There were over 17,000 people in attendance. Pat Henry, The Blossoms, Jeff Sturges Universe. The Arena hosted more than a thousand concerts in its 49-year history. The Arena hosted more than a thousand concerts in its 49-year history. Susanna, Tears Are Falling, Strutter, Deuce, Round and Round, and Lick It Up. Songs performed by Kix included Red Hot (Black and Blue)., There were 14,013 people in attendance. Songs performed by Seger included Ramblin Gamblin Man, Katmandu, Get Out of Denver, Heavy Music, American Storm, Tryin to Life My Life Without You, Makin Thunderbirds, Old Time Rock & Roll, Miami, The Aftermath, Boomtown Blues, Even Now, Main Street, Its You, Like a Rock, Weve Got tonight, Night Moves, and Turn the Page.. This show was cancelled and did not take place. Brand New. Songs performed by Patti included Let There Be Praise, He Is the King of Kings, Love in Any Language, Was It a Morning Like This?, Blessed Assurance, How Great Thou Art, and Amazing Grace., There were 15,899 people in attendance. Songs performed included Barbara Ann, Rock and Roll Music, California Girls, Little Duece Coupe, I Get Around, Surfin USA, Fun, Fun, Fun, Be True to Your School, You Are So Beautiful, Feel Flows, Back Home, California Saga, Its Okay, Everyones In Love With You, Airplane, and Love Is a Woman. Brian Wilson was performing with the group. It was a sad day when the civic arena closed its doors for the last time on June 26, 2010 and Consol Energy was built right next door to it. Songs performed by Dylan included Roving Gambler, Love Minus Zero/No Limit, Desolation Row, Cocaine Blues, Tangled Up in Blue, Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues, Shelter From the Storm, Tombstone Blues, Blind Willie McTell, You Aint Goin Nowhere, Highway 61 Revisited, Love Sick, Cats in the Well, Dont Think Twice, Its All Right, and Not Fade Away. Songs performed by Lesh included Dark Star, Mr. included School Daze, The Flame, L.O.V.E. During his set, Mann through frisbees out into the audience which were labeled with his latest album title, offending some purists in attendance who felt it was like an undignified move of a fly-by-night rock act and not worthy of someone of his statue. This date was listed on a fan website in the 1975 tour itinerary, but its unclear whether this show actually occurred. Songs included Grandmas Feather Bed, Sunshine on My Shoulders, Deal With the Ladies, Baby You Look Good to Me Tonight, Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio, Today, Looking for Space, Fly Away, How Can I Leave You Again, Singing Skies and Dancing Waters, My Sweet Lady, Annies Song, Druthers, High Sierra, Bet on the Blues, Love Is Everywhere, Take Me Home, Country Roads, Thank God Im a Country Boy, Rocky Mountain High, Back Home Again, Calypso, High Sierra, Poems, Prayers and Promises, I Want to Live.. Songs performed by Estefan in her two-hour, 15-minute set included Conga, Live for Loving You, Get on Your Feet, Anything for You, Dont Wanna Lose You, Destiny, Here We Are, Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, Oye Mi Canto, Steal Your Heart, Along Came You (A Song for Emily), Dont Leave Me This Way/Lady Marmelade/Papa Was a Rolling Stone/Oye Como Va, Mi Tierra, Con Los Aos Que Me Quedan, Tradicin, Everlasting Love, Cuts Both Ways, I See Your Smile, Words Get in the Way, Cant Stay Away From You, Always Tomorrow, Coming Out of the Dark, Abriendo Puertas, Youll Be Mine (Party Time), Turn the Beat Around, Dr. For five seasons the arena hosted the Eastern 8 Conference men's basketball tournament every March. [citation needed]. Prior to his performance, Campbell visited Glen Campbell, PA, a small hamlet in Indiana County, for a TV Guide photo shoot. The Arena opened in 1961 as the central feature of the redevelopment of the Lower Hill neighborhood that had been deemed "blighted" and in need of "revitalization." Intended as a cultural mecca housing the Pittsburgh opera company, hockey, and other uses under a retractable roof, it