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Cheap Trick (9/20/1979)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page


Artist(s): Cheap Trick w/ Pezband
Date: 20 September 1979
Tickets: $8.75 (general admission)
Attendance: 6,000+ (“capacity house”)
Notes: Funk/soul band Straight Jacket was the scheduled opening act, but was replaced at the last minute by the Chicago powerpop band Pezband.
Setlist (Cheap Trick*): Hello There, Come On, Come On, Stiff Competition, On Top of the World, Big Eyes, Ain’t That a Shame, Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace, Downed, I’ll Be With You Tonight, Need Your Love, I Know What I Want, I Want You to Want Me, Surrender, Goodnight

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on performances around the same time (East Troy, WI).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 2 September 1979, (right) 9 September 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 16 September 1979, (bottom right) 16 September 1979, (middle right) 19 September 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 16 September 1979, (right) 20 September 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 September 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 September 1979, page 20

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 September 1979, page 20

“Folk, jazz, pop and rock”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 September 1979, page 21 (B-1)

“Cheap Trick: Intelligent rock, colorful theatrics”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 September 1979, page 23 (B-3)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 September 1979, page 25

“The Jacksons are coming”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 19 September 1979, page 34

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 September 1979, page 39

“‘Trick’ captures youthful imagination”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 August 1979, page 21