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Local History

Blue Öyster Cult (8/20/1986)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Blue Öyster Cult w/ Yngwie Malmsteen, and Cinderella
Date: 20 August 1986
Tickets: $13.50 (reserved seating and general admission)
Attendance: (event canceled)
Notes: The event was canceled shortly after it was announced. This would have marked Blue Öyster Cult’s sixth and final appearance at Wings Stadium. The band skipped the August 20 Kalamazoo date and played instead at the 1,100 seat Metro in Chicago. Opening act Yngwie Malmsteen’s tour was delayed until fall.

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 26 June 1986, (right) 6 July 1986. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Blue Öyster Cult”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 June 1986, page 34

“Concerts”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 July 1986, page 75