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Nazareth (5/26/1980)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page


Artist(s): Nazareth w/ Blackfoot, and Marseille
Date: 26 May 1980
Tickets: $8.75 (general admission and reserved seating)
Attendance: (unknown)
Notes: The third Wings Stadium appearance for Nazareth, and the third for Blackfoot. Opening act Marseille is recognized as the first new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) band to secure a major recording contract, and release an album in and tour the United States.
Setlist (Nazareth*): Telegram, Razamanaz, I Want To (Do Everything for You), Showdown at the Border, Beggars Day, Heart’s Grown Cold, Cocaine, Big Boy, Holiday, Hair of the Dog, Talkin’ to One of the Boys, Expect No Mercy, Shapes of Things, Love Hurts, Tush.
Setlist (Blackfoot*): Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, On the Run, I Got a Line on You, Wishing Well, Left Turn on a Red Light, Every Man Should Know (Queenie), Train, Train, Highway Song

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewer’s comments and other performances around the same time (Detroit, MI; Philadelphia, PA).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 11 May 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 May 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 25 May 1980, (right) 26 May 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 May 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

 


Sources

Articles

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 11 May 1980, page 20

“Memorial Day rock concert”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 11 May 1980, page 22

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 May 1980, page 26

“Special guests”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 May 1980, page 25

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 May 1980, page 26

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 May 1980, page 21

“Just another night of rock, roll”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 May 1980, page 20