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Local History

ZZ Top (11/30/1979)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): ZZ Top w/ Point Blank
Date: 30 November 1979
Tickets: $7.75 (general admission)
Attendance: (unknown)
Notes: The third Wings Stadium appearance for ZZ Top, the second for Point Blank. This show took place just days before 11 concertgoers were killed during a performance by the Who in Cincinnati, which sparked the move to limit general admission seating.
Setlist (ZZ Top): I Thank You, Just Got Paid, I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide, Lowdown in the Street, A Fool For Your Stockings, She Loves My Automobile, Tush, Waiting for the Bus, Heard It on the X, La Grange, Hi-Fi Mama, others (90 minute set, 23 songs, including 6 encore tunes)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top) 25 November 1979, (center left) 18 November 1979, (bottom left) 7 November 1979, (bottom right) 29 November 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 11 November 1979, (right) 18 November 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 25 November 1979, (right) 30 November 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 December 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 5 December 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 7 December 1979, (right) 8 December 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

Sources

Articles

“ZZ Top returning”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 November 1979, page 38

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 11 November 1979, page 21

“The Atlantis of rock?”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 November 1979, page 24 (B-2)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 November 1979, page 26

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 November 1979, page 26

“ZZ Top back after three year absence”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 November 1979, page 29 (B-9)

“Up from warehouses”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 29 November 1979, page 34

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 30 November 1979, page 16

“ZZ Top returns to action, playing its blend as well as ever”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 December 1979, page 16 (B-4)

“Wings to continue general seating policy”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 5 December 1979, page 3 (A-3)

“Sensible measures can prevent repeat of rock concert nightmare”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 December 1979, page 6 (A-6)

“Reserved seating best”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 8 December 1979, page 4 (A-4)