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For this show, They Might Be Giants opened for The Replacements, who the band would directly reference in the song "[[We're The Replacements]]".
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A preview of the show by Robert Christgau<br>
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The ''Village Voice'', [https://archive.org/details/per_village-voice_the-village-voice_1984-09-25_29_39/page/n77/mode/ Sept. 25, 1984]:
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<blockquote>'''Replacements:''' The hard-touring ways of these rowdy reformed high school students have become legendary on the hardy American indie scene, and on this visit to these environs they're letting a whole bunch of first-rate opening bands challenge their hegemony. [...] Friday, [it'll be] They Might Be Giants (creators of the stirring "Youth Culture Killed My Dog") [...] September 21, Maxwell's, 1-39 Washington Street, Hoboken, (201) 656-9632.</blockquote>

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The Replacements
— with They Might Be Giants opening —
Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ
September 21, 1984


Fan Recaps and Comments:

For this show, They Might Be Giants opened for The Replacements, who the band would directly reference in the song "We're The Replacements".

A preview of the show by Robert Christgau
The Village Voice, Sept. 25, 1984:

Replacements: The hard-touring ways of these rowdy reformed high school students have become legendary on the hardy American indie scene, and on this visit to these environs they're letting a whole bunch of first-rate opening bands challenge their hegemony. [...] Friday, [it'll be] They Might Be Giants (creators of the stirring "Youth Culture Killed My Dog") [...] September 21, Maxwell's, 1-39 Washington Street, Hoboken, (201) 656-9632.