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Local History

Night Ranger & Starship (11/5/1985)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Night Ranger and Starship (co-headliners) w/ (San Francisco comic) Dr. Gonzo
Date: 5 November 1985
Tickets: $14.00 (reserved seating and general admission)
Attendance: 6,848
Notes: A co-headlining tour (artists shared equal billing). Night Ranger’s second appearance at Wings Stadium, the first as a headline act. The third Wings Stadium appearance for (Jefferson) Starship.

Setlist (Night Ranger*): Seven Wishes, Sing Me Away, Rumours in the Air, This Boy Needs to Rock, Sentimental Street, When You Close Your Eyes, Faces / Eddie’s Comin’ Out Tonight / Call My Name, Four in the Morning, I Need a Woman, Night Ranger, Touch of Madness, (You Can Still) Rock in America. Encore: Sister Christian, Don’t Tell Me You Love Me.

Setlist (Starship*): We Built This City, Somebody to Love, Find Your Way Back, Tomorrow Doesn’t Matter Tonight, Stranger, Beat Patrol, Fooled Around and Fell in Love, Sara, Babylon, Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now, White Rabbit, Jane, Rock Myself to Sleep, No Way Out. Layin’ It on the Line, We Built This City (Reprise).

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewer’s comments and other performances around the same time (e.g., Rochester, NY)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 9 October 1985, (right) 3 November 1985. Kalamazoo Public Library. (center) Battle Creek Enquirer, 20 October 1985. Willard Library, Battle Creek

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 3 November 1985. Kalamazoo Public Library.

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(left) Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 November 1985. Kalamazoo Public Library. (right) Battle Creek Enquirer, 6 November 1985. Willard Library, Battle Creek.

Sources

Articles

“Starship coming”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 October 1985, page 27

“Rockers at Wings”
Battle Creek Enquirer, 20 October 1985, page 26

“Starship has no reservations opening for Night Ranger, singer says”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 3 November 1985, page 91

“Night Ranger/Starship/Dr. Gonzo”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 3 November 1985, page 96

“An up and down evening with Night Ranger, Starship”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 November 1985, page 31

“Dynamic Duo”
Battle Creek Enquirer, 6 November 1985, page 9