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Ratt (1/6/1987)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page


Artist(s): Ratt w/ Poison
Date: 6 January 1987
Tickets: $15.00 (reserved seating and general admission)
Attendance: 6,500
Notes: The first Wings Stadium show after a statewide smoking ban went into effect, although Wings officials admitted it was “virtually impossible to enforce during rock concerts” (Gazette). Ratt’s drummer Bobby Blotzer played the show with his broken leg in a cast (…hey, the show must go on).

Setlist (Ratt*): Intro, Looking for Love, One Good Lover, Wanted Man, Slip of the Lip, Never Use Love, Back for More, The Morning After, Dangerous but Worth the Risk, Sweet Cheater, Guitar Solo, Lack of Communication, 7th Avenue, You’re in Love, You Should Know by Now, Enough Is Enough, Lay It Down, You Think You’re Tough, Round and Round. Encore: Dance, Body Talk.

Setlist (Poison*): Let Me Go to the Show, #1 Bad Boy, Play Dirty, Blame It on You, I Won’t Forget You, Cry Tough, Guitar Solo, Talk Dirty to Me, I Want Action, Look What the Cat Dragged In.

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewers’ comments and other shows around the same time (Detroit, MI; Columbus, OH)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 28 November 1986, (top right) 7 December 1986, (bottom right) 28 December 1986. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 January 1987. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 2 January 1987, (bottom left) 6 January 1987, (right) 6 January 1987. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 January 1987. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 7 January 1987, (top right) 7 January 1987, (bottom right) 11 January 1987. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Battle Creek Enquirer, (left) 7 January 1987. Willard Library

Sources

Articles

“Booked”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 28 November 1986, page 22

“… Tickets are now on sale…”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 December 1986, page 93

“Coming up”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 28 December 1986, page 49

“New no smoking rules go into effect here”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 January 1987, page 1, 2 (A1, A2)

“Rockers Ratt scurrying to survive gold-plated success”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 January 1987, page 19, 20 (D1, D2)

“Coming today”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 January 1987, page 1 (A1)

“Perfectly packaged teen throbs”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 January 1987, page 19

“Ratt’s video livelier than its live show”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 January 1987, page 23

“Man hit by car”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 January 1987, page 8

“Hard-rock twinbill shakes rafters at Wings”
Battle Creek Enquirer, 7 January 1987, page 13, 14 (1B-2B)

“Ratt-a-tat-tat”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 11 January 1987, page 75