rarely lived up to its promises. the buzz was palpable in the arena for another big concert, but this time for an entirely different reason. . Globally televised figure skating was hosted by the arena three times: The 1983 United States Figure Skating Championships, 1994 and 2004 editions of Skate America all having nearly week-long competitions. The audience was described as two sparse crowds., Songs performed by Chicago included Saturday in the Park, Colour My World, Baby What a Big Surprise, If You Leave Me Now, Make Me Smile, Uptown, 25 or 6 to 4, Mongonucleosis, Im a Man, Dialogue, Wake Up Sunshine, This Time, Just You n Me, Take Me Back to Chicago, Mississippi Delta, and Hit By Varese., The stage was set up in the center of the arena floor. Soul, Blackbird, Suite: Judy Eyes, Cathedral, Chicago, Turn Your Back on Love, Long Time Gone, Vote, All Along the Lee Shore, Wind on the Water, You Dont Have to Cry, Wasted on the Way, Almost Cut My Hair, For What Its Worth, and Carry On.. All of the below information was compiled from historical newspaper accounts, band websites (both official and fan-sourced), and concert archival websites. He began with Small Town, and other songs performed included Jack & Diane, Lonely Ol Night, Rain on the Scarecrow, Hand To Hold On To, Crumblin Down, R.O.C.K. For many, the Civic Arena was the site of their very first major concert experience. Still though, for the few years after it opened, it was sometimes referred to as the Civic Auditorium. The Civic Arena's naming rights were sold to Mellon Bank. Notable hockey players Aleksei Morozov, Jaromr Jgr and Darius Kasparaitis appeared in the movie. You could see the orange upper seats from outside. The team was disbanded following the 197172 season as the ABA struggled. [25] From 1984 to 2002, Pitt used the arena for select games against popular opponents. Construction and design The $22 million arena was built for the CLO in 1961. Songs performed by Traffic included The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys. Songs performed by Winter included Keep Playing That Rock and Roll, Tobacco Road, and a cover of Johnny B. Goode., Songs performed by Cassidy included I Can Feel Your Heartbeat, Lonely Too Long, Could It Be Forever, Everybody I Love You, Rickys Tune, Rock Me Baby, Brown Eyes, Ill Meet You Halfway, Only the Beginning, Doesnt Somebody Want to Be Wanted, Its One of Those Nights (Yes Love), I Woke Up in Love This Morning, Two Time Loser, Cherish, and I Think I Love You., Songs performed by Black Sabbath included N.I.B., Tomorrows Dream, War Pigs, Sweet Leaf, Iron Man, Snowblind, Wicked World, Embryo, Children of the Grave, Paranoid, and Fairies Wear Boots.. Ronstadt performed while wearing a Pittsburgh Penguins T-shirt. The Mellon Arena name was allowed to expire on August 1, 2010, with the building now vacant and the Penguins moving to the new Consol Energy Center (later renamed PPG Paints Arena) across the street. Songs performed by the Dead included Feel Like a Stranger, Franklins Tower, New Minglewood Blues, Row Jimmy, Mama Tried, Big River, Far From Me, Stagger Lee, Desolation Row, Dont Ease Me In, Shakedown Street, Samson and Delilah, Iko Iko, Banana Boat Song, Man Smart/Woman Smarter, Knockin on Heavens Door, Good Lovin, and Johnny B. Goode. There were rumors that Dylan would appear with the Dead, but instead, The Neville Brothers (who were scheduled to perform at Griffiti in Oakland the following night) joined the Dead for Iko Iko, Banana Boat Song, and Man Smart/Woman Smarter., There were 6,370 people in attendance. Songs performed included 25 or 6 to 4, Color My World, Saturday in the Park, Uptown, Got To Get You Into Me Life, Feelin Stronger Every Day, Only the Beginning, Does Anybody Know What Time It Is, Just You n Me, Old Days, You Get It Up, Skin Tight, Make Me Smile, Once or Twice, Call on Me, Scrapbook, Something In the City, If You Leave Me Now, Ive Been Searchin So Long, Mongonucleosis., The Blackbyrds, Donald Byrd, Michael