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Support band you saw that blew away the headliner
- Thread starter Mad Eyed Screamer
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The completely unknown at the time Skids blew out the Stranglers at the infamous Battersea Park Gig and at Portsmouth Locarno a few days later (the former same day Futcher scored a hat trick at the Bridge against Chelsea)
1973 Tour that wasAs said previously van halen supporting black sabbath was just a joy to watch (Manchester Apollo) but the one I remember the most was mott the hoople tour in the early 70s with a little known band they were called Queen I often wonder what happened to them
Lavinda Past
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What year was that mate?
I think it was 1977. A fantastic night. Two absolutely brilliant bands. Tom Petty was amazing, and Nils Lofgren on peak form.
One of the best gigs I ever went to.
I always saythat The Prodigy were the best band on the day by a mileProdigy at knebworth immediately springs to mind, blew oasis away
We were in the queue to stock up for beer before Oasis came on
When we looked round and saw 120,000 pairs of hands in the air for Voodoo People we were all like - we need to be in amongst that!!
They were awesome that day and I remember initially being disappointed that they were on the Saturday and The Charlatans were on the Sunday........but The Prodigy were immense
Other than that, not that they blew the headline act away, but around 2002ish, supporting The Charlatans were a band called The Music.
The energy and the tunes of the band made me buy their debut album and I wasn't disappointed
Although saying that, they disappeared off a cliff!!
But I always remember seeing them initially and they were superb
burnley blue mcfc
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I was the same regarding the charlatans! I’d always been a fan, was never into the prodigy but knew of them obv! But that set was a game changer the sheer intensity of their set was on another level it was epic!I always saythat The Prodigy were the best band on the day by a mile
We were in the queue to stock up for beer before Oasis came on
When we looked round and saw 120,000 pairs of hands in the air for Voodoo People we were all like - we need to be in amongst that!!
They were awesome that day and I remember initially being disappointed that they were on the Saturday and The Charlatans were on the Sunday........but The Prodigy were immense
Other than that, not that they blew the headline act away, but around 2002ish, supporting The Charlatans were a band called The Music.
The energy and the tunes of the band made me buy their debut album and I wasn't disappointed
Although saying that, they disappeared off a cliff!!
But I always remember seeing them initially and they were superb
Mad Eyed Screamer
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Agree on that. Bowie was awful, well not awful he just played the entire Glass Spider album that about 4 people had heard……Both Alison Moyet and Terence Trent Darby knocked spots off Bowie at Maine Road, glass spider tour.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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Opera House. One of Morrissey’s best gigs according to the great man himself.Where at mate ?
@MCFCTrick was there too
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Adam Granduciel main man in The War on Drugs has produced Sam Fender’s new album, should be a great gig.I can’t recall to be fair , however I’ve got Sam Fender tickets for next year and the support act is ‘War On Drugs’ - which was reviewed on the Album thread and sounded superb.
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That was going to be on my list , Nils spent too much time on his mini trampoline.The other time I saw a headliner blown away by the support act was also at the Apollo and it was Nils Lofgren being supported by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
TP&TH became one of the world’s great live bands.
Nils did join one of the greatest live bands and his guitar solo spot in “Because The Night” is just one of the most spine tingling things you can see at a gig.