I know that Queen often did not have any support bands[any reason for this?].The best support band i saw was Big Country at Knebworth,they went down very well and even did an encore i think.
master marathon runner · Member since
Got to be Thin Lizzy on the American '76/'77 tour, I would presume anyhow.
Marknow · Member since
I would go with Lizzy too. Queen and Lizzy, what a great billing.
Raffy · Member since
So many great artist/bands to choose... A brief list would include these of course:
Alvin Lee & Ten Years After
Billy Squier
Cheap Trick
Foghat
Foreigner
Gary Moore
Heart
INXS
Iron Maiden
Joan Jett And The BlackHearts
Kansas
Level 42
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Manfred Mann
Marillion
Molly Hatchet
Premiata Forneria Marconi
R.E.O. Speedwagon
Rory Gallagher
Status Quo
Styx
The Commodores
Thin Lizzy
Whitesnake
*goodco* · Member since
In '76, a friend bought some tix as a birthday gift for another friend, and I was asked to be the designated driver for a Bob Seger show. 'Sure, who's the warmup band?' 'Seger......Queen are the headliners.'
I gladly drove.
This was a couple of months before 'Live Bullet' was released, when his regional popularity began to expand and explode. A great night all around.
Thin Lizzy was a one-hit wonder to me. No warm up in '78, and then for some reason had Dakota (really?) in '80. There was almost an equal amount of fans for Billy Squier as Queen in '82, and he was damn good (as the video from that concert affirms).
Wish I had a chance to comment about later tours.........
Marknow · Member since
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Thin Lizzy was a one-hit wonder to me.
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I think it is a bit unfair to call Lizzy a one hit wonder, besides, they fucking killed it live much like Queen did, as Brian once said "they gave us a real run for our money". They also released a live album in 1978 which got to number 2 in the U.K, Live Killers got to number 3 in 1979.
I am a bit of a Lizzy fan though.... :) They were a proper Irish band not like those dreadful fuckwits U2.
cmsdrums · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Mark. wrote:[/b]
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[b]*goodco* wrote: [/b]
Thin Lizzy was a one-hit wonder to me.
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I think it is a bit unfair to call Lizzy a one hit wonder, besides, they fucking killed it live much like Queen did, as Brian once said "they gave us a real run for our money". They also released a live album in 1978 which got to number 2 in the U.K, Live Killers got to number 3 in 1979.
I am a bit of a Lizzy fan though.... :) They were a proper Irish band not like those dreadful fuckwits U2.[/QUOTE]
Doesn't that Lizzy 'live' album have more studio overdubs than Queen II though?!! :-)
I think it is a bit unfair to call Lizzy a one hit wonder, besides, they fucking killed it live much like Queen did, as Brian once said "they gave us a real run for our money". They also released a live album in 1978 which got to number 2 in the U.K, Live Killers got to number 3 in 1979.
I am a bit of a Lizzy fan though.... :) They were a proper Irish band not like those dreadful fuckwits U2.[/QUOTE]
Doesn't that Lizzy 'live' album have more studio overdubs than Queen II though?!! :-)[/QUOTE]
Plenty of overdubs and "studio tricks" all right, but only from 2 consecutive nights at one venue, kind of like Queen Rock Montreal. Unlike Live Killers which still has most experts perplexed.
mr mason · Member since
Mr Big was support on the uk 'Night at the Opera' tour.
musicland munich · Member since
Aerosmith( 74/ Pennsylvania) ! But I am not sure who hit the stage at first that night. While the others were fighting about who`s first, Brian and Joe Perry had a bottle of Jack Daniels. Brian had to improvise a lot because he was so drunk.
Maybe to be updatet. I really should take more care about my stuff :(
ANAGRAMER · Member since
The Commodores!?,?
Seriously?
musicland munich · Member since
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The Commodores!?,?
Seriously?[/QUOTE]^
Saarbrücken 79`... if I remember correctly...
...They get "boOOohed" of the stage.
kosimodo · Member since
kosimodo · Member since
I still remember Airrace. I have never see a band boohed and whistled off stage so loudly like them.
Would be nice to hear them about it once:)
kosimodo · Member since
I still remember Airrace. I have never see a band boohed and whistled off stage so loudly like them.
