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Local History

Blue Öyster Cult (7/2/1976)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Blue Öyster Cult w/ Mott, and Mahogany Rush
Date: 2 July 1976
Tour: “Agents of Fortune”
Tickets: $6.50 (general admission)
Attendance: 4,700
Notes: A second Wings Stadium appearance for Blue Öyster Cult, their first as a headliner. Long (three-act) show ended at 1am.
Setlist (Blue Öyster Cult*): Stairway to the Stars, Harvester of Eyes, Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll, E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence), Morning Final, Flaming Telepaths, Then Came the Last Days of May, ME 262, Dominance and Submission, Buck’s Boogie, This Ain’t the Summer of Love, 5 Guitars, Born to Be Wild, (Don’t Fear) The Reaper, I Ain’t Got You
Setlist (Mahogany Rush*): A New Rock and Roll, Red House, She’s Not There / Cross Road Blues, The Answer, Dragonfly, It’s Begun to Rain, Talking ‘Bout a Feeling, Who Do You Love?, Star-Spangled Banner

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on performances around the same time (Houston, TX; Montreal, CA).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 19 June 1976, (bottom left) 27 June 1976, (right) 27 June 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 June 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 1 July 1976, (right) 2 July 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 3 July 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

Sources

Articles

“Stadium Attraction”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 19 June 1976, page C-15

“In Concert”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 June 1976, page C-11

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 June 1976, page C-14

“Blue Oyster Sampling New Ground”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 June 1976, page C-16

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 July 1976, page C-13

“‘Most Dramatic Light Show’”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 July 1976, page C-13

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 July 1976, page A-14

“Lasers Light The Way for Blue Oyster Cult”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 3 July 1976, page A-11