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Local History

War (2/26/1975)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): War w/ Sugarloaf, and Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids
Date: 26 February 1975
Tickets: $5.50 in advance, $6.50 day of the show (general admission)
Attendance: 4,400
Notes:

Setlist (War*): All Day Music, Smile Happy, Lotus Blossom, The Cisco Kid, So, Low Rider, Heartbeat, Me and Baby Brother, Southern Part of Texas, Slippin’ Into Darkness, Why Can’t We Be Friends?

Setlist (Sugarloaf*): The Buzzard Stomp, Bach Doors Man, Chest Fever, Kiss the Sky, I Got a Song, Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You, Boogie Man, Toast and Jam, Green-Eyed Lady

*unconfirmed but likely similar, based on other performances around the same time (San Diego, CA. & Denver, CO.).

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Battle Creek Enquirer, (left) 16 February 1975, (center) 23 February 1975, (right) 26 February 1975. Willard Library, Battle Creek

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 February 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 27 February 1975, (right) 24 February 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 February 1975, page B-4

“War, the rock band”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 February 1975, page C-3

“Reaction to concert is mixed”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 February 1975, page B-2