Buddy Miles Express opening for Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Alarm opening for U2
Black Uhuru opening for Talking Heads
Blue Cheer opening for The Who
WHOA, those are AMAZING!! (Although I gotta admit, no clue who Blue Cheer is? Will go look them up...)
[Edited to add: I looked them up - AWESOME! Any band that Jim Morrison called the best band he's ever seen... well that has to be cool! Summertime Blues indeed...]
Of shows I've seen, off the top of my head I'd say:
The White Stripes opening for Sleater-Kinney
Hovercraft opening for the Foo Fighters first tour opening for Mike Watt
Public Enemy opening for the Beastie Boys
At the Drive-In opening for Rocket From the Crypt (I think that was the headliner - honestly, ATDI was so amazing, we only stayed for a few songs of the headliner (who was probably quite good themselves) because we were so blown away)
And two personal favorites:
Uncle Tupelo opening for Drivin' N Cryin (and UT was so unbelievable, DNC got insecure and had their light tech pull their lights (I confirmed several times over the years that this is true), so most of UT's set was in the dark with their one roadie shining one flashlight alternating between Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy. And they still kicked the asses of 90% of the bands I've ever seen, anywhere. My first time sincerely moshing too! (I'm a short chick, just always saw moshing as a lose-lose for me); and
I would have to say the Hold Steady opening for Counting Crows in 2008. They did not want to leave the stage and at one point I saw someone gesturing from the side of the stage to get them to come off. I had not heard of them and was I was impressed.
2007 London
2009 Manchester
2010 Dublin / London
2012 Manchester I & II / Berlin I & II / EV: Manchester
2014 Amsterdam I & II / Vienna / Berlin / Leeds
Soo many, especially if we start talkin festivals, heres just a few notables... QOTSA for Rage Against the Machine Cage the Elephant for Stone Temple Pilots Monster Truck for Sevendust
-Steve Winwood (supporting Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in 2008 and Carlos Santana in 2010) -Jimmy Cliff (supporting Dave Matthews Band) -The Naked and Famous (supporting Imagine Dragons) -Alice Cooper for Iron Maiden in 2012 -Lamb of God & Volbeat for Metallica in October 2009
Stone Temple Pilots opening for the Stones 1994 Matt Mays and El Torpedo opening for the Black Crowes 2006 Alice in Chains opening for Velvet Revolver 2007 Vintage Trouble opening for the Who in 2012
Ottawa 2011
London 2013 "The Dundas Hookers on Crack" Show
Guns N' Roses opening for Aerosmith 1988 Pearl Jam opening for Nirvana & RHCP 1991 Pearl Jam opening for the Rolling Stones 1997 King Crimson opening for TOOL 2001 The Mars Volta opening for System of a Down 2005 The Mars Volta opening for RHCP 2006 Jimmy Cliff opening for Jerry Garcia Band Primus opening for Rush
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Glen Hansard opening for Eddie Candlebox opening for Rush Vince Neil solo opening for Van Halen made for a fun show
Not sure yet if I am hitting the Aerosmith tour this summer but if I do Slash with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators has a great chance to crack this list.
6/27/98 - East Troy, WI
6/29/06 - Milwaukee, WI
9/25/11 - Vancouver, BC
11/4/12 - (Eddie Vedder) Phoenix, AZ
11/1/13 - New Orleans, LA
11/19/13 - Phoenix, AZ
11/21/13 - San Diego, CA
10/12/14 - Austin, TX
10/22/14 - Denver, CO
8/22/16 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley 2) 5/9/22 - Glendale, AZ 5/18/24 - Las Vegas, NV
I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with a good supporting artist that I've seen and I can't think of a single one. All the ones I can recall pretty much sucked. Although to be fair, I have skipped a lot of openers. Surely I've missed out on something good along the way. BUT I think I will soon see the best opener ever, since Mark Lanegan is opening for Nick Cave on July 1st!!!!! I definitely won't be skipping that!
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JRoddy Walston and the Business and Cold War Kids opening for the Lumineers last year - all three acts were a blast
Stone Temple Pilots opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers during the Californication tour.
7/19/13 - Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
10/11/13 - Pittsburgh, PA
10/12/13 - Buffalo, NY
10/16/2014 - Detroit, MI 5/10/2016 - Toronto, ON 3/24/2020 - Hamilton, ON 9/7/2023 - Chicago, IL
Jerry Cantrell & Days Of The New opened for Metallica in 1998...that was pretty killer Isis opening for Tool in 2006 Alice In Chains opening for Velvet Revolver (Tragic!) in 2007 Queens of the Stone Age opening for Soundgarden in 2011
Vancouver, BC - 2005 Vancouver, BC - 2009 Vancouver, BC - 2011 Vancouver, BC - 2013 Mountain View, CA - 2014 Mountain View, CA - 2014 Quebec City, QC - 2016 Ottawa, ON - 2016 Pemberton, BC - 2016 Seattle, WA 1 - 2018 Seattle, WA 2 - 2018
PJ: 2003 Mansfield: July 2 2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29 2005 Montreal: Sept 15 2006 Boston: May 24 & 25 2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28, 2010 Boston: May 17 2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25, 2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7
Train's first album was amazing, once they popified it went down hill. They do write catchy pop tunes though.
My Morning Jacket was the best I have seen with one exception:
SKID ROW opened for Guns and Roses in 91 on the use your illusions tour, they blew guns off the stage at Alpine that day others: Glenn Hansard was great toots and the Maytals for Matisyahu were fun
James Vincent McMorrow opening for The Civil Wars. I ran out and bought his CD right after his set. Not as big a fan of his second record but his first record is incredible!
