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Local History

Rush (11/11/1982)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Rush w/ Rory Gallagher
Date: 11 November 1982
Tickets: $10.75 (general admission and reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 8,023 (advance sellout)
Notes: The sixth appearance at Wings Stadium for Rush, the band’s fourth as a headline act.
Setlist (Rush): The Spirit of Radio, Tom Sawyer, Freewill, Digital Man, Subdivisions, Vital Signs, The Camera Eye, Closer to the Heart, Chemistry, The Analog Kid, Broon’s Bane, The Trees, Red Barchetta, The Weapon, New World Man, Limelight, Countdown. Encore: 2112 Part I: Overture, 2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx, Xanadu, La Villa Strangiato, In the Mood, YYZ, Drum Solo.
Setlist (Rory Gallagher*): Shin Kicker, Double Vision, Bad Penny, Moonchild, What in the World, Bourbon, Shadow Play.

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

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 26 September 1982, (bottom left) 10 October 1982, (top right) 1 November 1982, (bottom right) 27 October 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 November 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 12 November 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 12 November 1982, (right) 21 November 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Rush returns Nov. 11”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 September 1982, page 24

“Looks like a sell-out”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 October 1982, page 29

“Double barrelled success”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 October 1982, page 37

“Rory’s in it for the music”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 November 1982, page 30

“Pop music returns Thursday as Corea, Rush perform here”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 November 1982, page 40

“Crimes around concert hall reported to police”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 12 November 1982, page 3

“Rush, unfortunately, has nothing new to say in its sold-out performance at Wings Stadium”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 12 November 1982, page 31

“In defense of Rush”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 November 1982, page 7

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Rush setlist, 11 November 1982, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI