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Local History

Chicago (8/21/1976)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Chicago
Date: 21 August 1976
Tickets: $7.50 (general admission)
Attendance: 7,000
Notes: Sellout. A nearly complete audio recording of the show is in circulation (link in the sources section).
Set 1: Intro, Beginnings, Call On Me, Another Rainy Day In New York City, Something In This City Changes People, You Get It Up, Just You And Me, Takin’ It On Uptown, Saturday In The Park, Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon (Make Me Smile, So Much to Say, So Much to Give, Anxiety’s Moment, West Virginia Fantasies, Colour My World, To Be Free, Now More Than Ever)

Set 2: Anyway You Want, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is, Policeman, Together Again, If You Leave Me Now, A Hit By Varese, Old Days, (I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long, Mongonucleosis. Encore: Feelin’ Stronger Every Day

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 1 August 1976, (right) 8 August 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 15 August 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 15 August 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 23 August 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

Sources

Articles

“Chicago returning Aug. 21”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 August 1976, page D-2

“‘Chicago’ tickets”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 8 August 1976, page C-2

“In concert ‘Chicago’”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 15 August 1976, page C-9

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 15 August 1976, page C-12

“Chicago still very popular here”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 15 August 1976, page C-14

“Chicago’s attraction power still there”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 23 August 1976, page B-3

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Chicago setlist, 21 August 1976, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI

YouTube: Chicago – Kalamazoo, MI (August 21, 1976) Nearly complete recording of the show (audio only)