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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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cerrot
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Black & Blue Tour at the Garden (79 or 80); Blue Oyster Cult totally blew away Sabbath (Ronnie James Dio--not Ozzie). First time I saw BOC and they made Dio/Sabbath look absolutely terrible. Made me a BOC fan.
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chazro
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Again back in the day I saw Bruce Springsteen open for Winter Consort, apples to oranges, but it still was no contest. A favorite was the TRIPLE billing of the original YES (3rd), original Humble Pie (2nd), and Black Sabbath. The night before Yes and the Pie destroyed Sabbath so the night I went they cancelled!! Talk about a rockin' night!
grimace
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Ratt opening for Billy Squier in 1984. Dating myself on that one.
siddh
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Mitzi Gaynor performing "Too Darn Hot" plain and simply blew the Beatles out of the water on their headline premier performnace on Ed Sullivan.
brianhemmis
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Ike & Tina Turner with the Ikettes at Madison Square Gardens were the "warm up" group for the Stones MANY years ago !
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