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Local History

Black Sabbath (8/16/1980)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Black Sabbath w/ Sammy Hagar
Date: 16 August 1980
Tickets: $8.75 (general admission and reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 4,000
Notes: The second Wings Stadium appearance for Black Sabbath (first with former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio), and the second Wings Stadium appearance for Sammy Hagar. A third scheduled opening act Riot canceled at the last minute.
Setlist (Black Sabbath): War Pigs, Neon Knights, Children of the Sea, Sweet Leaf (w/ drum solo), N.I.B., Heaven and Hell, Guitar Solo, Black Sabbath, Iron Man, Children of the Grave. Encore: Paranoid.

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 31 July 1980, (bottom left) 16 August 1980, (top center) 10 August 1980, (right) 3 August 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 10 August 1980, (right) 16 August 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 August 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

Sources

Articles

“Black Sabbath booked”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 31 July 1980, page 25

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 3 August 1980, page 30

“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 August 1980, page 17

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 August 1980, page 19

“Black Sabbath here tonight”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 August 1980, page 18

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 August 1980, page 19

“High energy rock alive and kicking”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 August 1980, page 17

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Black Sabbath Setlist, 16 August 1980, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI