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Judas Priest (7/23/1980)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page


Artist(s): Judas Priest w/ Scorpions, and Def Leppard
Date: 23 July 1980
Tickets: $8.75 (general admission and reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 3,500
Notes: The first of several times these bands would appear at Wings Stadium.
Setlist (Judas Priest*): Hell Bent for Leather, Running Wild, The Ripper, Sinner, Beyond the Realms of Death, You Don’t Have to Be Old to Be Wise, Steeler, Grinder, Victim of Changes, Genocide, Tyrant, The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown), Living After Midnight
Setlist (Scorpions*): He’s a Woman – She’s a Man, Don’t Make No Promises (Your Body Can’t Keep), Loving You Sunday Morning, Animal Magnetism, The Zoo, Lovedrive, Another Piece of Meat, Can’t Get Enough
Setlist (Def Leppard*): Hello America, It Could Be You, It Don’t Matter, Answer to the Master, Medicine Man, Rock Brigade, Rocks Off, Wasted

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on other performances around the same time (Towson, MD, Philadelphia, PA).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 4 July 1980, (middle left) 8 July 1980, (bottom left) 20 July 1980, (right) 23 July 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 6 July 1980, (right) 13 July 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 20 July 1980, (right) 23 July 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 July 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

Sources

Articles

“Wings Stadium management…”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 July 1980, page 14

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 July 1980, page 22

“At eye of heavy metal hurricane”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 8 July 1980, page 15

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 13 July 1980, page 19

“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 July 1980, page 13

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 July 1980, page 18

“Perform at arena tonight”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 23 July 1980, page 17

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 23 July 1980, page 18

“‘Thug rock’ makes Wings appearance”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 July 1980, page 35

“Four persons at concert arrested”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 July 1980, page 48