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'they blew'em off the stage'

what concerts have you attended, where the warm up act blew the headliners away.....my examples...brownville station upstaging zz top to the point where people where chanting 'brownsville station!' during the littl ol' band from texas' set.....another..t.rex upstaging lynyrd skynyrd(yes there really was such a show), and the grass roots upstaging cream.
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calbrs03
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This was long ago, when Bon Scott was alive, ACDC opened for Ted Nugent at an outdoor concert in Rockford, IL, and they just burned the place down. Just a great bit of showmanship with a killing beat that no one could have surpassed. And they made sure of it. Show over.

Lesson learned: Always back pride with talent.
calbrs03
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Hatpanley
That was 1978? Ouch.
calbrs03
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T bone
I often saw the Hooters at the Main Line Cabaret. Fun bar band. Phillips Hall at West Chester University had some great shows around the same time. Marshall Crenshaw played for maybe 13 people counting myself--the guy was just fantastic. King Crimson played there, too. And the Pretenders once just before they hit it big, once after. The first time, a tiny, drunken Pete Farndon punched-out a bouncer in the parking lot after the show. Lunatic.

This is a great thread. Sorry for sidetracking it.

Odd couple: The Blasters and UB40 at the Mann in Philadelphia.
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