Electric Light Orchestra (3/9/1976)
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Artist(s): Electric Light Orchestra w/ Eric Carmen, and Pretty ThingsDate: 9 March 1976Tickets: $6.50 (general admission)Attendance: 6,800Notes: The band ‘Journey’ was originally scheduled to open the show but canceled. ‘Little Feat’ was to replace ‘Journey’ but canceled as well just days before the show. The U.K. band ‘Pretty Things’ opened to lukewarm response.
Setlist (Electric Light Orchestra): Fire on High, Poker, Nightrider, Ocean Breakup/King of the Universe, Oh No Not Susan, Bluebird Is Dead, New World Rising/Ocean Breakup Reprise, Cello Solo, Showdown, Eldorado Overture, Can’t Get It Out of My Head, Poor Boy (The Greenwood), Illusions in G Major, Eldorado, Eldorado Finale, Violin Solo, Strange Magic, 10538 Overture / Do Ya, Evil Woman, Ma-Ma-Ma Belle. Encore: Roll Over Beethoven
Setlis t (Eric Carmen*): Overnight Sensation, Sunrise, That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll, Starting Over, Never Gonna Fall in Love Again, On Broadway, Everything, No Hard Feelings, All by Myself, Go All the Way.
Setlist (Pretty Things*): Singapore Silk Torpedo, Dream/Joey, Remember That Boy, Drowned Man, It’s Been So Long, Under the Volcano, Bridge of God, It Isn’t Rock ‘n’ Roll, Route 66
*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on other performances around the same time (e.g., St. Paul, MN; New Orleans, LA).
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Kalamazoo Gazette , (left) 11 February 1976, (right) 22 February 1976. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , (left) 24 February 1976, (right) 22 February 1976. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , 7 March 1976. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , (left) 7 March 1976, (right) 9 March 1976. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , 10 March 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library
Kalamazoo Gazette , (left) 17 March 1976, (right) 28 March 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library
Sources
Articles
“Stadium attractions” Kalamazoo Gazette, 11 February 1976, page C-13
“Next stadium attraction” Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 February 1976, page C-12
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 February 1976, page C-12
“Eric Carmen makes an impressive solo debut” Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 February 1976, page B-3
“British rock group performs at Wings Stadium Tuesday” Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 March 1976, page D-1
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 March 1976, page D-4
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 March 1976, page C-8
“Carmen steals show at stadium” Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 March 1976, page C-13
“Cancellations ‘maddening’” Kalamazoo Gazette, 17 March 1976, page A-7
“‘Frisking’ criticized” Kalamazoo Gazette, 28 March 1976, page A-4
Websites
Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Electric Light Orchestra setlist, 9 March 1976, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI