Best supporting artist you've seen.

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  • kwdaley
    kwdaley Posts: 499
    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
  • rmartin70
    rmartin70 Posts: 64
    edited May 2014
    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
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,915
    Went to see Tom Petty


    Buddy Guy opened and blew the roof off the place
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,849
    EarlWelsh said:

    Wax opening up for Bush

    wax and bush :)) :))

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  • W.M.Eh
    W.M.Eh Posts: 133
    Perfect Circle when they opened for NIN on the Fragility 2.0 tour in 2000
    The last PJ show I went to was the best PJ show ever, that is until they come around again of course

  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,935
    W.M.Eh said:

    Perfect Circle when they opened for NIN on the Fragility 2.0 tour in 2000

    thats a hell of a lineup
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    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.
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  • djklambake
    djklambake PHX, AZ Posts: 2,524
    2006

    Milwaukee

    Pearl Jam opened for Tom Petty

    Best

    Opener

    Ever.
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    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
  • Chazz
    Chazz Posts: 1,160
    PJSEMPRE said:

    samjam said:

    Glen Hansard opening for Ed solo.

    I agree with you.
    I agree with you both :)
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    JimmyV said:

    Candlebox opening for Rush

    I actually thought Candlebox was better than I thought they would be when I saw them open for Rush.
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  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana Posts: 924
    This weekend I saw Transit open for Mayday Parade and they were absolutely amazing! If you like the Killers you will love Transit!
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,036
    edited May 2014
    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! :D
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  • jonsey30
    jonsey30 Lake Orion, MI Posts: 1,006
    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.
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  • iammine16
    iammine16 Vancouver, BC Posts: 857
    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
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  • thefunkygibbon
    thefunkygibbon Posts: 37
    Tom Petty opening for Bob Dylan

    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)
  • jervin007
    jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    BRMC open for KOL
    PJ:
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    2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
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  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,941
    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
  • samsonite
    samsonite Posts: 210
    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
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  • London Bridge
    London Bridge USA Posts: 4,733
    Stevie Ray Vaughan opening for Robert Plant
  • llessuR
    llessuR Posts: 195
    edited May 2014
    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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