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Local History

Black Sabbath (2/26/1984)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Black Sabbath w/ Night Ranger
Date: 26 February 1984
Tickets: $11.50 (reserved seating and general admission) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 5,000
Notes: The third Wings Stadium appearance for Black Sabbath (first with former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan). The first appearance at Wings Stadium for Night Ranger.
Setlist (Black Sabbath): Supertzar (walk-on), Neon Knights, Hot Line, War Pigs, Disturbing the Priest, Supernaut, Drum Solo, Rock ‘n’ Roll Doctor, Stonehenge, Black Sabbath, The Dark, Zero the Hero, Heaven and Hell, Guitar Solo, Iron Man, Children of the Grave, Smoke on the Water. Encore: Paranoid.
Setlist (Night Ranger*): Rumours in the Air, Eddie’s Comin’ Out Tonight, Sing Me Away, Touch of Madness, Passion Play, At Night She Sleeps, When You Close Your Eyes, Night Ranger, Sister Christian, (You Can Still) Rock in America, Don’t Tell Me You Love Me.

*Unconfirmed, but likely similar based on other shows around the same time (e.g., Lakeland, FL)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 26 January 1984, (top right) 5 February 1984, (bottom right) 12 February 1984. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 February 1984. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 February 1984. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 February 1984. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 March 1984. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Year’s first rock concert here”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 January 1984, page 35

“Looking ahead”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 5 February 1984, page 37

“Looking ahead”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 12 February 1984, page 39

“Sabbath’s Gillan fades to black”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 February 1984, page 17 (C-1), 18 (C-2)

“Life treating Night Ranger well”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 February 1984, page 55

“Area concert action starting to heat up”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 March 1984, page 62

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Black Sabbath setlist, 26 February 1984, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI