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Local History

The Temptations (8/5/1982)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): The Temptations w/ (comedian) Woody Henderson
Date: 5 August 1982
Tickets: $9.75 (reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 2,500
Notes: Tour billed as “The Temptations Reunion” with David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Dennis Edwards, Glenn Leonard, and Richard Street.
Setlist*: The Way You Do the Things You Do, My Girl, Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me), Ain’t Too Proud To Beg, Cloud Nine, Can’t Get Next To You, I Wish It Would Rain, Psychedelic Shack, Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today), Papa Was A Rolling Stone, (I Know) I’m Losing You, Tribute to Paul Williams (Try to Remember, For Once In My Life, The Impossible Dream), Walk Away From Love, Intimate Friends, Keep on Truckin’, Standing on the Top, possibly others.

*based on reviewer’s comments

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 9 July 1982, (right) 11 July 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 18 July 1982, (right) 1 August 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 August 1982. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

Sources

Articles

“Temptations due August 5”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 July 1982, page 11

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 11 July 1982, page 33

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 July 1982, page 26

“In concert”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 August 1982, page 25

“Comedian Woody Henderson signed to ‘Temptations’ bill”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 August 1982, page 25

“Do-whopping lives again!”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 August 1982, page 14