Concerts you attended for the opening act?

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Fri, Jun 4, 2021 1:07 PM

I'm going to see Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats with opening act Margo Price. I frankly had not heard of Rateliff so I went to YouTube and was not blown away (maybe they'll change my mind in person). I'm going to see Price, who I find to be awesome.

What concerts have you attended primarily to see an opening act rather than the headliner? I went to a Willie Nelson concert to see Alison Krauss and Union Station. They were great, Willie was simply awful.

iclfan2 Reppin' the 330/216/843

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Fri, Jun 4, 2021 1:12 PM

I went to a Brantley Gilbert concert to see Justin Moore opening. Moore was great, Gilbert sucked live.

ptown_trojans_1 Moderator

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Fri, Jun 4, 2021 1:14 PM

posted by queencitybuckeye
I'm going to see Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats with opening act Margo Price. I frankly had not heard of Rateliff so I went to YouTube and was not blown away (maybe they'll change my mind in person). I'm going to see Price, who I find to be awesome.
What concerts have you attended primarily to see an opening act rather than the headliner? I went to a Willie Nelson concert to see Alison Krauss and Union Station. They were great, Willie was simply awful.

Son of a bitch! Give me a drink...is a great song.

There have been a few festivals where I attended for the opening acts or middle acts.

justincredible Honorable Admin

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Fri, Jun 4, 2021 1:22 PM

I know I have but I can't think of the bands involved. It's been a while.

Zunardo Senior Member

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Fri, Jun 4, 2021 11:30 PM

Probably 3/4 of the concerts I went to, the warmup act wouldn’t be named at the time I bought a ticket. Wouldn’t find out until the night of the show.

Gardens35 Senior Member

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Sat, Jun 5, 2021 1:11 PM

Years ago me and a friend drove to some crappy joint in Pittsburgh to see the Runaways open for the Ramones. Lita Ford was the attraction.

cat_lover Senior Member

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Sat, Jun 5, 2021 1:34 PM

Saw Iron Maiden open for Scorpions. Was big into Iron Maiden this was when number of the beast had just came out and I was talking them up to my friends and was saying that they would blow the Scorpions off the stage. I was RIGHT.

One month later they opened for Judas Priest and did the same thing.

UP THE IRONS

Dr Winston O'Boogie Senior Member

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Sat, Jun 5, 2021 4:07 PM

posted by cat_lover
Saw Iron Maiden open for Scorpions. Was big into Iron Maiden this was when number of the beast had just came out and I was talking them up to my friends and was saying that they would blow the Scorpions off the stage. I was RIGHT.
One month later they opened for Judas Priest and did the same thing.
UP THE IRONS

Up the Irons. They put on a first rate concert. I love Judas Priest, but Maiden is my favorite metal band for certain.

I bet they blew the Scorpions away. I wouldn't want to follow Bruce and the boys.

cat_lover Senior Member

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Sat, Jun 5, 2021 4:34 PM

Yes they did. I spent the entire Scorpions set rubbing it into my friends. the crowd seemed to know it too as they were lukewarm to the Scorpions.

I like Judas Priest and they put on a good show but Iron Maiden still gave it to them.

superman Senior Member

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Sat, Jun 5, 2021 4:54 PM

I forget who the "main attraction" was but I went with a few college buddies to see a guy that we started listening to because Garth Brooks mentioned him in a song. His name was Chris Ledoux

rip34 Member

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Sat, Jun 5, 2021 6:43 PM

Went to a Toad the Wet Sprocket concert more for the opener, hootie and the blowfish.

A year later Hootie was headlining Polaris. They hit it big time with their first album that was played into the ground.

Ironman92 Administrator

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Sat, Jun 5, 2021 7:20 PM

Went to see Lonestar in 2001 at Cincy Gardens and while I enjoyed them some young super tall cowboy with a mullet named Blake Shelton was just out with a song called Austin.....he was great

Dr Winston O'Boogie Senior Member

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Sat, Jun 5, 2021 9:12 PM

posted by cat_lover
Yes they did. I spent the entire Scorpions set rubbing it into my friends. the crowd seemed to know it too as they were lukewarm to the Scorpions.
I like Judas Priest and they put on a good show but Iron Maiden still gave it to them.

Concerts you attended for the opening act?

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