Live Review: Sting at Sandstone Amphitheater in Bonner Springs, KS, August 31, 1985 This was Sting’s first solo tour supporting his first solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles. The outdoor venue was the perfect setting for my then fave performer. This would be the first time […]
Live Review: Steve, Bob & Rich at The Blue Note in Columbia, MO, (1985) The Kansas City trio made up of Steve Phillips, Bob Walkenhorst, and Rich Ruth brought their bigger-than-life show to the (old) Blue Note in Columbia. As a college town, it’s always a full house […]
Live Review: Pretenders with Simple Minds at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, MO, August 23, 1984 Touring in support of their best album ever, Learning To Crawl, the Pretenders rocked in a big way that night. Chrissie Hynde was more of a man than most of us in […]
Live Review: The Cars with Wang Chung at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO, August 16, 1984 Touring in support of their fifth studio album Heartbeat City, The Cars are at the height of their game. With big hits from the beginning (“Just What I Needed” from six […]
Live Review: Genesis at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO, January 29, 1984 Still trying to remember who opened. Maybe no one. Anyway, this was a great show. Genesis was enjoying some of their ultimate success in support of the new self-titled album, which is one of my […]
Live Review: The Police with UB40 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO, November 24, 1983 After having seen the Synchronicity concert this past summer in St. Louis, I knew what to expect. This was a band at the pinnacle of success…God, they knocked Thriller out of the […]
Live Review: Cheap Trick with Aldo Nova and Danny Spanos at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, KS, November 19, 1983 Okay, just talked to Gregg who informed me that Danny Spanos opened for Aldo, who opened for the Tricksters. As you all know, Spanos was the drummer for […]
Live Review: Fools Face, The Secrets, Steve, Bob & Rich at Shawnee Mission Park, 9/11/83 The KY-102 sponsored Last Blast of Summer gave fans a day to enjoy with some favorite regional bands, Fools Face, The Secrets, and Steve, Bob & Rich. My memories of this day are […]
Live Review: The Police with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at The Checkerdome in St. Louis, MO, July 24, 1983 For this, my second Police show, I was now in full-fledged awe. It was the Synchronicity tour and it was fantastic. I made the road trip to St. […]
Live Review: Journey with Bryan Adams at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO, July 12, 1983 So, some girl – a friend of a friend I think – needed a date for her extra Journey ticket. I reluctantly (yeah right) agreed. It was a sob fest, with her […]
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