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Local History

Ted Nugent (12/29/1977)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Ted Nugent w/ Golden Earring, and an unnamed band from Kansas City
Date: 29 December 1977
Tickets: $6.50 (general admission)
Attendance: 7,500
Notes: Nugent’s third Wings Stadium appearance, the first for Golden Earring. A sellout, reportedly largest crowd to date.
Setlist (Ted Nugent*): Just What the Doctor Ordered, Dog Eat Dog, Free-For-All, Cat Scratch Fever, Wang Dang Sweet Poontang, Walking Tall, Yank Me, Crank Me, Gonzo, The Great White Buffalo, Stormtroopin’, Stranglehold. Encore: Motor City Madhouse, Hey Baby

*unconfirmed but likely similar, based on performances around the same time (Cincinnati, OH & Philadelphia, PA).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 18 December 1977, (right) 25 December 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 28 December 1977, (right) 29 December 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 30 December 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 December 1977, page 79

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 December 1977, page 39

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 28 December 1977, page 39

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 29 December 1977, page 18

“Nugent Unleashes Rock Power”
Kalamazoo Gazette. 30 November 1977, page 14