And every time I hear Going Down for the Last Time, my mind returns to that to that memorable day in August. Doesn't get much better than this! Speedwagon, Henry Gross, and Heart. That was the first year of the Texas Music Festival at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The Royals post 12-1 victory - complete game for Paul Splittorff. Never been to Spain. 24: 24. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. ARROWHEAD in Kansas City had a roof made up of red and white coke cups; the blue sky was gone and a temporary ceiling of crud filled the air. The Royals begin a club record 16-game winning streak with a 5-4 victory on Wednesday August 31, 1977 against the Texas Rangers at Royals Stadium. The 1977 Summer Jam at Royals Stadium featured REO, the Little River Band, and Ted Nugent. I didnt love the 90s that much, but Im sure a good time will be had by all. 11/1/1968 Jimi Hendrix/Municipal Auditorium -w/Cat Mother &All Night Newsboys, 2/5/1969 Iron Butterfly /Memorial Hall -w/Grateful Dead, 2/22/1969 Steppenwolf/ Municipal Auditorium-w/The Chessmen, The Bank. No doubt the Hollywood casting agents would fight to cast their own representative think Bradley Cooper or, if he has a conflict, maybe Brad Pitt. The video is the infamous Van Halen live on 5/20/1984 in San Diego, CA @ The San Diego Sports Arena. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Royals Stadium is inaugurated with 39,464 fans for a 12-1 win over Texas. I was involved because I was part of the crew who shuttled artists back and forth from the hotels to the concert setting at the airport area west of the expo. Summer Jam 1978 Setlists Jul 15 1978 Date Saturday, July 15, 1978 Venue Royals Stadium, Kansas City, MO, USA Report festival So far there are setlists of 4 gigs. Ozzy said, 'We just went into the dressing room. EDITORS NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on the Summer Jam music festival that took place in Great Bend in August 1978. Opening night of Van Halen II World Vacation Tour. Setlists Eddie Money setlist: Play on YouTube Play on Spotify An exact setlist wasn't found. I figured my work there was done and headed outside through the kitchen. Throughout the tour Van Halen was mostly a supporting act. The Royals set a club record with their 16th consecutive victory a 10th inning walk-off 5-4 win over the Oakland A's in the second game of a doubleheader on Thursday September 15, 1977 at Royals Stadium. David Lee Roth summed up the experience as "a real shot in the ass". Approximately $150,000 was generated by the concert. Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas October 30th, 1976 $6.00 13 Target Target (1976) Target opened for Black Sabbath on their Technical Ecstasy tour, promoting their self-titled debut. This would have been his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tour and Elton was at his full powers in 1973. Arrowhead, meanwhile, has kept up a fairly steady flow of mega concerts. I don't remember the minor acts. At 174 shows total over a 10-month period, the tour was one of the bands most extensive overall. Brett tripled in the third, homered in the eighth, singled in the tenth, doubled in the fourteenth - then tossed in walk-off game winning home run in the sixteenth giving the Royals a 5-4 victory over the Orioles. The Truman Sports Complex has had a storied history of putting on good shows. The resources and documents presented here are strictly for archival purposes only. BEE & DEE ESCORTS 287-1707 REMODELING SPECIALISTS Quality work reasonable prices all repairs Cali Snodgrass Construe iVJ5fc?SSL RAW Hot Rooting Commercial A residential rooting Free estimates Business Services (1 - 243) BUSINESS PERSONALS 201 TrofessionaT hypnosis ORY STOP STUTTERING NAIL ! 