who opened for the rolling stones in 1981
The Rolling Stones American Tour 1981 The tour's elaborate and colorful stage was the work of Japanese designer Kazuhide Yamazaki.[6] According to Mick Jagger, "Most concerts that took place outdoors at the time were played during the day, probably because it was cheaper, I don't know. So we had the bright, bright primary colors... and we had these enormous images of a guitar, a car and a record—an Americana idea—which worked very well for afternoon shows."[6] Most shows later in the tour featured a cherry picker and the release of hundreds of balloons at the show's end.[7] During the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum[8] stops on the tour, the band played a Friday and Sunday show and USC had a football game in between on Saturday. As a televised football game, viewers could see the full stage set-up and often field goals would land on stage at the East end zone. Two of the three opening bands, George Thorogood, and The J Geils Band were received well, but the third act, a still somewhat unknown Prince barely got through three songs before being booed off the stage.[9]