Tours where an aging support act absolutely obliterates the young, hungry headliners

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How 'bout the opposite of the young openers/aging headliners thread - where a seasoned act goes on first and schools the headlining youngsters?

My vote: The Raincoats opening for Liz Phair, NYC, 1994. The Raincoats were absolutely mesmerizing; I left four songs into Liz Phair, absolutely bored.

― mike a (mike a), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 15:18 (eighteen years ago)

How did Superchunk fare on that tour opening for Get Up Kids? Didn't see it myself.

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 15:41 (eighteen years ago)

The first thing that came to mind was Hokie Mokie and Hideo Yamaguchi: http://www.csusm.edu/profe/441king.htm

― dad a (dad a), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 16:57 (eighteen years ago)

A couple of months ago I saw Flipper open for the Melvins/Big Business. Buzz and Co were on form (they were better when they played Houdini in its entirety the year before) but Flipper just blew them off stage. I wish their catalogue wasn't deleted.

― MacDara Conroy (MacDara), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 21:30 (eighteen years ago)

Not that I saw it, and not that Pearl jam are young or hungry, but didn't Sonic Youth open for them recently? I wouldn't be pressed to beleieve they could obliterate Pearl Jam live.

― Thomas Mehlt (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 00:05 (eighteen years ago)

I'd like to think this happened when Townes Van Zandt supported Tindersticks, but it probably didn't.

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 02:08 (eighteen years ago)

I believe there was a time in the late 80s when Aerosmith did this to G'N'R, but I could be wrong.

― richard wood johnson (rwj), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 04:46 (eighteen years ago)

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