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The band obtained one of its major breaks by performing as an opening act during Rihanna's Loud Tour.


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Abi Fry

From February to May 2008, while touring with British Sea Power in North America, she also joined sometime opening act Jeffrey Lewis on stage - adding viola arrangements to his acoustic guitar-based performances.

Allie Gonino

In summer 2010, after the release of their first single "Dancin' Around the Truth" featuring the New Boyz, The Stunners embarked on a 20 date venture as the opening act for Justin Bieber on My World Tour.

Ashlyne Huff

In the summer of 2010, she embarked on selected dates of Jordin Sparks' "Battlefield Tour" as opening act alongside Days Difference.

Atatürk Olympic Stadium

On 6 September 2010, the renowned Irish rock band U2 gave a concert at the stadium which reportedly attracted 54,278 fans, as a part of their U2 360° Tour, the opening act of which was performed by the group Snow Patrol.

Become Who You Are

Some of the songs of this album and Chris Tomlin's album Arriving were performed by them as the opening act on Jeremy Camp's Live Unplugged Tour

Bill Lister

For several years in the 1950s, he traveled with Hank Williams, Sr., as the opening act for Williams and his "Drifting Cowboys." As a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, Lister worked with most of the stars of the day, including Little Jimmy Dickens, String Bean, Minnie Pearl, Del Wood, The Carter Family, and others.

Billy McComb

In his 80s he continued to perform regularly in Las Vegas and as an opening act for The Amazing Johnathan.

Bob McFadden

After the war, he went on to work at a steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and continued performing nights as an opening act for artists such as Harry Belafonte.

Canfield High School

Spencer Saylor- National recording artist and opening act artist

Claude Hay

This effort was well received in Hay's home country of Australia, allowing him the opportunity to be the opening act for other popular Australian roots acts Ash Grunwald, The Fumes, Chase the Sun and Dallas Frasca.

Cleveland Watkiss

Watkiss was then entered for the Wire/Guardian Jazz Awards and was voted best vocalist for three consecutive years, and was the opening act of choice for two of the world's greatest female jazz vocalists, Cassandra Wilson and Abbey Lincoln.

Die Mannequin

In the fall of 2009, Die Mannequin opened for Marilyn Manson on the full Canadian leg of his "The High End of Low" tour in addition to a cross Canada tour of their own featuring opening act Raggedy Angry.

Dirty on Purpose

The band also appeared in-studio for radio performances at KEXP, WOXY and Indie 103.1 and as the opening act for bands including Arcade Fire, the Decemberists, The Besnard Lakes, Band of Horses, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Album Leaf, the Thermals, Earlimart, Say Hi To Your Mom and Fujiya & Miyagi.

Holly and the Italians

They relocated to London, England where, after playing on the pub circuit extensively, they quickly came to prominence as the opening act for fellow Americans Blondie and were signed to disc jockey Charlie Gillett's record label, Oval.

Hurrah!

The band were invited to support U2 at Wembley Arena, and played as the opening act on the first dates of The Joshua Tree tour in June, 1987.

Ian Coburn

Coburn's first big break came at age nineteen, when Jimmy Pardo recommended him as an opening act for Drew Carey at a comedy club in a Chicago suburb.

J Lesser

In 2001, Doerck became a live/touring member of Matmos when they toured with Björk as an opening act, in addition to playing as supporting musicians in her band on the Vespertine tour.

Jack Rubinacci

At 24, after having studied art at University of Central England, Rubinacci went solo and toured as the opening act for many international artists including, Jackson Browne, Joe Cocker, The Script, Scottish folk legend John Martyn, Tom McRae, Dar Williams, Ben Christophers, and Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Jackie Gayle

He performed as a comedian for 40 years, appearing in nightclubs and in Las Vegas, including working as the opening act for such performers as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett.

Jeannie Seely

She served as an opening act for Willie Nelson's road show, and also appeared in his film Honeysuckle Rose, and also recorded for the soundtrack, which eventually received a "Platinum" rating by the RIAA.

Jenn Grant

She collaborated on her debut album, Orchestra for the Moon, with such artists as Ron Sexsmith, the Heavy Blinkers, Matt Mays and Jill Barber, and later toured Germany and Canada in support of the album, including as an opening act for The Weakerthans.

Jimmie Vaughan

Vaughan was the third opening act for most of the dates of Bob Dylan's summer 2006 tour, preceded by Elana James and the Continental Two and Junior Brown.

Jodi Martin

Her professional music career began in mid-1996 while she was still a student, when she was the opening act for Arlo Guthrie's first Australian tour.

