Backwards bills

[fonpr]

I saw U2 open for The J. Geils Band. Both were great.

[casualobserver]

I like to think the Black Keys would still open for Sleater-Kinney today

[cavorting with nudists]

(Full disclosure: I'm old)

One of the first concerts I ever saw, in Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, was B.B. King opening for--who was that band? Green Earth? Something? White--signed to Motown. They had a big hit that they didn't write but probably still get royalties from. Who gives a shit. B.B. King, when he was still pretty awesome!

[fonpr]

(Full disclosure: I'm old)

One of the first concerts I ever saw, in Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, was B.B. King opening for--who was that band? Green Earth? Something? White--signed to Motown. They had a big hit that they didn't write but probably still get royalties from. Who gives a shit. B.B. King, when he was still pretty awesome!

Rare Earth.

[not that clay]

Nirvana opening for Sonic Youth. Nirvana sucked. Before Nevermind came out Nirvana was like the 8th best band in Seattle.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I saw the Pogues headline at City Gardens, and the next night they opened for U2 at Madison Square Garden.  They did a similar performance (different set list), but in MSG the lights were on in the stadium and maybe 20 people spread throughout the massive arena were paying attention and dancing.

I also saw Bob Dylan open for The Grateful Dead at Giants Stadium, and The Flaming Lips open for the Canadian hardcore band The Dayglow Abortions, also at City Gardens.

[buffcoat]

This bill might not be reversed even today from a financial perspective, but I saw Son Volt open for battering-child-raiser John Cougar Mellencamp at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in the early 2000s.

I did not stick around for the headliner.

[Steve of Bloomington]

Pearl Jam followed by Smashing Pumpkins followed by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

I remember nothing from Pearl Jam's set. I didn't know who they were.

Billy Corgan and D'arcy tormented and taunted the crowd, but I liked them.

I'm embarassed to have been to an RHCP show.

Perhaps the ultimate backwards bill was Miles Davis opening for 'that no-playing motherf****' Steve Miller, as described by Miles Davis in his autobiography.