, [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/acdc/1979/cleveland-stadium-cleveland-oh-43d62fbb.html][img]https://www.setlist.fm/widgets/setlist-image-v1?id=43d62fbb[/img][/url] By WildBill, :THE JULY 1979 WSR-acdc and thin lizzy were GREAT-we sat under the top deck way in the back and during ACDC some nut threw a M-80 (more like a silver salute) off the top deck and it exploded in mid air,sending a shock wave through us,and BON SCOTT looked at ANGUS YOUNG in surprise like WTF do we run,but they just kicked it in and kept on rockin-Attending most of the WSR concerts myself,to this day,they sure were ass kickin partys! The Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Fleetwood Mac show crowd praised as best behaved," August 27, 1978. Holden, Robert H., "It's a gas, gas, gas[,] Roisterous crowd greets Rolling Stones," The Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 2, 1978, p. A-1. Highlights include stories of how Belkin transformed Cleveland Municipal Stadium into a rock and roll palace, Pink Floyds astonishing 1977 show and Aerosmiths meltdown backstage in 1979. Tour: Cleveland Stadium was the home field of the Cleveland Indians baseball team, so Belkin could only schedule stadium concerts for dates when the Indians were playing out of town. You can purchase TICKETS on the festivals website. . The Cleveland Press, "Fleetwood Mac concertgoers are rob victims," August 28, 1978, p. A-12 (man fell trying to climb screen behind home plate). The concert series, which ran from 74 to 1980, was the brainchild of concert industry titan Belkin Productions and legendary radio station WMMS. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Upload a review if you were at any of these shows! Tina Turners Private Dancer Tour (live recording). "The state of the Browns?". Listen to CLE Rocks World Series of Rock episode on all major podcast platforms and check out previous episodes from our series, below: WonderStruck Music Festival : https://www.wonderstruckfest.com. Thin Lizzy Gig Timeline. Wings Winning Wednesday on 106.7 Detroit's Wheels is Here! The World Series of Rock was known not only for its arena rock spectacle, but was also notorious for the rowdiness, rampant drug use and drunkenness of the crowd. AC/DC was the opening act. World Series of Rock, Cleveland, 1979 Held in the hometown of the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, The World Series of Rock was a music festival that ran for 7 years in the '70s and '80s. Members of Aerosmith and its entourage stopped by WMMS the night before the World Series of Rock concert for an interview with Denny Sanders. Tour: The first concert of 1976 was scheduled for July 11 with Aerosmith, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Jeff Beck (with the Jan Hammer Group) and Derringer. Black Rose Tour There were five shootings (including one fatality), dozens of robberies and numerous incidents of violence around the stadium in the early morning hours before the concert, where thousands of fans waited overnight. Now you can relive those massive concerts with a FREE live event at Music Box Supper Club on Wednesday, March 9. as part of Cleveland.coms CLE Rocks Presents live podcast series. A total of 15 events were held between 1974 and 1980 featuring the top rock acts of the day. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. [4] The Cleveland Free Clinic staffed aid stations in the stadium with physicians, nurses and other volunteers, and through 1977, made its treatment statistics public. There was no magic left in the tank. end of an era. And it all went down in Cleveland. One died from falling off the backstop. World Series of Rock event on March 9 at Music Box Supper Club. , [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/thin-lizzy/1979/cleveland-stadium-cleveland-oh-3bdfd898.html][img]https://www.setlist.fm/widgets/setlist-image-v1?id=3bdfd898[/img][/url] Bornino, Bruno, "Stadium rocks inside and out," Cleveland Press, June 27, 1977, p. B-2. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. CLEVELAND, Ohio You wont get too far in old-school Cleveland music circles before running into someone who went to at least one World Series of Rock event. World Series of Rock: 07/28/1979: Ted Nugent: AC/DC Aerosmith Journey Thin Lizzy: World Series of Rock: 07/19/1980: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: Def Leppard The J. Geils Band Eddie Money: PlumFest: 08/13/1983: Aretha Franklin Previous concerts. By the day's end however, the stadium grounds lay in shambles, the headliners ripped at each others' throats and two people lay dead. The ticket price was $12.50 (equivalent to $41 in 2021). 2,895 shares By Troy L. Smith, Cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio - Just about every legendary rock band has an epic. The Aerosmith tour was to support their new album, A Night in the Ruts, which was supposed to be released in June but it remained uncompleted when the band was obligated to hit the road. Journeys second album with Steve Perry, Evolution, was released a month earlier. Region: Ohio. Aerosmith Play 17 Song Set This Day 1986, Suite Sessions - "Electrical" by Tai Verdes at Curio Collection by Hilton. July 28, 1979 Setlist Jul 28 1979 AC/DC Setlist at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA Edit setlist Tour: If You Want Blood Tour statistics Add setlist Setlist Live Wire Problem Child Sin City Bad Boy Boogie The Jack Rocker Let There Be Rock I was there 11 setlist.fm users were there Edit setlist March 17. Tour statistics FM rock radio station WMMS sponsored the concerts. Rock on! The concert was held on July 28, 1979, at Cleveland Municipal Stadium and Aerosmith were ripe for the pickin'. Bornino, Bruno, "Rainy Sunday," Cleveland Press, June 6, 1977, p. C-1 (concertgoer leaped from upper deck). The World Series of Rock was a recurring, day-long multi-act summer rock concert held at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio from 1974 through 1980. The episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Music Box Supper Club in Clevelands Flats. 1991: Cleveland, Richfield Coliseum, 5 Jan. 2009: Cleveland, Quicken Loans Arena, 6 Sep. 2016: Cleveland, Quicken Loans Arena. This show was Journeys last as a supporting act. FM rock radio station WMMS sponsored the concerts. Concerts Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. I distinctly recall the American Red Cross "Trip Tents" spread throughout the concourses of the stadium. Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! The third concert of the 1978 season featuring Fleetwood Mac, originally scheduled for August 5, had to be canceled at the last minute due to a sudden illness suffered by Lindsey Buckingham. Thin Lizzy Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, . But few are as outrageous and worthy of rock and roll mythos as that of Aerosmith. There was a second death a stabbing that occurred near the stadium though police believed it was not related to the concert. One final World Series of Rock concert, headlined by Bob Seger, took place on July 19, 1980. Tai Verdes, Saint Motel, Dean Lewis and Big Freedia will also perform along with Northeast Ohio acts .wavrunner, Detention and Jack Harris. [2] He quit Aerosmith, returned to Boston, and turned his side project band, the Joe Perry Project, into a full-time commitment. [2] Attendance was by general admission. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [1] Belkin Productions staged these events, attracting popular hard rockbands and as many as 88,000 fans. The incident hes referring to is Tyler on top of a table on all fours, snorting a line of cocaine Gorman says stretched from the end of the table to the other. Biography of Mike Belkin, principal of Belkin Productions. Hey, this setlist was played at a festival: Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! This site is not affiliated with the band or its management. Hitchcock, Craig and Chace, Susan, "Crowd control is questioned," The Cleveland Press, July 30, 1979, p. A-1. Aerosmith and Ted Nugent were co-headliners, followed by Thin Lizzy, Journey, AC/DC and the very first appearance in the states by the Scorpions. [url=https://www.setlist.fm/edit?setlist=2bdfd8a6&step=song]Edit this setlist[/url] | [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/aerosmith-3bd6b8fc.html]More Aerosmith setlists[/url], Setlist History: Aerosmith Debuts "Janie's Got A Gun", Happy Birthday Steven! The official promotional poster for the World Series of Rock 1979. 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