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Local History

Nazareth (10/20/1981)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Nazareth w/ The Joe Perry Project, and Vic Vergeat
Date: 20 October 1981
Tickets: $8.75 (general admission and reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 3,000
Notes: The fourth Wings Stadium appearance for Nazareth, the second for Joe Perry.
Setlist (Nazareth*): Telegram (Parts 1-3), Razamanaz, This Flight Tonight, Beggars Day, Every Young Man’s Dream, Heart’s Grown Cold, Morning Dew, I Want To (Do Everything For You), Java Blues, Cocaine, Holiday, Dressed to Kill, Hair of the Dog, Expect No Mercy, Shapes of Things, Let Me Be Your Leader, Love Hurts, Tush.
Setlist (Joe Perry Project*): Toys In The Attic, Discount Dogs, No Substitute for Arrogance, Buzz Buzz, TV Police, East Coast, West Coast, South Station Blues, I’ve Got the Rock n’ Rolls Again, Let the Music Do the Talking, others.

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewer’s comments and other performances around the same time (Fort Wayne, IN, Detroit, MI)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top) 22 September 1981, (lower left) 4 October 1981, (lower right) 11 October 1981. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 18 October 1981, (bottom right) 19 October 1981. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 18 October 1981, (right) 20 October 1981. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 October 1981. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

Sources

Articles

“‘Nazareth’ returning”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 September 1981, page 19

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 October 1981, page 30

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 11 October 1981, page 34

“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 October 1981, page 31

“‘Improved’ Nazareth is returning to Wings”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 October 1981, page 32

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 October 1981, page 33

“Return visit”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 19 October 1981, page 37

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 October 1981, page 20

“Nazareth back with better sound”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 October 1981, page 26