Robert Plant (8/27/1983)
A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page
Artist(s): Robert Plant
Date: 27 August 1983
Tickets: $12.50 (reserved seating and general admission) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 6,000
Notes: Second U.S. date on his first ever solo tour w/ Robbie Blunt (guitar), Paul Martinez (bass), Gerald “Jezz” Woodroffe (keyboards), Phil Collins (drums).
Setlist: In the Mood, Pledge Pin, Messin’ With the Mekon, Worse Than Detroit, Moonlight in Samosa, Fat Lip, Thru’ With the Two Step, Other Arms, Horizontal Departure > Lively Up Yourself, Slow Dancer, Mystery Title, Wreckless Love, Like I’ve Never Been Gone. Encore: Big Log, Burning Down One Side, Stranger Here… Than Over There.
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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 6 July 1983, (top right) 23 July 1983, (bottom right) 22 July 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library
Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 7 August 1983, (right) 14 August 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 August 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 August 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library
Kalamazoo Gazette, 29 August 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library
Sources
Articles
“Led Zeppelin’s former lead singer sets Wings date”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 July 1983, page 21 (B-5)
“Tickets left”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 July 1983, page 18
“Looking ahead…”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 31 July 1983, page 35
“Looking ahead…”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 August 1983, page 37
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Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 August 1983, page 40
“Looking ahead…”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 August 1983, page 37
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Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 August 1983, page 39
“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 August 1983, page 37 (D-1)
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Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 August 1983, page 40 (D-4)
“No Led Zeppelin oldies heard on Plant’s U.S. tour”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 August 1983, page 41 (D-5)
“Plant’s ‘solo’ not quite together—yet”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 29 August 1983, page 30
Websites
Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Robert Plant setlist, 27 August 1983, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI