Iggy Popp in Detroit 81. Lots of interesting stuff thrown up on the stage.



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Best: Ike and Tina NYC 69, Dzem Chorzow 98

Worst: Whoever it was in Berlin Olympic Stadium 98

I liked George Thorogood as an opener in De Kuip in Rotterdam in 1982.

But I also liked the pure energy and anthousiasm of Vue which opened in Vredenburg Utrecht last year.

Biggest dissapointment was Robert Cray. Totally uninspiring.

Hutu and the blowhorns (or whatever they were called) was also a waste of efford.

Fred

Living Color rocked with good sound too!

All time greatest opening act for the "boyz" must have been in Toronto in the summer of 2003 with f...... AC/DC !!! Unfortunately for me I wasn`t there , but the dvd "Toronto Rocks" show how they really where ringing the bell !

You damn right ! See the unofficial full show DVD ! ACDC stole the show

" AC/DC Toronto 2003... They were so good that it was very difficult for the Stones (tired) to play after them..."

Gosh yes what was I thinking?

The Isley Bros., AC/DC, The Guess Who, even Rush. I'm loathe to admit it hre but the Stones were anticlimactic that day.

who warmed up in lisboa 1995 ?

Absolutely,!!!Yes !!!, ACDC AT TORONTO. They stole the show. Really great sound too !

J.Geils Band 1982
Gasolin 1982 !

Best opening act for The Stones would have to go to the naked chick on the plane in Robert Frank's movie @#$%& Blues...!!

ROCKMAN

Bobby Womack - August 8, 1975 - beat that if you will!

Santana, 1981 Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit. Amazing!!!

Now I`m curious , where can I get my hands on a copy of the unofficial DVD with the full AC/DC -Stones show in Toronto 2003 ?

AC/DC (Oberhausen 2003)
Lucie (Prague 1995)
Telephone (Paris 1998)

Life's just a cocktail party on the street

AC/DC---just boring

HEY HAVO... WERE YOU IN TORONTO ? If you were , you must have been out cold by the time AC/DC came out....

Thought Prince was going to be the best
but he was off the stage before we got
out of the car and into the Colusium!
...Something about a trench coat and G string!

So I'll go with J Geils!



- Thru our past darkly...

PRINCE

There's just one opening act worth mentioning: AC/DC!!!
All the others I've seen, such as Gun, Big Country, Cranberries, Pretenders etc. didn't even give me a reason to pay attention. I was waiting for THE band.

Check this list it's pretty amazing....ROCKMAN

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G.Jeil's in 81 at the Seattle KingDome without a doubt! They were hot and the Stones took an awfully long time to come out after these guy's tore up the place!
A friend that was there with me and not nearly the Stones fan I was/am said, Geil's out did the headliner's hands down as far as he was concerned, and in retrospect I believe he was right? Played most of their live album Full House, and in my opinion anyway, and to be perfectly honest about it beside's? I doubt the Stones ever were as good a band as was The J.Geil's Band, at that point of their career? And it's just a shame they never did seem to be appreciated as much as what they should have been? Great live rockin blues, as good as it get's! So if you haven't had the opportunity to listen to this band and especially their Full House recording, give them a shot, won't you?

saw geils every show they played at Boston Garden from 1976 to 1980. Geils would always rock their home town crowd. Great performers.

J Geils Band
BAP in '82 (German Band, very very big Stones Fans, couldn't believe their luck themselves)

Worst
Peter Maffay '82
Boese Onkelz '03

wtf



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> AC/DC---just boring


Ha ha ha, you were not in Toronto 2003 !

MononoM,

Paris 98 was not opened by Telephone, which split about 15 years ago, but by Jean-Louis Aubert, the band's former singer.
I agree, it was a great opener for the french audience, and I'm glad you also loved it.

Someone said his worst opener was in Berlin in 98.
I think it was Big Country. Theu usually ain't bad, but it's sure that they left me with a better souvenir when they opened in 95.

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George Thorogood & J. Geils Band @ Candlestick Park, SF October 17 & 18, 1981

Runner UP: Susan Tedeschi San Jose, Ca 2-4-2003


Worst: Sugar Ray / No Security Tour April 1999

Pussycats, Oslo 65

Joe Jackson - Stones in the (Roundhay) Park, Leeds - Brilliant!

Regards,

Ian.

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