The Firm (4/27/1986)
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Artist(s): The Firm w/ Mason RuffnerDate: 27 April 1986Tickets: $15.00 (reserved seating and general admission)Attendance: 5,000Notes: Midway through the British supergroup’s final (1986) tour. Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company), Jimmy Page (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin), drummer Chris Slade, and bassist Tony Franklin. The English band Virginia Wolf was scheduled to open but was soon replaced by Texan Mason Ruffner.
Setlist (The Firm): Fortune Hunter, Closer, Someone to Love, Make or Break, Prelude, Money Can’t Buy, Satisfaction Guaranteed, Radioactive, Live in Peace, All the King’s Horses, The Chase, Cadillac, Midnight Moonlight, You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, Tear Down the Walls, Spirit of Love, I Just Want to Make Love to You, Everybody Needs Somebody to Love.
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Kalamazoo Gazette , (left) 1 April 1986, (right) 6 April 1986. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , (left) 20 April 1986, (center) 25 April 1986, (right) 27 April 1986. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , (left) 24 April 1986, (right) 25 April 1986. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , 25 April 1986. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , 28 April 1986. Kalamazoo Public Library
Sources
Articles
“A Firm date” Kalamazoo Gazette , 1 April 1986, page 25
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette , 6 April 1986, page 90
“Mason Ruffner to open Firm concert” Kalamazoo Gazette , 20 April 1986, page 92
“Rocker enjoys a Firm foundation” Kalamazoo Gazette , 24 April 1986, page 37
“The Firm works hard for a footing in rock” Kalamazoo Gazette , 25 April 1986, page 21, 22 (D-1, D-2)
“A Firm date” Kalamazoo Gazette , 25 April 1986, page 21
“Today” Kalamazoo Gazette , 27 April 1986, page 86
“A couple of old rock masters show their stuff in Kalamazoo” Kalamazoo Gazette , 28 April 1986, page 28
Websites
Setlist.fm setlist wiki: The Firm setlist, 27 April 1986, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI