Did Queen open for Shaun Cassidy in Baltimore circa 1979ish?

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Anonymous wrote:Separate and apart from the question of whether Queen opened for Shaun Cassidy (lol), and with all due respect to the middle-aged/elderly women on this thread, Shaun Cassidy should not be mentioned in the same sentence as Queen. Queen was a legendary rock band with a transcendental talent as the lead singer. Shaun Cassidy is . . . not.

I am the OP of this thread and I heartily agree! Queen is <chef's kiss>. Hence my angst about the whole Shaun Cassidy / Queen memory. That just couldn't be, could it? Anyway, it was Virgin - whoever they are/were. Great hair though. I just love that there were so many of us confused by our early childhood memories of stomp stomp clapping. And thank you intrepeid PP who found that newspaper article!

Another mystery solved, DCUM-style. Thanks all.

[Anonymous]

Jimi Hendrix opened up for The Monkees once.

Back then those teen type bands were the bigger selling band

[Anonymous]

I was at that show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I attended Shaun Cassidy's concert at the Greek Theatre in Hollywood (sometime between 1977 and 1979). I was in my 20s and took my kid sister and her friend who were huge Cassidy fans. The opening act was most definitely Queen. So I don't think "anonymous" imagined that she saw Queen opening for Shaun in Baltimore - because they certainly did in LA!

Any artifacts from this? Articles? Cool

[Anonymous]

I was there (Capital Center). My Dad took my older Sister and her friend, and me. I was only 6. I fell asleep even before the opening band came on and slept through the whole thing!

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know this Shawn Cassidy, but in 1979 Queen was huge in Europe, they toured even Yugoslavia that was still a socialist country in 1979. I doubt they were an opening act in the US. But, maybe...

I tend to agree with this. Queen was already a big rock band in 1976 and doubt that they would have opened for bubble gum popstar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also remember Queen opening For Shaun Cassidy when I was little but in Cincinnati. I thought it was around 77 or 78 because I was a little kid and it was my first concert. My dad took me and my older sister because we were in love with Shaun from the Hardy Boys. I remember singing we will rock you all the way home. That song came out in 77 (date is off in the movie.) It had to be Queen. We couldn't both be wrong. Maybe I could be off a little on the year. I too have tried to confirm it without success.

I saw Shaun Cassidy in Ohio as well. I can’t remember an opening act, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was there (Capital Center). My Dad took my older Sister and her friend, and me. I was only 6. I fell asleep even before the opening band came on and slept through the whole thing!

That Cap Centee show was my older sister’s first concert also!

[Anonymous]

Jimi Hendrix was opening act for the Monkeys on a tour

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I was the monitor engineer for that tour. Virgin was the opener for all the shows during that time. I think the reason for the question about Queen is because Virgin did a version of "We Will Rock You" during their set. The band was actually quite good and did a lot of cover tunes. Great tour!

[Anonymous]

I saw Sean Cassidy in Denver CO at the Rainbow Music Hall and that was Queen that opened

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was the monitor engineer for that tour. Virgin was the opener for all the shows during that time. I think the reason for the question about Queen is because Virgin did a version of "We Will Rock You" during their set. The band was actually quite good and did a lot of cover tunes. Great tour!

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