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Local History

Genesis (11/23/1981)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Genesis
Date: 23 November 1981
Tickets: $10.75 (general admission and reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 7,000+ (likely sellout)
Notes: The third appearance at Wings Stadium for Genesis.
Setlist: Behind the Lines, Duchess, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Dodo/Lurker, Abacab, Carpet Crawlers, Me and Sarah Jane, Misunderstanding, No Reply at All, Firth of Fifth, Man on the Corner, Who Dunnit?, Cage Medley (In the Cage>The Cinema Show>Afterglow), Turn It On Again, Dance on a Volcano>Drum Duet>Los Endos. Encore: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 3 November 1981, (right) 22 November 1981. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 22 November 1981, (right) 24 November 1981. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

Sources

Articles

“With hot new album, Genesis sets date here”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 3 November 1981, page 31

“Up from The Farm”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 November 1981, page 29

“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 November 1981, page 29

“Genesis brings ‘symphonic’ rock to enthusiastic crowd at Wings”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 November 1981, page 18

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Genesis setlist, 23 November 1981, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI