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Local History

Nazareth (3/22/1979)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Nazareth w/ Thin Lizzy
Date: 22 March 1979
Tour: “No Mean City”
Tickets: $7.50 (general admission)
Attendance: (unknown)
Notes: The second Wings Stadium appearance for Nazareth, the third for Thin Lizzy.
Setlist (Nazareth*): Telegram, Razamanaz, I Want To (Do Everything for You), Just to Get Into It, No Mean City, May the Sunshine, Cocaine, Beggars Day, Kentucky Fried Blues, Hair of the Dog, Expect No Mercy, Shapes of Things, Love Hurts, Tush

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on performances around the same time (Dayton, OH).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 6 January 1979, (right) 25 February 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 4 March 1979, (right) 11 March 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 March 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 23 March 1979, (right) 29 March 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Rock concert ‘whiteout’ to end with Heart on Feb. 18”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 January 1979, page 19

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 February 1979, page 54

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 March 1979, page 42 (C-4)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 11 March 1979, page 62

“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 March 1979, page 44

“Scottish rockers”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 March 1979, page 46

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 March 1979, page 47 (C-4)

“Heavy metal rock pushed to its limits”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 23 March 1979, page 19

“Good and bad”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 29 March 1979, page 7