7/19/1974 Crosby Stills Nash & Young/Royals Stadium -w/Beach Boys, Jesse Collin Young, 8/11/1974 Jackson 5 /Municipal Auditorium, 8/17/1974 Black Oak Arkansas/Arrowhead Stadium - w/ Kansas & Foghat, 8/29/1974 Deep Purple/ Arrowhead Stadium -w/J.Geils Band & Elf, 9/16/1974 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Brewer & Shipley -KUDL, 9/20/1974 Blue Oyster Cult/Memorial Hall -w/New York Dolls, 10/1/1974 Jefferson Starship /Midland Theater -KUDL, 10/11/1974 Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes/Memorial Hall -w/ Cactus, & Trapeze, 10/16/1974 Herbie Hancock /Uptown Theatre -w/Brian Auger, 10/18/1974 Hawkind /Memorial Hall -w/Rush, 11/1/1974 Weather Report/ Memorial Hall -w/Fairport Convention, 11/3/1974 Fleetwood Mac/Memorial Hall -w/Little Feat & Triumvirat, 11/16/1974 Jackson Browne /Memorial Hall w/Bonnie Raitt, 12/6/1974 Yes/ Allen Field House Lawrence, 12/4/1974 Loggins and Messina / Memorial Hall, 12/20/1974 Blue Oyster Cult & ZZ Top /Municipal Auditorium, 1/6/1975 Wishbone Ash /Memorial Hall -w/Camel, 2/26/1975 Dave Mason /Free State Opera House, Lawrence Ks. The fountains debuted on Saturday, July 21, 1973 - just three days before the ballpark hosted the 40th MLB All-Star Game. Royals Hall of Famer Paul Splittorff picks up the win in relief of fellow Royals Hall of Famer Dennis Leonard. And maybe of the hundreds of thousands who later claimed to be there, you actually were there. Outdoor stadium concert. Ive recently noticed that concerts are making a comeback at the K. I suppose with the baseball team floundering, the extra bodies that a concert brings in, plus the parking and concessions, are a must-needed windfall for the facility. 2 languages Article Talk Read Edit View history The 1978 World Tour was the first concert tour by American hard rock band Van Halen. Solid A quality on this audio. George Brett, Hal McRae and Minnesota's Rod Carew entered the final game of the season separated by .001 in the batting race. A quick internet search shows that a band named Missouri opened the show and I briefly remember them. Third song. The Busch Cape Cod Summer Music Festival Supporting The Outlaws First act: Bill Chinnock Second act: Thin Lizzy . 1978 Rolling Stones Crew Concert Shirt $ 650.00. They were the largest privately funded fountain system in the world. The lineup was like this: And if the script got legs and became a movie, one of the central figures who would be Eddie Bianchino. View cart for details. That's all we want.' . Opened: 1972. The first show ever in the complex was held on August 2, 1973, at Royals Stadium featuring Three Dog Night. He struck out 12 for a 3-0 win, his first career no-hitter. Royals Stadium debuts the evening of Tuesday April 10, 1973 when the Royals host the Texas Rangers. Van Halen's Crazy Tour With Black Sabbath | Van Halen News Desk", "November 12, 1978 Van Halen Bootleg Discography", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Van_Halen_1978_World_Tour&oldid=1132487130, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Eddie Van Halen guitar solo featuring "Eruption", This page was last edited on 9 January 2023, at 03:02. The night before this show, my parents went out of town and left the house to me and my 16-year-old sister. And then he got to the first gig. Saturday, July 15, 1978 Royals Stadium, Kansas City, MO Eddie Money Kansas Steve Miller Band Van Halen Add Setlist Recent visitors 15 festival people went. 3/19/1969 The Byrds/Shawnee Mission South H.S. Hall of Famer Willie Mays makes his last All-Star appearance and Royals John Mayberry and Amos Otis combine for 3 of the 5 A.L. 12/1/1975 The Who/Kemper Arena- w/Toots and the Maytals, 1/14/1976 Allman Brothers Band /Municipal Auditorium, 2/13/1976 Roxy Music/Memorial Hall -w/Back Street Crawler, 2/26/1976 Bachman-Turner-Overdrive/Kemper Arena -w/Electric Light Orchestra, 3/19/1976 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/Memorial Hall, 4/4/1976 Arlo Gutherie/Memorial Hall -w/Shenandoah, 4/27/1976 Return to Forever /Memorial Hall, 4/28/1976 Aerosmith/Kemper Arena -w/Angel & Slade, 5/2/1976 Uriah Heep & Rush /Memorial Hall -w/Foghat & The Skyhooks, 5/12/1976 Foghat/Municipal Auditorium -w/Styx, Golden Earing, & UFO, 5/14/1976 Weather Report /Memorial Hall -w/John McLaughlin & Shakti, 5/15/1976 Thin Lizzy /Memorial Hall -w/Charlie Daniels Band, 5/29/1976 The Music Sound Festival / Arrowhead