Henderson, Phyllis Hyman, The show had no opening act and started 50 minutes late. This was the day that legendary promoter Pat DiCesare brought Beatlemania to Pittsburgh. The Penguins won the Civic Arena naming rights when Mario Lemieux took control of team in bankruptcy court in 1999. Songs performed by Vandross included Stop to Love, Never Too Much, Power of Love, Creeping, Superstar, The Rush, and Give Me the Reason. Songs performed by Sounds of Blackness included Stand, Pressure, Pt. Later, Mayor Sophie Masloff said that the bands fans shouldnt be welcome back to the city, calling them Deadenders erroneously. [26], The Pittsburgh Spirit Major Indoor Soccer League team also hosted matches at the Arena.[5][27]. Part of the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, Good Day Sunshine, Cant Buy Me Love, Put It There, Things We Said Today, Eleanor Rigby, This One, My Brave Face, Back in the U.S.S.R., I Saw Her Standing There, Twenty Flight Rock, Coming Up, Let It Be, Aint That a Shame, Live and Let Die, Hey Jude, Yesterday, Get Back, and Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End., Whitesnake guitarist Steve Vai visited Duquesne University prior to the show to talk to students and answer questions. [28], The first rock concert at the arena was emceed by Porky Chedwick on May 11, 1962, as a DiCesare Engler production and featured Jackie Wilson, The Drifters, The Coasters, The Castelles, Jerry Butler, The Flamingos, The Angels, The Blue-Belles, and The Skyliners. Songs performed included The Lady Is a Tramp, I Get a Kick Out of You, Let Me Try Again, My Kind of Town, Ol Man River, Angel Eyes, Ive Got You Under My Skin, Send in the Clowns, If, You Are the Sunshine of My Life, Nancy (With the Laughing Face), and My Way., Wakeman was performing Journey to the Center of the Earth., Songs performed by EW&F included Drum Song, Power, Evil, Time Is on Your Side, Kalimba Story, Keep Your Head to the Sky, Devotion, Mighty Mighty, Tavares, Lyn Collins, Maceo & The Macks, Shades of Soul, This was reportedly Johns second performance in Pittsburgh (after a 10/9/73 show at the Arena). ), Holiday, Lover Boy, Hurry Sundown, Blueswater, and a 26-minute version of Green Grass and High Tides. Songs performed by Molly Hatchet included Good Rockin, Let the Good Times Roll, Gator Country, Flirtin With Disaster, and Boogie No More., Fleetwood Mac performed over 2 hours to a smaller-than-expected audience of around 10,000 fans. And here are some shows that likely did not take place, but there is at least some evidence for them: Public File for Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation. It was opened for the arena's first act, an Ice Capades show, on Sept. 19, 1961, but then closed after 22 minutes because of fears. Songs performed by Queen included Jailhouse Rock, We Will Rock You, Let Me Entertain You, Need Your Loving Tonight, Play the Game, Mustapha, Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to), Killer Queen, Im in Love With My Car, Get Down, Make Love, Youre My Best Friend, Save Me, Another One Bites the Dust, Now Im Here, Fat Bottomed Girls, Love of My Life, Keep Yourself Alive, Brighton Rock, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down, Sheer Heart Attack, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, and God Save the Queen. Only about 8,000 people attended the concert, leading a newpaper reviewer to ponder why the turnout was so bad. . However, the Penguins did not own the building nor its naming rights the Sports Commission of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County did, and the deal fell through. When tickets were going on sale on 8/23/81, around 1,500 fans were waiting in line. Songs performed by Cheap Trick included Heaven Tonight, I Want You to Want Me, Clock Strikes Ten, Baby Loves to Rock, Surrender, I Love You Baby But I Hate Your Friends, Gonna Raise Hell, Dream Police, Aint That a Shame, Day Tripper, Who DKing, and High Priest of Rhythmic Noise. Songs performed by UFO included Chains Chains, Too Hot to Handle, Lights Out, The Wild the Willing and the Innocent, Only You Can Rock Me, Love to Love You, and Mystery Train. The band altered the lyrics of Lights Out from lights out in London to lights out in Pittsburgh., This concert sold out, so a second date on 4/2/81 was added. Songs performed by Yes included Roundabout, Your Move, Close to the Edge, And You and I, Starship Trooper, Awaken, Parallels, Wondererous Stories, and Turn of the Century. There were 17,700 people in attendance. Opening the roof required two days of preparation to take down the steel cables. Each of the sections weighs 220 tons; all six can be opened in a little over two minutes. There were 2,155 people in attendance. Songs performed by The Osmonds included Some Kind of Wonderful, Cant Get Next to You, and Paper Roses., After the concert sold out, a date was added on 8/29/75. The Civic Arena hosted the first and second round regional games of both the 1997 and 2002 NCAA men's tournament. It was breezy enough that a wind-whipped tropical-imagery backdrop behind the stage had to be taken down partway through Buffetts set. Songs performed by the Stones included Brown Sugar, Bitch, Rocks Off, Gimme Shelter, Happy, Tumbling Dice, Love in Vain, Sweet Virginia, You Cant Always Get What You Want, All Down the Line, Midnight Rambler, Bye Bye Johnny, Rip This Joint, Jumpin Jack Flash, and Street Fighting Man., James Wesley Jackson, Isley Brothers, Leon Thomas. However, demolition was finished early as the last panel of the retractable roof fell down on March 31, 2012.[60]. This show was postponed to 2/19/99 due to an illness in the band. There were 10,277 people in attendance. There were 6,014 people in attendance (some sources said 6,148). Ferlin Husky, Ernest Tubb, Skeeter Davis, Bill Anderson, David Houston, Connie Smith, Jack Green, Jimmy Gately, Simon Crum, The Byrds, Bo Diddley, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Vibrations, We Five. Carmen McRae, Cannonball Adderly, Billy Taylor Trio, The Silhouettes. K-Ci and Jojo were scheduled to perform but they did not appear. This caused a back-up, leading to ticket holders waiting in the cold to get into the arena. Mathis was backed by a 26 piece orchestra. This concert took place while the final episode of M*A*S*H was being broadcast. "10 great shows on Ice" was what the Ice Capades were known as because there were ten shows within the performance! Songs performed by Seals & Crofts included Summer Breeze, Ill Play For You, Hummingbird, Ashes in the Snow, Ruby Jean and Billie Lee, We May Never Pass This Way Again, Windflowers, Blue Bonnet Nation, Wisdom, Ugly City, Black-Eyed Girl, and Diamond Girl. Songs performed by Heath included Put Your Love In My Hands, I Am Your Leader, and You Know Youre Wrong, Dont you Brother., Conway Twitty and the Twitty Birds, Cal Smith. Songs performed by Dio included Stand Up and Shout, The Last in Line, Mystery, Egypt (The Chains Are On), Man on the Silver Mountain, If You Listen to Folls, The Mob Rules, and Black Sabbaths Heaven and Hell. Songs performed by Twisted Sister included Were Not Gonna Take It, I Wanna Rock, and Stay Hungry.. The original center scoreboard was an electromechanical Nissen scoreboard with digital clock display, which appears in the movie The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. The Civic Arena primarily served as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, from 1967 to 2010. Songs performed by Cash included A Boy Named Sue, These Hands, Kate, Me and Bobby McGee. Before his Civic Arena show, Cash performed for inmates at the State Correctional Insitution in Pittsburgh from 1:30 to 3:30p. Songs performed by Styx included Mr. Many times. Rapper Heavy D, who was performing with Salt-n-Pepa at the show, was arrested at the show after he encouraged audience members to set paper on fire. Earlier in the day, Osbourne signed autographs at an Oakland record store causing traffic issues as an overflow of fans spilled out into the street. Opens in a new window or tab. Vernon Civic Arena during its heyday. Songs performed by Winter included Keep Playing That Rock and Roll, Free Ride, Do Like Me, Uncomplicated, Easy Street, Rock and Roll Woman, Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo, Teenage Love Affair, Undercover Man, New Orleans/Long Tall Sally and a 13-minute version of Frankenstein. Songs performed by the James Gang included Ride the Wind, Funk 49, It Must Be Love, Stratus, Standing in the Rain, Walk Away, and Wildfire., The roof was open for the concert. There were 14,001 people in attendance. During Be True To Your School, Mike Love pointed out he was wearing a Pitt #1 button on his shirt. There were more than 17,000 people in attendance. The Civic Arena was nicknamed The . This was was postpooned from 7/3/00. Hank Snow, Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl, Ernest Tubb, Del Reeves, Grandpa Jones, Don Gibson, Jack Green and Jeannie Seeley, the Osborne Brothers, Charlie Louvin, The Wilburn Brothers, Bob Luman, Billie Jo Spears, Benny Dean, the Ralph Case Cloggers, Grand Ole Opry tour. The final event was to be a Maxwell concert on July 10, 2010. According to the script, the protagonist, Danila Borgov, arrived in the United States to help his friend's brother, Penguins player Dmitry Gromov (though events of the film take place in Chicago). After the 3/26/81 date sold out, this date was added. [39] (The connection is somewhat inaccurate, since igloos are found in the Northern Hemisphere, while penguins are indigenous to Antarctica.) The PPG Paints Arena is located across the street from the site of Civic Arena and has a higher seating capacity. Songs performed by Aerosmith during their 17-song set included Toys in the Attic, Lightning Strikes, Draw the Line, Walk This Way, Dude (Looks Like a Lady), Red House, and Draw the Line., There were around 15,000 people in attendance. [36], "It was beautiful, I can remember because the roof was round and white and pristine. Songs performed by Little Anthony included Tears on My Pillow, Take Me Back, Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop, Im on the Outside Looking In, Hurts So Bad, and Goin Out of My Head. Songs performed by Lou Christie included Im Gonna Make You Mine, The Gypsy Cried, Two Faces Have I, Lightning Strikes, and Mickeys Monkey. Songs performed by The Skyliners included This I Swear, Since I Dont Have You, and Where Have They Gone. Songs performed by the Chiffons included One Fine Day, Sweet Talkin Guy, and Hes So Fine. Songs performed by The Del Vikings included Come Go With Me. At the end of the show, all of the performers together sang a medley of Im So Young, Please Say What You Want, Maybe, and Sincerely.. If you spot any errors or omissions,please let us know! What invention (doesn't matter who created it) is the least unimportant in modern day society? 1., There were only 3,040 people in attendance. Songs performed by Houston during this sold-out show included Let the Feeling Flow, How Will I Know, You Give Good Love, Love Is a Contact Sport, Just the Lonely Talking Again, Love Will Save the Day, Saving All My Love for You, Youre Still My Man, For the Love of You, He/I Believe, Didnt We Almost Have It All, Sweet Love, Control, Sweet Thing, Stop to Love, I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), and The Greatest Love of All., There were about 14,700 people in attendance. Songs performed by Benson included On Broadway, Beyond the Sea, Being With You, Affirmation, My Latin Brother, In Your Eyes, Moodys Mood, Unforgettable, Georgia on My Mind, No One EMotion, I Just Want to Hang Around You, 20/20, Turn Your Love Around, The Greatest Love, There were 9,150 people in attendance. Soul, Sugar Mountain, Jellyroll Man, Wonderin, Payola Blues, Get Gone, Dont Take Your Love Away From Me, Everybodys Rockin, Do You Wanna Dance?, There were about 10,000 people in attendance. 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