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Local History

REO Speedwagon (3/27/1983)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): REO Speedwagon w/ Duke Jupiter
Date: 27 March 1983
Tickets: $12.00 (reserved seating and general admission) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 8,023 (sellout)
Notes: The sixth Wings Stadium appearance for REO Speedwagon.
Setlist (REO Speedwagon*): Good Trouble, Don’t Let Him Go, Keep Pushin’, Let’s Be-Bop, Tough Guys, The Key, Take It on the Run, Time for Me to Fly, Keep On Loving You, Keep the Fire Burnin’, Flying Turkey Trot > Guitar Solo, Stillness of the Night, Back on the Road Again, Ridin’ the Storm Out, Roll With the Changes, Shakin’ It Loose, Johnny B. Goode.
Setlist (Duke Jupiter): I’m Available, Runaway, The Band Played On, six others.

*Unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewer’s comments and other shows around the same time (e.g., Milwaukee, WI).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 20 March 1983, (top right) 10 March 1983, (bottom right) 20 March 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 20 March 1983, (right) 27 March 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 25 March 1983, (right) 27 March 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 28 March 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“On entertainment and the arts: REO Speedwagon returning”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 March 1983, page 35

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 13 March 1983, page 38

“Just ‘Good Trouble’”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 March 1983, page 48

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 March 1983, page 48

“REO aims to keep on touring”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 March 1983, page 15

“Pop. rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 March 1983, page 43

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 March 1983, page 49

“8,023 pack Wings for REO’s 7th visit”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 28 March 1983, page 29 (C-8)

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: REO Speedwagon setlist, 27 March 1983, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI (incorrect, incomplete)

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Duke Jupiter setlist, 27 March 1983, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI (incomplete)