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Local History

Ronnie James Dio (10/18/1985)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Ronnie James Dio w/ Rough Cutt
Date: 18 October 1985
Tickets: $13.50 (reserved seating and general admission)
Attendance: 5,402
Notes: Ronnie James Dio’s second appearance at Wings Stadium, the first fronting his own band (Dio).

Setlist (Dio): King of Rock and Roll, Like the Beat of a Heart, Don’t Talk to Strangers, Hungry for Heaven, The Last in Line / Holy Diver / The Last in Line (reprise), Drum Solo (Vinny Appice), Heaven and Hell, Guitar Solo (Jimmy Bain and/or Vivian Campbell), Keyboard Solo (Clause Schnell), Sacred Heart, Rock ‘n’ Roll Children / Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll / Man on the Silver Mountain / Rock ‘n’ Roll Children (reprise), Stand Up and Shout. Encore: Rainbow in the Dark, We Rock.

Setlist (Rough Cutt*): Cutt Your Heart Out, Kids Will Rock, Dressed to Kill, She’s Too Hott, Black Widow, Take Her, Never Gonna Die, Try a Little Harder, Piece of My Heart.

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on other performances around the same time (e.g., Toledo, OH)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 22 September 1985, (top center) 25 September 1985, (bottom center) 9 October 1985, (right) 27 September 1985. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 13 October 1985, (top right) 13 October 1985, (bottom right) 18 October 1985. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 19 October 1985, (right) 21 October 1985. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Miscellany”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 September 1985, page 71

“Dio tickets”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 September 1985, page 24

“Correction”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 September 1985, page 22

“Needed”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 October 1985, page 37

“Ronnie James Dio — heavy metal’s eloquent spokesman”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 13 October 1985, page 85

“Hard rockers Rough Cutt…”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 13 October 1985, page 88

“Coming events”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 October 1985, page 1

“Dio: heavy metal music fantasy that was fun to see”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 19 October 1985, page 11

“Hastings man struck by car on Sprinkle dies”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 October 1985, page 9

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Dio setlist, 18 October 1985, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI