Mic Drop 2025: RIP thread for musicians

[BTExpress]

I saw Johanson open for Pat Benatar back in 1981 or something. Odd pairing to be sure but he was much better than she was. She didn't have the stage chops to be playing arenas in those days.

So did I. The Omni in Atlanta. The "Precious Time" tour.

From my seat in Row XXXXXYYYYYYZZZZZ I couldn't tell much about her stage chops, however. This was pretty much the peak of her career, though, so I don't know how much better those stage chops ever got.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

I've seen Benatar twice...once when she was doing her blues album/tour in '91 w/Hall & Oates (that was a fun double bill) and then about 20 years ago as a headliner in my hometown. She seemed to have a perfectly fine stage presence but this was about a 3,000-seat joint, so as Huggy points out, it's much easier to command a place like that. The most memorable part of the evening was when she introduced "Invincible" by noting it was the theme song from "The Legend of Billie Jean," which she called the worst movie of all-time. I'm pretty sure I yelled FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE right after that.

 

[DanOregon]

RIP D'Wayne Wiggins of Tony, Toni, Tone! Met him once, he was a friend of a friend of mine. Seemed like a cool guy. Hell of an impact working with Destiny's Child before they blew up. Love Tony, Toni, Tone!

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/entertainment/dwayne-wiggins-tony-toni-tone-death/index.html