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Local History

Ozzy Osbourne (2/9/1982)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Ozzy Osbourne w/ Starfighters
Date: 9 February 1982
Tickets: $9.75 (general admission and reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 5,700+ (likely sold out by showtime)
Notes: Osbourne’s second appearance at Wings Stadium, his first as a solo artist. “Diary of a Madman” Tour featured Randy Rhoades (guitar), Tommy Aldridge (drums), Rudy Sarzo (bass). One of the final performances with guitarist Randy Rhoades. Rhodes and make-up artist Rachel Youngblood were killed in a plane crash a few weeks after this show.
Setlist: Over the Mountain, Mr. Crowley, Crazy Train, Revelation (Mother Earth), Steal Away (The Night), Suicide Solution, Guitar Solo (Randy Rhoads), Drum Solo (Tommy Aldridge), Goodbye to Romance, I Don’t Know, No Bone Movies, Believer, Flying High Again, Iron Man, Children of the Grave. Encore: Paranoid.

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 December 1981. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 1 January 1982, (top right) 10 January 1982, (lower right) 16 January 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 January 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 2 February 1982, (lower right) 31 January 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 8 February 1982, (center) 10 February 1982, (right) 10 February 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 February 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 March 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“On-stage madman booked for Feb. 9 concert at Wings Stadium”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 December 1981, page 31

“There’s a method in rock singer’s madness”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 January 1982, page 25

“Figure this one out”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 January 1982, page 33

“Knock the nonsense”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 January 1982, page 6

“Rock singer says he bit bat, seeks rabies treatment”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 January 1982, page 2

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 31 January 1982, page 32

“Vow no ‘massacre’ at Wings Stadium”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 February 1982, page 26

“King, Osbourne split Tuesday billing here”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 8 February 1982, page 26

“Two arrested, two hospitalized during ‘normal rock concert’”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 February 1982, page 3

“It would be his last act’”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 February 1982, page 6

“Ozzy Osbourne? He’s just your average heavy metal pudgeball!”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 February 1982, page 18

“Ozzy Osbourne guitarist killed”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 March 1982, page 2

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Ozzy Osbourne setlist, 9 February 1982, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI