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Local History

Blue Öyster Cult (10/16/1979)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Blue Öyster Cult
Date: 16 October 1979
Tickets: $7.75 (general admission)
Attendance: (unknown)
Notes: The fourth Wings Stadium appearance for Blue Öyster Cult, the band’s third as a headline act. Opening act Rainbow canceled due to illness. (Blue Öyster Cult promised a longer set to compensate.)
Setlist*: Dominance and Submission, Dr. Music, Mirrors, Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll, The Great Sun Jester, The Vigil, E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence), Astronomy, ME 262, Godzilla, Hot Rails to Hell, 5 Guitars, Born to Be Wild, (Don’t Fear) The Reaper

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on performances around the same time (Omaha, NE).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 28 September 1979, (center) 13 October 1979, (right) 14 October 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 30 September 1979, (right) 7 October 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 14 October 1979, (right) 17 October 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 October 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 17 October 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Third Wings appearance”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 28 September 1979, page 19 (B-9)

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 30 September 1979, page 22

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 October 1979, page 17

“Schedule of events”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 13 October 1979, page 43

“Folk, jazz, pop and rock”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 October 1979, page 29

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 October 1979, page 31

“Night for heavy metal rock fans”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 October 1979, page 31

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 October 1979, page 37

“The arts”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 17 October 1979, page 1

“Blue Oyster Cult has this reviewer foaming at his pen”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 17 October 1979, page 29 (B-14)

“Police arrest 5 men in fights at concert”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 17 October 1979, page 52