'they blew'em off the stage'

Aerosmith blew away the headliner Mott the Hoople when I saw them.

the waterboys absolutely killed u2 back in the day, this was in a 2000 seat auditorium just after "unforgetable fire" was released. u2 only played for just under 90 mins. and they played like they just did not care. And the waterboys were so good i bought "this is the sea" the very next day.

Years ago, at a concert in Ann Arbor, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen upstaged (in my wife's mind, not mine, though it was close) the Byrds (in their Sweetheart of the Rodeo days). And I remember an old Wolman Rink Schaeffer concert where the James Cotton Blues Band upstaged the original version of Blood Sweat and Tears. I'm going back a long way...