Stadium w/Barry White, Love Unlimited, Rufus, Sly and the Family Stone, Bobby Womack, Bloodstone, Hot Chocolate, 5/29/1976 Paul McCartney & Wings/Kemper Arena, 6/18/1976 Summer Jam /Royals Stadium -w/Kansas, Fleetwood Mac, REO, Henry Gross, Head East, 6/22/1976 Steve Miller Band /Memorial Hall, 7/11/1976 ZZ Top/Arrowhead Stadium -w/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Elvin Bishop, Point Blank, 7/23/1976 The Beach Boys/Arrowhead Stadium -w/Doobie Brothers, Jeff Beck, Firefall, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, 7/24/1976 Peter Frampton /Royals Stadium -w/Santana, Gary Wright, Natural Gas, 7/26/1976 Kiss/Municipal Auditorium -w/Artful Dodger & Felix Pappalardi, 7/29/1976 Loggins and Messina/Uptown Theatre, 8/8/1976 Jethro Tull /Arrowhead Stadium -w/Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower, Todd Rundgren, 9/11/1976 Leon Russell/Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, 10/11/1976 Jefferson Starship /Kemper Arena, 10/15/1976 The Staple Singers /Kemper Arena -w/Harold Melvin& Blue Notes, Sharon Page, Johnny Guitar Watson, 10/15/1976 Dwight Twilley Band/Uptown Theatre, 10/16/1976 Head East/Memorial Hall -w/Be-bop Delux, Paris, 10/29/1976 Hall and Oats /Memorial Hall, 10/30/1976 Black Sabbath/Memorial Hall -w/Target, 10/31/1976 Rory Gallagher & ZZ Top /Municipal Auditorium, 11/5/1976 Kansas/Memorial Hall -w/Ambrosia, 11/10/1976 Jackson Browne /Memorial Hall, 11/19/1976 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Memorial Hall -w/Michael Murphy, 11/24/1976 The Eagles /Kemper Arena -w/John David Souther, 12/4/1976 Styx /Memorial Hall -w/Point Blank, 12/7/1976 Robin Trower /Municipal Auditorium-w/Thin Lizzy, 12/12/1976 Blue Oyster Cult/Municipal Auditorium-w/Bob Seger, 1/15/1977 Ted Nugent/Municipal Auditorium -w/Rush, 1/31/1977 Al Stewart/Uptown Theatre -w/Wendy Waldman, 2/4/1977 Electric Light Orchestra /Municipal Auditorium -w/Steve Hillage, 4/1/1977 Fleetwood Mac /Kemper Arena -w/Rocky Burnette, 4/16/1977 Gordon Lightfoot /Memorial Hall, 4/22/1977 The Outlaws /Uptown Theater -w/Chilliwack, 5/6/1977 Uriah Heep /Memorial Hall -w/Foreigner, 5/7/1977 ZZ Top/Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, 5/20/1977 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic /Arrowhead Stadium, 5/28/1977 Starcastle /Memorial Hall -w/Gran Max, 6/14/1977 Poco /Memorial Hall -w/Dickie Betts & Great Southern, 6/15/1977 Mahogany Rush /Memorial Hall -w/Shooting Star, 6/26/1977 Summer Jam/Royals Stadium -w/Ted Nugent/REO/Black Oak Arkansas/Head East/Climax Blues Band/Little River Band, 7/15/1977 Bad Company /Kemper Arena -w/Climax Blues Band, 7/31/1977 Peter Frampton/Arrowhead Stadium -w/Steve Miller, Rick Derringer, Styx, 8/10/1977 UFO/Memorial Hall -w/Foreigner & AC/DC, 8/22/1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer /Municipal Auditorium- w/Journey, 9/16/1977 Fleetwood Mac/Kemper Arena -w/Kenny Loggins, 9/16-18/1977 Styx/Memorial Hall -w/Morningstar, 9/27/1977 Styx /Memorial Hall -w/Ram Jam, 10/13/1977 The Beach Boys /Municipal Auditorium. Country: USA. Nor any remorse in missing it. Summer Rock 1978 Summer Rock 1978 Setlists May 27 1978 Date Saturday, May 27, 1978 Venue Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO, USA Report festival So far there are setlists of 6 gigs. Have you ever taken your business elsewhere? 5/9/1969 Jefferson Airplane /Memorial Hall -w/Danny Cox, & Manchester Trafficway, 6/19/1969 Fun Fair 69 w/Iron Butterfly/Municipal Auditorium, 6/20/1969 Fun Fair 69 w/Strawberry Alarm Clock/Municipal Auditorium, 6/21/1969 Fun Fair 69 w/Wilson Pickett/Municipal Auditorium, 6/22/1969 Fun Fair 69 w/The Cowsills/Municipal Auditorium. The Royals are on the road in Oakland. Van Halen opening for Black Sabbath at Niagra Falls Convention Center. After the 1978 Summer Jam at Royals Stadium, the concert business went into hibernation. Royals Stadium hosted the 1973 MLB All-Star Game on July 24, 1973. Van Halen's 3/3/1978 Chicago, IL @ The Aragon Ballroom (Photos), 12/31/1977 Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky A Go Go, 1981 Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum, 2/1/1984 Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Coliseum, 1984 San Diego, CA @ San Diego Sports Arena, 5/21/1984 San Diego, CA @ San Diego Sports Arena #2. I loved The Cars at the time, and they put on a good show. I briefly considered tossing in another quarter for three more runs at Never Been to Spain, but figured it best not to press my luck with the now agitated lunchtime crowd. The Royals clinch their third consecutive American League Western Division Championship with a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday September 26, 1978 at Royals Stadium. w/over 30 Acts including: The Eagles, REO Speedwagon, Joe Walsh/ 350,000 estimated attendence. Royals Stadium hosts its first playoff game with ALCS Game 1 against the New York Yankees on Saturday October 9, 1976. The period is 1960's thru 1979 and includes some Lawrence concerts.. 7/12/1964 The Beach Boys /Municipal Auditorium, 9/17/1964 The Beatles/Municipal Stadium -Charlie Finley paid them $150,000, 11/20/1965 The Beach Boys /Municipal Auditorium-w/The Gentrys, The Strangeloves, 7/10/1966 Herman's Hermits / Memorial Hall w/ The Animals, 7/9/1967 KUDL Night/Memorial Hall w/ Dionne Warwick, Bo Street Runners, The Four Darlings, Tony Burke, Del Montes, Jumpin' Jacks Orchestra, 9/23/1967 Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder/Municipal Auditoriumw/Marian Love, Bunky Green Orchestra (Stevie Wonder didn't appear), 11/17/1967 The Who /Shawnee Misssion South H.S. ZzwtojM! Fans traveled as far as Michigan and Tennessee. Royals fans put attendance over the two million mark for the first time in Kansas City baseball history with a crowd of 40,237 on Saturday September 16, 1978 at Royals Stadium. Yes there were rumors of a Hells Angels arrival. For additional information, see the Global Shipping Program, LOT OF 15 ORIGINAL PHOTOS - SUMMER JAM 1978 KANSAS CITY: VAN HALEN, STEVE MILLER. BY the end of the 1978 season the total had risen to 2,255,294. Starlight's concert history dates back to the early 1980s. And in the summer of 1978 these trends came full circle. 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Date: May 30, 1982 Venue: Arrowhead Stadium Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States Notes: Ticket Price: $15.00 / $16.00 / $17.50 Attendance: 52,201 Show Capacity: 60,000 Band Genres Show more genres Setlists Loverboy setlist: Play on YouTube Play on Spotify An exact setlist wasn't found. Royals fans put attendance over the two million mark for the first time in Kansas City baseball history with a crowd of 40,237 on Saturday September 16, 1978 at Royals Stadium. Something went wrong. On the other hand, the likelihood of PAL hiring bikers seems, well, about as improbable as Van Halen coming to Barton County. In the summer of 1979, the Summer Jam tour shifted across the parking lot to Arrowhead. Royals Stadium hosts 'Summer Jam 77' featuring Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon, the Little River Band and others on Sunday June 26, 1977. Date: 3/23/1979Location: Fresno, CAVenue: Selland ArenaBootleg Source: Audience (Quality B+)Attendance Van Halen live bootleg from 9/22/1978 in Fresno, CA at the Selland Arena. My ears rang for a week after the show., Naturally, some problems arose. Saturday, May 27, 1978 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Bob Welch Foreigner Head East Toby Beau Uriah Heep Add Setlist The Rangers only base runners came in the sixth when Toby Harrah who reached on a hit-by-pitch and Jim Sundberg coaxed a walk from Colborn. Date: 8/6/1978 But if a screenwriter ever crafted the story of the Great Bend Summer Jam, the script would be declared more preposterous than the notion of making four sequels to Transformers. After all the idea that 10 of the top bands in the world would come to a one high school town and perform in an August heat wave isnt simply preposterous. Was at his full powers in 1973 the largest privately funded fountain system in the race... 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