By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR The life of an opening act is not easy. More times than not, you’re an unknown quantity to the majority of the audience. And you really have to work hard to grab the fans’ attention as they fall in the auditorium in drips and drabs to catch the headliner. While Magic Man, which is touring behind its latest album “Before the Waves,” might not be a household name to many casual music fans, it’s clear from the band’s performance as an opener to Panic! At the Disco at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Aug. 2, the group from Massachusetts has what it takes to headline. And for many fans at the show, Magic Man clearly isn’t an unknown quantity, they are already a fave. Several examples of Magic Man’s career status unfolded in front of me at the Mohegan. Two young women, upon learning there were two empty and closer seats two rows ahead of me, eagerly departed their own ticketed seats and grabbed the vacant ones. And once the lights dimmed for Magic Man, they were visibly excited – as they danced and cheered—that they were that much nearer to their favorite act. Secondly, [...]
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