REO Speedwagon (12/27/1975)
A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page
Artist(s): REO Speedwagon w/ Rush, and The Cate BrothersDate: 27 December 1975Tickets: $6.50 (general admission)Attendance: unknown (near-capacity)Notes: A second Wings Stadium appearance for REO Speedwagon in support of “This Time We Mean It,” the first Wings Stadium show for Rush in support of their “Caress of Steel” album.
Setlist (REO Speedwagon*): Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes), Keep Pushin’, (Only A) Summer Love, Son of a Poor Man, (I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come, Flying Turkey Trot, Gary’s Guitar Solo, 157 Riverside Avenue, Ridin’ the Storm Out, Music Man, Little Queenie, Golden Country, (others)
Setlist (Rush): Bastille Day, Anthem, Lakeside Park, The Necromancer, By-Tor & The Snow Dog, Working Man
*based on reviewer’s comments and documented although incomplete setlists
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Kalamazoo Gazette , (left) 12 December 1975, (right) 14 December 1975. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , (left) 21 December 1975, (right) 21 December 1975. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , (left) 26 December 1975. (right) 27 December 1975. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , 29 December 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library
Sources
Articles
“R.E.O. Speedwagon at Wings Stadium on Dec. 27” Kalamazoo Gazette, 12 December 1975, page C-8
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 December 1975, page D-5
“Warmup for R.E.O. Speedwagon” Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 December 1975, page D-3
“Pop concert” Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 December 1975, page D-1
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 December 1975, page B-2
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 December 1975, page A-9
“Lots of volume and full range of special effects” Kalamazoo Gazette, 29 December 1975, page C-5