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Local History

Aerosmith (2/8/1983)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Aerosmith w/ Pat Travers
Date: 8 February 1983
Tickets: $10.75 (reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 5,197
Notes: Aerosmith’s third appearance at Wings Stadium.
Setlist (Aerosmith*): Back in the Saddle, Mama Kin, Big Ten Inch Record, Three Mile Smile, Reefer Head Woman, Rock in a Hard Place (Cheshire Cat), Lord of the Thighs, Lick and a Promise, Sweet Emotion, Dream On, Lightning Strikes, Walk This Way, Milk Cow Blues, Toys in the Attic, Train Kept A-Rollin’.
Setlist (Pat Travers): Who’ll Take the Fall, I’d Rather See You Dead, I La La La Love You, Makes No Difference, Stevie, Going Down (featured Ted Nugent’s bassist Dave Kiswiney), Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights).

*Unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewer’s comments and other shows around the same time (e.g., Kansas City, MO)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 January 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 8 January 1983, (right) 20 January 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 23 January 1983, (right) 30 January 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 26 January 1983, (top right) 4 February 1983, (bottom right) 6 February 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 February 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 6 February 1983, (right) 9 February 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Wings books trio of shows next month”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 January 1983, page 17

“No Wings ticket sales until Monday”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 8 January 1983, page 12

“Opening acts announced at Wings”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 January 1983, page 18

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 23 January 1983, page 36

“On entertainment and the arts”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 January 1983, page 30

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 30 January 1983, page 42

“No cameras at two Wings concerts”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 February 1983, page 16

“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 February 1983, page 35

“Aerosmith is back on the road again”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 February 1983, page 36

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 February 1983, page 42

“Aerosmith maintains image at Wings”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 February 1983, page 28

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Aerosmith setlist, 8 February 1982, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI (incomplete)

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Pat Travers setlist, 8 February 1982, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI