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Local History

Sammy Hagar (5/8/1983)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Sammy Hagar w/ Molly Hatchet
Date: 8 May 1983
Tickets: $10.75 (reserved seating and general admission) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 8,000 (advance sellout)
Notes: Hagar’s third appearance at Wings Stadium (his first as a headline act), and the second appearance for Molly Hatchet.
Setlist (Sammy Hagar*): Three Lock Box, Baby’s on Fire, I Don’t Need Love, I’ve Done Everything for You, I’ll Fall in Love Again, Heavy Metal, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, In the Room, Rise of the Animal, Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy, Bad Motor Scooter, Red, There’s Only One Way to Rock, Baba O’Riley, Remember the Heroes, This Planet’s on Fire (Burn in Hell).

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

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 17 April 1983, (right) 1 May 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 May 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 1 May 1983, (top right) 6 May 1983, (middle right) 8 May 1983), (bottom right) 8 May 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 9 May 1983, (right) 22 May 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Sammy Hagar arrives May 8”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 17 April 1983, page 41

“Looking ahead…”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 May 1983, page 13

“Molly Hatchet prefers taking second slot on concert tours”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 May 1983, page 15

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 May 1983, page 15

“Music offerings this week vary from medieval to pop”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 May 1983, page 15

“Hagar sold out”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 May 1983, page 18

“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 8 May 1983, page 40 (D-1)

“A look at the week in music”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 8 May 1983, page 41 (D-2)

“Energy in Wings concert, the ‘Red Rocker’ shows he has learned his lessons well”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 May 1983, page 30

“Reviewing critiqued”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 May 1983, page 7