Great Support Bands

[The Bloop]

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EMF at the Adamski gig in Newport

lively outside aswell

Fk me - you typed that at the same time as my offering. 😊

[NYCBlue]

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I saw the Cocteau Twins open up for OMD.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Did you WALK? lol

I wasn't able to walk after that show

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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I saw the Cocteau Twins open up for OMD.

Fav album ?

Late one but Heaven or Las Vegas for me

[blue matt]

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Fk me - you typed that at the same time as my offering. ��

of all the gigs, a small gig in Newport centre 30 odd years ago with 2 fairly unknown ( though seal as known due to killer ) acts

were you in the small group of city who "mobbed up" outside towards the bus stops ? ?? ?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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of all the gigs, a small gig in Newport centre 30 odd years ago with 2 fairly unknown ( though seal as known due to killer ) acts

were you in the small group of city who "mobbed up" outside towards the bus stops ? ?? ?

Who was fighting ?

Cardiff Aggro

[NYCBlue]

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Fav album ?

Late one but Heaven or Las Vegas for me

The first one. There's a little menace in some of the guitar work.

[life on mars]

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Top Rank: Thin Lizzy warm up act to Suzy Quatro and Slade .

Green Day : T.J.'s Xmas Gig 23rd Dec 1991 the excellent Midway Still headlined

[StraightOuttaCanton]

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Saw The Cure opening for Siouxsie and The Banshees at Sophia Gardens in 1979. Was literally the 2nd gig I ever went to.

[Random in Duquesa]

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Top Rank: Thin Lizzy warm up act to Suzy Quatro and Slade .

Green Day : T.J.'s Xmas Gig 23rd Dec 1991 the excellent Midway Still headlined

I was at the Slade Gig and it stood out for me because the support made it big , especially lizzy.,
Lizzy played their new single " Whiskey in jar " , and quatro played " can the can " .
A sexy guitar playing woman with her leather zip up suit was unusual at the time, and welcome for a young teenager .

[+ the native hipster]

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greatest support ' the ex lion tamers ' the worlds best[only] wire tribute band , they played old wire stuff the band didnt want to do anymore , then the headliners wire did all their new stuff genius

[Ivortheengine]

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Went to see Nils Lofgren in the Capitol Theatre in the 70’s. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers we’re the support band. You just knew this band were going to be huge. Big mistake to put them as support with Nils Lofgren . Felt sorry for him when he came on. No way was he going to match the previous 45 minutes. Went. To Buffalo Records the next day to buy TP and the Heartbreakers debut album. Best £1.99 I ever spent. Still got the album.

[cityhammer]

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Thought Squeeze were amazing in Monday night.

I once saw Bob Dylan supported by Nick Lowe, UB40 and Santana. Dylan’s guests were Clapton, Christie Hynde and Van Morrison!

[Bobby Dandruff]

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UB40 to The Pretenders down The Rank.

I went to that! My first ever gig! 5th Feb 1980.

Whereas reggae was never
my thing they certainly made an impression. ‘King/Food For Thought’ had just been released and ‘Brass In Pocket’ was at number 1.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Top Rank: Thin Lizzy warm up act to Suzy Quatro and Slade .

Green Day : T.J.'s Xmas Gig 23rd Dec 1991 the excellent Midway Still headlined

Saw Midway Still at Glastonbury , 92 if I remember

Quality noise from a rock trio