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Local History

Billy Idol (9/9/1990)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Billy Idol w/ Faith No More
Date: 9 September 1990
Tickets: $19.50 (reserved seating and general admission)
Attendance: 4,500
Notes:

Setlist (Billy Idol*): Flesh for Fantasy, Cradle of Love, Eyes Without a Face, White Wedding, Untouchables, Guitar Solo, L.A. Woman, Mony Mony, World Comin’ Down, Hot in the City, Dancing With Myself, Rebel Yell. Encore: Trouble With the Sweet Stuff, To Be a Lover.

Setlist (Faith No More*): From Out of Nowhere, Falling to Pieces, The Real Thing, Underwater Love, Edge of the World, We Care a Lot, Sweet Dreams, Surprise! You’re Dead!, Epic, Easy

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewers comments and other performances around the same time (e.g., Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Burgettstown, PA)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 3 August 1990, (right) 7 September 1990, (bottom left) Battle Creek Enquirer, 7 August 1990. Kalamazoo Public Library/Willard Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 September 1990. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Battle Creek Enquirer, 7 September 1990, page 11. Willard Library

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Battle Creek Enquirer, 7 September 1990, page 13. Willard Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 September 1990. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Battle Creek Enquirer, 9 September 1990. Willard Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 September 1990. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Idol news”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 3 August 1990, page 10

“Billy Idol to perform Sept. 9 in Wings Stadium”
Battle Creek Enquirer, 7 August 1990, page 17

“No styles beyond Faith”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 September 1990, page 13,14 (B1,B2)

“Idol-atry”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 September 1990, page 14 (B2)

“A kinder, gentler Billy Idol”
Battle Creek Enquirer, 7 September 1990, page 11

“A kinder, gentler Billy Idol”
Battle Creek Enquirer, 7 September 1990, page 13

“What’s happening”
Battle Creek Enquirer, 9 September 1990, page 15

“Concerts? We’ve got everything from Billy Idol tonight to Toni Tenille in December”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 September 1990, page 54 (D2)

“Strong start, finish for Idol”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 September 1990, page 17 (B5)

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Billy Idol setlist, 9 September 1990, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI (likely incorrect order and incomplete)