If you've got some time to reflect (or know of a site where its already been done) I'd like to compile a giant list of every band/act that has had the honor of opening up for the Stones...

- George Thorogood
- No Doubt
- Johnny Lang
- Blues Traveler
- Prince
- The Pretenders
- The Hives
- Smashing Pumpkins

So who else...?

Drake

telephone
guns n roses
big country
cranberries
acdc
....nmore to be continued

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Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

the Guns....

[www.timeisonourside.com]

great side
thx

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Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

Buffalo Springfield
Standells
McCoys
Ike and Tina Turner Revue
BB King
Terry Reid

These are from the '60's.

Living Colour
Van Halen
Mellisa Ethridge
Star Sailor

To name a few more.

Fred Hardin
Pleased to meet you........

Blues Traveler - VL
The Pretenders - Licks NYC w/ John McEnroe as guest guitarist
Goo Goo Dolls - NS
Foreigner - 78
NYC Steel Drums - Tour Of The Americas

Bob Dylan
Stevie Wonder
Elvis Costello
Santana
ZZ Top
Iggy Pop
Journey
Tina Turner
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Molly Hatchet
Counting Crows
Fiona Apple
Foo Fighters
Journey
Buddy Guy
Sheryl Crow
Susan Tedeschi
Dave Matthews Band
Solomon Burke
Peter Tosh
Sugar Ray
Ryan Adams
Bryan Adams
The Corrs
Soulive
The Strokes
White Stripes
The Wallflowers
To name a few more...





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Black Crowes
Dan Reed
Gun
The Darkness
Tim Burgess
Cooper Temple Clause (i think in Ireland?)

but the best and the least likely to be asked back has to be AC/DC

who are far too good to open for ANYBODY as the Stones found out

D.C., December 1981- It was either Bobby Womack or Gary "U.S" Bonds...I'm not sure, that was a LONG time ago. Can anyone clear this up? Thanks.

stp in toronto.

In 1975 Boston Garden The Crusaders. Voodoo Lounge - Lenny Kravitz.

It's so very lonely, you're 2,000 Light Years from home

Please lets not forget...

The J. Geils Band (L.A. '81)

Toots and The Maytalls (Rotterdam '03)

Billy preston 73

Bon Jovi (Paris 95)
Rowwen Heze (Landgraaf 99)
BAP (Köln 99)
Robert Cray band (95)

heehee Foreigner...the worst of the worst, oh the humiliation, the fury.
best ever the Neville Bros.

Best ever: The White Stripes (All the Stones watched their performance from backstage, and that was a first!)

Heh! Heh! indeed ... but cop this one.

Opening act for Stones, Melbourne 1973 was Australian progressive rock act Madder Lake, who had a hit around that time with a song called 12 Pound Toothbrush.

ROCKMAN

stereophonics, 07.07.2003 paris,bercy

To me, the Licks tour seemed to be the first time The Stones really strived to get some decent, popular and credible opening acts, especially in Europe and the UK.

Let's hope for more of the same this time round. They have the right idea by getting Beck to open, but have let themselves down with Black Eyed Peas and Maroon 5. It's kind of the equivalent of No Doubt and Shaggy on the Licks US leg.


Despite some fine opening acts, I was very disappointed with who I saw last time around. The Pretenders in the States, The Cranberries in Germany and bloody Starsailor and Feeder in England. My dad got to see Primal Scream!

I kept thinking to myself, If only I could've seen Tim Burgess, Cooper Temple Clause or EVAN The Thrills, it would of been better than the tripe I got.

trust me Al

Cooper Temple & The Thrills weren't better than the tripe you got

they were bloody awful. nearly as bad as they are on record

Ah yes, Van Halen, the real Van Halen with David Lee Roth.

Really? I quite like what I've heard from The Cooper Temple Clause. In all honesty, The Thrills I can take or leave. Loved their debut album at the time, but they'd never get a spin on my hi-fi now.

Simple Minds - European tour 98
Jean-Louis Aubert - Paris 1998
J Geils Band
Ike & Tina Turner

HELLACOPTERS

See the really great site mentioned above: [www.timeisonourside.com]

Still missing: BAP (Collogne 82) - don't like 'em

Die Toten Hosen (Düsseldorf 95?) - much better

Olympia 2003 - The Burn

Thanks MAF. Love hard facts.

Shawn 20, my thoughts exactly! The Mighty VH opened for them in 78 in New Orleans and 81 in Orlando (back cover of Diver Down). Not sure if they opened any other shows for them.

Also, I think the Stones would invite AC/DC to open for them again. I think they had a great time together, especially when Angus and Malcolm joined them for Rock Me Baby. Stones are probably the only band AC/DC would consider opening for.