British heavy-rock band thunder also used the Thunderbirds countdown intro in opening their 1990 performance at the 1990 Donnington open air rock festival.

He opened his one-hour performance with "What's New?"

They opened their performance with the song on July 16, during the Ottawa Blues fest.

They opened their performance with an exclusive house remix of Proud Mary by Tina Turner.

Fear of (or boredom with) the new may have discouraged general audiences, and there was at least one devastating review of opening night's performance.

Nicknamed the "Dublin minstrel" Fogarty often opened his performance with a song and ended it with a serious heartthrob recitation.

"Nutshell" is also known for having opened the band's performance on MTV Unplugged in 1996.

The 52nd of these new works, Emily Lenore Doolittle's "Dance," opened the orchestra's performance on Sunday afternoon.

The boys' choir that opened Katy Perry's performance of "Firework" was a novel touch.

Ethan Hoffman opens his photographic performance with a dance work by Uno titled "21,000 Leagues" (shown on page 40).