Jordan Pruitt discography

2006: The Cheetah Girls The Party's Just Begun Tour (Jordan Pruitt Opening Act the concert The Cheetah Girls in the first 40 cities)

Katelyn Tarver

On June 14, 2011, Tarver released her EP "A Little More Free" (produced by Matt Grabe) independently and began a tour with Honor Society as an opening act on the "Wherever You Are Tour" from June–July 2011.

Kenny Rankin

On Saturday, November 4, 1972, Kenny Rankin performed live on Broadway, at Manhattan's Palace Theatre as the opening act for The George Carlin Show.

Kraljevski Apartman

On June 14, 2013, the band performed as an opening act for Whitesnake at the Belgrade Fortress.

Krystal Harris

She got her first big break performing the title song "Supergirl!" on Disney's The Princess Diaries soundtracks and was also known for touring as the opening act for the Backstreet Boys on their The Black & Blue Tour.

Ledisi

On April 6, 2012, Ledisi announced her second headlining tour, B.G.T.Y., with Eric Benet serving as an opening act.

Les Trois Accords

The band's most prominent show to date was in September 2005, when they were an opening act for The Rolling Stones in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Levente Egry

From 1993 he was the lyricist, composer, singer, and producer of the national number one and multiple award winning boy-band Hip Hop Boyz and performed at significant festivals (MIDEM, Total Dance, Bravo Festival) and was the opening act for Dr. Alban, East 17, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, DJ BoBo, No Mercy, Michael Jackson and other Hungarian bands and artists.

Lezlie Deane

In the 1990s she was recruited by producers Peter Rafelson and Michael Lewis to join the dance-pop group Fem2fem, and toured Europe and North America as an opening act for Nine Inch Nails (NIN) and Marilyn Manson.

Make Me

As the opening act for the 37th Annual American Music Awards, she performed a medley of her songs "Control", "What Have You Done for Me Lately", "Miss You Much", "If", "Together Again" along with "Make Me".

Mark Goffeney

Goffeney has been performing internationally also, performing, for example, on "Lippe blöfft" (ARD TV in Germany) as an opening act for LeAnn Rimes.

Maury Muehleisen

The resulting commercial success of the music launched Croce and Muehleisen on 18 months of frequent touring, both in the United States and abroad; seven national television appearances, including The Tonight Show, American Bandstand, The Dick Cavett Show, and the Helen Reddy Show; as an opening act for Randy Newman, Woody Allen, and Loggins and Messina; and numerous radio interviews.

Michael Spears

Spears is an accomplished hand drum player and singer, often performing at native American "pow-wow" gatherings and in non-tribal venues (he was the opening act for Rita Coolidge and Friends at her 2005 concert in Great Falls, Montana).

Moritz Krämer

In 2010 he played the opening act on the tour of The Young Gods His first album, "Wir Können Nix Dafur" was produced by Krämer, and released on 4 March 2011 through Tapete Records.

Mourningside

Guitarist John LeCompt (also currently in Machina) and vocalist Jack Wiese became friends when Jack's band, the.5th.element from St.Louis, MO, were the opening act at an Evanescence show.

Nicola Ciccone

Less than three months after the release in France, Isabelle Boulay invited him to be the opening act of her show at the prestigious Olympia de Paris.

One 4 U

On May 21, it was revealed that A-Jax was set to be the opening act in Kara's last two shows of their first tour, Karasia, in Saitama, Japan.

Puff Johnson

In 1997, Johnson toured Europe as an opening act for Michael Jackson and 3T.

Ralph Rinzler

After graduation he went to New York City where he eventually became one of the famous Greenbriar Boys, a popular folk group that was the main event at Greenwich Village's Gerde's Folk City, with Bob Dylan as his warm-up opening act.

Six D

They also appeared on The Dance Scene on E! in two episodes, one recording the video for "Best Damn Night" and they also performed as the opening act for JLS and The Saturdays on their arena tour.

Sonny Turner

While performing in a local club in Cleveland as the opening act for Redd Foxx, Turner was approached by local DJ Bill Crane and asked if he would be interested in auditioning for The Platters, as their lead singer as Tony Williams was soon to be leaving the group.

The Nervous Fellas

In the beginning, they started as an opening act for such bands as The Pogues, Tragically Hip, George Thorogood, and Junior Wells, but it was not long before they grabbed the main stage themselves.

The Scuzzies

One of the highlights for the Scuzzies in 1965 was when they became the opening act for "Sonny & Cher" at the Grand Opening of "Jamaica West Jr." in Torrance, California.

Zak Keith

He has held various stage-management positions on assignment for or performed as part of an opening act for, various artists, including Leif Garrett, Wilson Pickett, Isaac Hayes, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.