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Local History

Kenny Rogers (11/3/1981)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Kenny Rogers & Dottie West w/ (comedian) Gallagher
Date: 3 November 1981
Tickets: $12.50 & $15.00 (reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 7,200 (advance sellout)
Notes: The third appearance (fourth performance) at Wings Stadium for Kenny Rogers and Dottie West. Center stage in the round. Sold out within two days.
Setlist*: (Dottie West) Heartache Tonight, A Lesson In Leaving, Are You Happy Baby, I’m Gonna Put You Back On The Rack, An American Trilogy, others. (Kenny Rogers) Reuben James, Greybeard, Coward of the County, The Gambler, Share Your Love, Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys, others.

*based on reviewer’s comments

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 1 October 1981, (bottom left) 6 October 1981, (center) 10 October 1981, (right) 4 October 1981. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 November 1981. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 November 1981. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

Sources

Articles

“‘The Gambler’ is returning”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 October 1981, page 37

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 October 1981, page 32

“Still a king in Kalamazoo”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 October 1981, page 31

“It’s official”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 October 1981, page 18

“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 November 1981, page 27

“Glamorous Dottie West”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 November 1981, page 29

“Rogers greets his ‘twin’ in latest Kalamazoo concert”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 November 1981, page 27 (C-11)