TODAY’S POLL

LAST POLL RESULTS

43.8% of you voted Yes, and I remember who in Friday’s poll: Have you ever been to a concert where the opening act later became famous?

“It was Pink Floyd over 30 years ago in Chicago.”

“Coffee house at a small liberal arts college had a singer, songwriter, performer — amazing artists (John Sebastian, on his own, and Jamie Brockett). Great days!!”

“Simon and Garfunkel opened for the Beach Boys a long time ago.”

“1972 ROOSEVELT STADIUM WENT TO SEE THE BEACH BOYS. WARM UP BAND WAS THE EAGLES!”

“Uriah Heep opened for Three Dog Night at the Rhode Island Auditorium, and I was blown away.”

“George Thorogood and the Destroyers used to be the house band at the Stone Balloon in Newark, Delaware, when I was a bartender there in the ’70s.”

“I was in college at Indiana State U. in Terre Haute, IN. We had block parties and would get REO Speedwagon to play for us.”

“Saw UFO as an opener way back in ’75 or ’76 — also saw The Black Crowes open for Aerosmith.”

“Guns N’ Roses, The Black Crowes, Drowning Pool.”

“AC/DC opened for an Aerosmith concert I went to in 1978.”

“Guns N’ Roses opened for Aerosmith — at the time, ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ was the only song anyone knew. Metallica opened Monsters of Rock (sorry, I forget the other bands except Van Hagar — well, Van Halen with Sammy).”

“Saw Van Halen at a backyard party when I was in high school.”

“STYX, Sammy Hagar, and a whole lot more.”

“Sammy Hagar opened for Boston.”

“It was a Ted Nugent concert in the late 1970s, and the opening band was Journey.”

“Led Zeppelin.”

“The Eagles opened for Linda Ronstadt, England Dan and John Ford Coley opened for Barry Manilow, and Alice Cooper opened for Led Zeppelin. Alice Cooper also opened for The Doors and John Lennon. I was at one performance of all of these.”

“Hall and Oates opening for the Bee Gees — yes, really!”

“It was a Day on the Green, and Poco was the headliner. The backup band was Heart ♥️ — later to become very famous!”

“No one knew who Jeff Healey was when he opened for Little Feat — or Living Colour when they opened for The Rolling Stones.”

“We went to see Ratt in the ’80s — and Bon Jovi was the unknown opener!”

“You hit the jackpot with this question! I’m a music fanatic, a child of the ’70s and ’80s, and I enjoy all kinds of musical genres — but I’m a classic rocker at heart. My memory is shot now, but the ones I can remember are SRV, Ratt, Cinderella, and, funny enough, NKOTB. Fun times! I still hit several concerts a year, but I’m picky and choosy now due to health issues and the awful cost of tickets. And I’ve pretty much seen everyone I want to see live at least once.”

“Back in the day, I saw Adam Ant open for INXS.”

“Luther Vandross opened for Natalie Cole at the Berkeley Performance Center in Boston, MA.”

“Hootie & the Blowfish opened up for Big Head Todd & the Monsters.”

“One of the first bands that played a festival in the early ’90s was No Doubt. My friend and I looked at each other and said, ‘They are going to be big!’”

“Yeah, back in college in the late ’90s, and it was the Black Eyed Peas.”

“Usher opened for Janet Jackson.”

“Destiny’s Child opening for Christina Aguilera. They were so incredible that we only stayed for a couple of Christina’s songs after — we were satiated.”

“Taylor Swift opened for Keith Urban. She’s a mega star now.”

“Ernest. The Band Perry. Eli Young Band. Dan & Shay. Old Dominion. And countless others… I’ve been to a lot of shows.”

“It was Sugarland. They opened for Brooks & Dunn. About a few months later, they released their first album.”

“Florida Georgia Line.”

“New Zealand singer/vocalist and native Hayley Westenra was the opening act for Il Divo when I saw them perform at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas about a decade ago.”

“Even though their one-hit wonder made them famous, I knew it before it became mainstream!”

“Those were the days, my friends — we thought they’d never end.”

“I’ve been to many concerts in my younger days but don’t remember the opening acts.”

“If I didn’t know them at the time, it probably didn’t register when they ‘made it.’”

“Not sure, but maybe???”

“Unfortunately, no. It seems like every opening act at the concerts I went to was always underwhelming. Not quite the same thing, but living in Chicago, we got to see a lot of up-and-coming stars at Second City before they became famous.”

“Haven’t been to many concerts.”

“I have not gone to any concerts with any opening acts.”

“Too expensive.”

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