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Local History

Alice Cooper (3/21/1975)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Alice Cooper w/ Heavy Metal Kids
Date: 21 March 1975
Tickets: $6.50 in advance, $7.50 day of the show (general admission)
Attendance: 8,596
Notes: Opening night of the 65-city “Welcome to My Nightmare” international tour

Setlist (Alice Cooper): Welcome to My Nightmare, Years Ago (partial), No More Mr. Nice Guy (with Years Ago segue), Billion Dollar Babies (with Years Ago segue), I’m Eighteen (with Years Ago instrumental segue), Some Folks, Cold Ethyl, Only Women Bleed, Devil’s Food, The Black Widow, Steven (with Welcome to My Nightmare reprise), Escape, School’s Out (with Escape reprise), Encore: Department of Youth.

Setlist (Heavy Metal Kids): (unknown)

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Kalamazoo-Gazette-February-March-1975-1600 — Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 27 February 1975, (center) 2 March 1975, (right) 2 March 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-9-March-1975-1600 — Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 9 March 1975, (right) 16 March 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-16-March-1975-p-C-11 — Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 March 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-21-March-1975-p-B-1-1600 — Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 20 March 1975, (right) 21 March 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-20-March-1975-p-D-11 — Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 20 March 1975, (right) 21 March 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-22-March-1975-p-A-8a — Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 March 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-14-March-1975-p-C-6 — Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 14 March 1975, (right) 28 March 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-22-March-1975-p.A-1 — Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 March 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Yes, Virginia”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 February 1975, page C-7

“Tickets on sale”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 March 1975, page B-9

“More about ‘Alice’”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 March 1975, page B-10

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 March 1975, page C-15

“Lettermen concert”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 March 1975, page C-6

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 March 1975, page C-14

“From Carmelites to Cooper”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 March 1975, page C-11

“Alice selling”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 March 1975, page D-11

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 March 1975, page D-11

“A Wing named Alice”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 March 1975, page B-1

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 March 1975, page B-11

“Absurdity hits peak in Cooper’s horror musical”

Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 March 1975, page A-8

“$50,000 show at Wings Stadium”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 March 1975, page A-1

“Lettermen concert”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 28 March 1975, page A-7

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Alice Cooper Setlist, 21 March 1975, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI