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Local History

Kenny Rogers (4/8/1983)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Kenny Rogers w/ Crystal Gayle, and (comedian) Lonnie Shorr
Date: 8 April 1983 (originally 17 April 1983)
Tickets: $12.50 and $15.50 (reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: (canceled)
Notes: This would have been Rogers’s fourth Wings Stadium appearance (fifth performance). Originally scheduled for 17 April 1983, then moved up to April 8. Canceled before tickets went on sale due to “contract restrictions.”

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Kenny-Rogers-Gazette-28-February-1983
Kalamazoo Gazette, 28 February 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kenny-Rogers-Gazette-12-March-1983
Kalamazoo Gazette, 12 March 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kenny-Rogers-Gazette-18-March-1983
Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 March 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“America’s own ‘urban cowboy’ wows Wings crowd Sunday”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 28 February 1983, page 23 (C-4)

“Kenny Rogers concert here advanced to April 8”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 12 March 1983, page 12

“Kenny Rogers and Crystal Gayle show at Wings cancelled”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 March 1983, page 19