Before They Were Famous

In 75 at the Agora in Columbus, Ohio Hall and Oats were the headliners. The opening performer was a new kid who was getting some air play on the local FM station. Todd Rundgren. What a super show there was about 600 people there and you could walk right up to the stage.

ALbertporter, a little of both ;-}

Peter Gabriel, The Police, Squeeze, Joe Jackson, Dire Straits, all at the Bottom Line NYC(about 500 seats)in 1979 - my first year as an NYU undergrad. Gabriel, I guess, was famous from his years in Genisis but his solo stuff was a radical departure, and who could recogize him with his hair cut off?. Also, Talking Heads circa 1978, at a small community college, just after the release of "Talking Heads 77". The Clash a year later, but maybe they were famous by then.....

I saw REM open for Oingo Boingo a hundred years ago in Birmingham,AL. Neither were "famous". REM was booed off of the stage!!!!!! I never did like them...

oh yeah, I saw Jimi Hendrix open for The Monkeys in Charlotte NC. He threw down his guitar, said "f*%# you, Charlotte" and walked off the stage.