'd understand when everythings made to be broken...yeah yeah yeah, that song. muraned 5 weren't that bad.... everybody say owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

The Hartford opener was the Goo Goo Dolls (the song you're referring to is called 'Iris').

All 3 admins from this board were at both shows. However, we  missed the Goo Goo Dolls due to being otherwise occupied in the nearby Hartford Brewery, as evidenced here : - http://www.rocksoff.org/salt2.htm

Best opening bill - George Thorogood & The Destroyers followed by the J Geils Band at Slane in 1982. (the Chieftains actually opened the show, but I'll draw a Long Black Veil over that one)

I missed the Goo Goo Dolls? Fuck! I did see the group that did the Hanging By A Moment song. They were okay.

Saw Stevie open a half dozen times that tour. He was never any hotter musically.
At the final birthday show at the Garden, the cutting of Mick's birthday cake evolved into a "cake" fight - chunks hurled everywhere and at everyone on the stage. Poor Stevie didn't know enough to duck and was consequently bombarded. Didn't stop him though from leading the "Uptight/Satisfaction" encore one last time with icing running down the side of his head.

My favorite openers were Thoroughgood, Pretenders and Counting Crows.
The TerryReid/BBKing/Tina Turner deal was interesting for one show, but after that was a long time to wait through for the headliners.
Worst was Kanye West and Living Colour.
Wished I had seen Chuck Berry who I believed opened a few shows in the 70's maybe.

Van Halen 78 and 81 tour.   :warhorse

Best openers I didn't see: Pretenders, Danko Jones

best opener: J. Geils Band

the worst: frickin' ...........Starsailor  :pukey :pukey :pukey :pukey :pukey

another stinker was Peter Maffay  :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

Best I've seen

LEEDS 82  - GEORGE THOROGOOD,JOE JACKSON AND J.GIELS BAND The most perfect of days IMHO.

sc uk

Journey 1975
Journey 1978

Big Hits.  No competition.

Funny thing...not ONE mention of Kanye West ?!?

monkey_man wrote on Aug 20^th, 2008 at 11:05am:

Anyone here see Stevie open for them in '72?

Yes, I seen Stevie open for The Stones at Maple Leaf Gardens July '72, at the first show, (there were 2) on the same day, it was so damn hot, it was unreal, I still got the ticket stub, which I posted here before.
On the '69 tour, Ike & Tina Turner opened (also at Royal Albert Hall in '66) also B.B. King,  Terry Reid, & Chuck Berry, I would have loved to have  seen that.

Ratones Paranoicos

Best opening act for The Stones has always been Ike & Tina turner.

Another funny thing no mention of Sheryl?

J Geils for me @ Leeds in 82.  :keithpunky

glen759 wrote on Sep 1^st, 2008 at 1:40am:

Another funny thing no mention of Sheryl?

I enjoyed her - all 5 UK shows in 1999 plus two in LA in 2002.

She basically ticked all the boxes for an warm-up act.

In the last few years, I've generally missed the openers due to 'summiting' commitments. Of the 13 shows last tour, the only acts I saw were Kasabian in Nice (apart from 5 minutes of Jet in Lisbon and Madrid) and most of the bill at Slane (I'd no choice in that one as we we re taken by coach).

Most disappointing - in relation to the way they were hyped up - were the Black Crows at Wembley Stadium in 1995.

Although, it goes without saying that in terms of vomit-inducing trauma, nothing comes close to the psychological turmoil of witnessing Bon Jovi in Paris in 1995. To this day, I still occasionally wake up in a cold sweat, crying and shaking, just thinking about it.

"The horror, the horror...."