MotownSubdivision said:

In 1983,Madonna opened a few shows for New Edition

Destiny's Child opened for Boyz II Men

On the rock side, Bon Jovi opened for acts like Billy Squier, RATT and 38 Special.

Alicia Keys Opened for Maxwell.

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alphastreet said:

thetimefan said:

SoulAlive said:

MotownSubdivision said:

SoulAlive said:

In 1983,Madonna opened a few shows for New Edition

Wow, that's cool. Was this before or after her first album?

I think it was right before her album was released

The Time opening 4 Prince on the Triple Threat Tour (and playing 4 Vanity 6 behind the curtain)!!!

The best case I can think of, Tiffany started out as the headliner of her own tour with opening act New Kids On The Block. At some point in the tour, New Kids had gotten so huge, Tiffany started opening for them.

Lots of superstars did opening act tours early in their careers. Jimi Hendrix opening for the Monkees, and the Who opening for Herman's Hermits, both hapened in 1967. Van Halen opening for Black Sabbath in 1978 was one of the things that broke them. Same with Metallica opening for Ozzy in 1985.

Funkadelic open for Sly Stone

When the mothership landed, Stone open for P. Funk

alphastreet said:

alphastreet said:

Destiny's Child opened for Boyz II Men

and Destiny's Child opened for Christina Aguilera

bobzilla77 said:

The best case I can think of, Tiffany started out as the headliner of her own tour with opening act New Kids On The Block. At some point in the tour, New Kids had gotten so huge, Tiffany started opening for them.

That's right! 1988

August 3, 1974 - Bruce Springsteen opened for Anne Murray. Needles to say....but it's an interesting story:

03-Aug-1974 Central Park,NY Schaefer Music Festival,USA

- Click on a title for additional details!!

01 Jungleland
02 Kitty's back
03 Rosalita (Come out tonight)

Notes:
This is the infamous Anne Murray show where she was "Brooced" off. Brucebase: There has been some recent debate on this concert, and to maybe settle some of the arguments, a newspaper review two days later in the New York Times confirms that there was tension between the two sets of fans and that lot of Bruce fans left after the band had finished, but also states that Anne Murray did OK. One show, triple bill, with Springsteen & The E Street Band occupying the middle slot in a show headlined by ANNE MURRAY, with BREWER & SHIPLEY as the opening act. This was an evening show held outdoors in the Wollman Ice Rink Theatre within Central Park. This concert had originally been booked with Boz Scaggs headlining, Anne Murray billed second and Brewer & Shipley opening. When headliner Scaggs pulled out of the gig in June promoter Ron Delsener replaced him with Springsteen in the headlining slot. However Shep Gordon and Johnny Podell (managers of Murray) objected to Springsteen receiving headlining status, citing Murray's then-superior commercial success. As a consequence the schedule was changed the week before the show, with Murray receiving the top billing. Advertisements exist from both before and after the change of headlining status (see photos below). Mike Appel reluctantly agreed with the change on the condition that Springsteen would be allowed to perform for at least 80 minutes. As it turned out approximately 80% of the 5,000-strong crowd came specifically to see Springsteen - and half way through Bruce's performance Murray's managers realized they'd made a serious mistake, even trying in vain to get Mike Appel to yank Bruce offstage prematurely. Needless to say Bruce played his full show and Anne Murray was placed in the nightmarish position of having to follow him. Partial setlist above is from an attendee recollection. THERE IS NO CIRCULATING AUDIO FROM THIS SHOW. This would turn out to be the last time (excepting charity benefits) that Springsteen & The E Street Band opened for another artist. The story made it to JOHN SEBASTIAN, who voluntarily took second spot on 18 / 10 / 74 in Passaic.

http://www.brucespringste...&mt=08

Bobby Brown opened for New Edition and then the Don't Be Cruel album exploded and the roles were reversed.

This is an easy one..A Piano Player by the name of Reginald Dwight use to play in a back-up Band for American/British acts..He played for LaBelle in London....He went on to become The Great Sir Elton John...

Derek1984 said: