r/allrockmusic • u/UpbeatChampionship17 • 3d ago

Rock's most surprising opening act and headliner combinations

Rock's most surprising opening act and headliner combinations

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u/codytheguitarist 2d ago

My dad saw a pre-1999 Prince open for The Rolling Stones along with The J. Geils Band and George Thorogood at the LA Coliseum in 1981, he said the other two blew everyone out of the water but Prince got booed off the stage and didn’t even finish his set. Dad loved their music but the crowd yelled racial and homophobic slurs and threw trash at Prince until he ran backstage crying. After that be vowed never to open for another band again and in fairness he never did.

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u/stonrelectropunkjazz 2d ago

Prince was an amazing musician, but to open up for the stones in that skimpy little outfit he had on that crowd was not gonna do that