Wayne Newton (4/1/1990)
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Artist(s): Wayne NewtonDate: 1 April 1990Tickets: $18.50/$22.50 (reserved seating)Attendance: “modest-sized audience”Notes: The final night of a six-week tour. Newton appeared in Grand Rapids on February 28 for significantly higher prices. A partition divided the stadium in half “to accommodate the smaller sized crowd.”
Setlist *: Also sprach Zarathustra (recorded intro), America, Jambalaya (On the Bayou), Heartbreak Hotel, Good Hearted Woman, Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Rocky Top, I Am … I Said, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, At This Moment, An American Trilogy (Dixie, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, All My Trials), Orange Blossom Special, When the Saints Go Marching In, MacArthur Park
*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewer’s comments and other performances around the same time (e.g., Noblesville, IN)
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Kalamazoo Gazette , (left) 13 February 1990, (right) 1 March 1990. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , (left) 4 March 1990, (right) 18 March 1990. Kalamazoo Public LibraryBattle Creek Enquirer , (left) 4 March 1990, (center) 11 March 1990, (right) 18 March 1990. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , (left) 25 March 1990, (right) 30 March 1990. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , 2 April 1990. Kalamazoo Public Library
Sources
Articles
“Newton in G.R.” Kalamazoo Gazette , 13 February 1990, page 25
“Newton redux” Kalamazoo Gazette , 1 March 1990, page 31
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette , 4 March 1990, page 93
Display ad Battle Creek Enquirer , 4 March 1990, page 27
Display ad Battle Creek Enquirer , 11 March 1990, page 21
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette , 18 March 1990, page 105
Display ad Battle Creek Enquirer , 18 March 1990, page 19
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette , 25 March 1990, page 95
“‘Mr. Las Vegas’ in usual form” Kalamazoo Gazette , 1 March 1990, page 31