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Eric Clapton (7/14/1983)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page


Artist(s): Eric Clapton w/ The Blasters
Date: 14 July 1983
Tickets: $10.75 (reserved seating and general admission) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 4,624
Notes: Clapton’s third appearance at Wings Stadium.
Setlist (Eric Clapton*): Tulsa Time, I Shot the Sheriff, Worried Life Blues, Lay Down Sally, Let It Rain, Double Trouble, Sweet Little Lisa, Key to the Highway, The Shape You’re In, Wonderful Tonight, Blues Power, Medley: Don’t Say You Don’t Love Me > Have You Ever Loved a Woman > Ramblin’ on My Mind, Cocaine, Layla. Encore: Further On Up the Road.

*Unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewer’s comments and other shows around the same time (e.g., Morrison, CO).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 12 June 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 25 June 1983, (bottom left) 30 June 1983, (right) 10 July 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 26 June 1983, (right) 10 July 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 15 July 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Eric Clapton due here July 14, adding to already full schedule”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 12 June 1983, page 24 (B-6)

“Hot weather cools show biz here”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 June 1983, page 8

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 June 1983, page 40

“Opening acts”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 30 June 1983, page 39

“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 July 1983, page 35

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 July 1983, page 39

“Clapton audience hold back … for a while”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 15 July 1983, page 17