And Glen Hansard opening for EV was great! Been a huge fan ever since. In fact, I'm going to see him at the Hollywood Bowl in August! :-D
The first band I ever saw live was Jimmy Eat World open up for Blink 182 back in 2001. They were an excellent opener and looking back I'm somewhat puzzled at the paring.
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WHOA, those are AMAZING!! (Although I gotta admit, no clue who Blue Cheer is? Will go look them up...)
[Edited to add: I looked them up - AWESOME! Any band that Jim Morrison called the best band he's ever seen... well that has to be cool! Summertime Blues indeed...]
Of shows I've seen, off the top of my head I'd say:
The White Stripes opening for Sleater-Kinney
Hovercraft opening for the Foo Fighters first tour opening for Mike Watt
Public Enemy opening for the Beastie Boys
At the Drive-In opening for Rocket From the Crypt (I think that was the headliner - honestly, ATDI was so amazing, we only stayed for a few songs of the headliner (who was probably quite good themselves) because we were so blown away)
And two personal favorites:
Uncle Tupelo opening for Drivin' N Cryin (and UT was so unbelievable, DNC got insecure and had their light tech pull their lights (I confirmed several times over the years that this is true), so most of UT's set was in the dark with their one roadie shining one flashlight alternating between Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy. And they still kicked the asses of 90% of the bands I've ever seen, anywhere. My first time sincerely moshing too! (I'm a short chick, just always saw moshing as a lose-lose for me); and
The Clash opening for The Who at Shea Stadium!!!
It's growing up just like me.
2009 Manchester
2010 Dublin / London
2012 Manchester I & II / Berlin I & II / EV: Manchester
2014 Amsterdam I & II / Vienna / Berlin / Leeds
QOTSA for Rage Against the Machine
Cage the Elephant for Stone Temple Pilots
Monster Truck for Sevendust
Idlewild & Feeder opening for REM
-Steve Winwood (supporting Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in 2008 and Carlos Santana in 2010)
-Jimmy Cliff (supporting Dave Matthews Band)
-The Naked and Famous (supporting Imagine Dragons)
-Alice Cooper for Iron Maiden in 2012
-Lamb of God & Volbeat for Metallica in October 2009
old school zm&mm
oh did you get that message yesterday
Matt Mays and El Torpedo opening for the Black Crowes 2006
Alice in Chains opening for Velvet Revolver 2007
Vintage Trouble opening for the Who in 2012
London 2013 "The Dundas Hookers on Crack" Show
Pearl Jam opening for Nirvana & RHCP 1991
Pearl Jam opening for the Rolling Stones 1997
King Crimson opening for TOOL 2001
The Mars Volta opening for System of a Down 2005
The Mars Volta opening for RHCP 2006
Jimmy Cliff opening for Jerry Garcia Band
Primus opening for Rush
Buddy Guy opened and blew the roof off the place
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Candlebox opening for Rush
Vince Neil solo opening for Van Halen made for a fun show
Not sure yet if I am hitting the Aerosmith tour this summer but if I do Slash with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators has a great chance to crack this list.
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
Milwaukee
Pearl Jam opened for Tom Petty
Best
Opener
Ever.
6/29/06 - Milwaukee, WI
9/25/11 - Vancouver, BC
11/4/12 - (Eddie Vedder) Phoenix, AZ
11/1/13 - New Orleans, LA
11/19/13 - Phoenix, AZ
11/21/13 - San Diego, CA
10/12/14 - Austin, TX
10/22/14 - Denver, CO
8/22/16 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley 2)
5/9/22 - Glendale, AZ
5/18/24 - Las Vegas, NV
London, Copenhagen 07
MSG 08
SBE, Manchester, London 09
Dublin, Belfast, London 10
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
Stone Temple Pilots opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers during the Californication tour.
10/11/13 - Pittsburgh, PA
10/12/13 - Buffalo, NY
10/16/2014 - Detroit, MI
5/10/2016 - Toronto, ON
3/24/2020 - Hamilton, ON
9/7/2023 - Chicago, IL
Isis opening for Tool in 2006
Alice In Chains opening for Velvet Revolver (Tragic!) in 2007
Queens of the Stone Age opening for Soundgarden in 2011
Vancouver, BC - 2009
Vancouver, BC - 2011
Vancouver, BC - 2013
Mountain View, CA - 2014
Mountain View, CA - 2014
Quebec City, QC - 2016
Ottawa, ON - 2016
Pemberton, BC - 2016
Seattle, WA 1 - 2018
Seattle, WA 2 - 2018
Nick Cave opening for Bob Dylan (at a Blues festival)
Robert Cray opening for Buddy Guy
and lastly and strangely..
Venom opening for Gary Moore way back when (and they were great)
2003 Mansfield: July 2
2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
2005 Montreal: Sept 15
2006 Boston: May 24 & 25
2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28,
2010 Boston: May 17
2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7
EV Solo: Boston 8/2/08, Boston 6/16/11
My Morning Jacket was the best I have seen with one exception:
SKID ROW opened for Guns and Roses in 91 on the use your illusions tour, they blew guns off the stage at Alpine that day
others:
Glenn Hansard was great
toots and the Maytals for Matisyahu were fun
And Glen Hansard opening for EV was great! Been a huge fan ever since. In fact, I'm going to see him at the Hollywood Bowl in August! :-D
Favorite Albums of 2014 Article
-Gorge 2005
-Bonnaroo 2008
-Key Arena 1 & 2 2009
-Spokane 2013