Songs performed by Cyrus included Achy Breaky Heart, Shes Not Cryin Anymore, In the Heart of a Woman, It Couldve Been Me, and Aint Your Dog Anymore. Songs performed by Kentucky Headhunters included Lets All Go Down to Dumas Walkers and Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine., Depeche Modes setlist was as follows: Higher Love, Policy of Truth, World in My Eyes, Walking in My Shoes, Behind the Wheel, Halo, Stripped, Condemnation, A Question of Lust, Deaths Door (acoustic), Mercy in You, I Feel You, Never Let Me Down Again, Rush, In Your Room, Personal Jesus, Enjoy the Silence, Fly on the Windscreen, Everything Counts., There were 12,347 people in attendance. Songs performed by Nugent included Hard As Nails, Jail Bait, Scream Dream, Free-For-All, Put Up or Shut Up, My Love Is Like a Tire Iron, Great White Buffalo, Cat Scratch Fever, Land of 1000 Dances, Wang Dang Sweet Poontang. During Cat Scratch Fever the Arena roof opened a bit, reportedly for the first time in years. After the 3/26/81 date sold out, this date was added. 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. [29], On September 14, 1964, the Beatles played the arena during their first United States tour. The show was moved to the Syria Mosque due to poor ticket sales. 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 that the ice would melt in the 74-degree weather. This show was apparently moved to the A.J. Since then, the Mellon Arena has been blessed by another figure as notable as Mario Lemieux, Sidney Crosby, who debuted in the NHL on October 5, 2005. Big Baboon., Songs performed by R.E.M. When did Led Zeppelin play in Pittsburgh? Songs performed by Korn included Its On!, Twist, Chi, Children of the Korn/Wicked, A.D.I.D.A.S., B.B.K., Blind, Got the Life, Dead Bodies Everywhere, Faget, and All in the Family. Songs performed by Rammstein included Du Hast and Bringer. Songs performed by Ice Cube included F*** tha Police. Songs performed by Limp Bizkit included Faith, Nobody Loves Me, and Jump Around. Songs performed by Orgy included Stitches and Blue Monday., Songs performed by Brooks & Dunn included Rock My World Little Country Girl, Husbands and Wives, Youre Gonna Miss Me, My Maria, Neon Moon, Little Miss Honky Tonk, and Boot Scootin Boogie. Songs performed by McEntire included Id Rather Ride Around With You, Whoevers in New England, and The World Didnt Stop for My Broken Heart. Song performed by Kersh in his 20-minute set included Day In, Day Out and Goodnight Sweetheart. Songs performed by Clark during her 20-minute set included Better Things to Do and Now That Ive Found You., Songs performed by Amos included Precious Things, Shes Your Cocaine, Past the Mission, i i e e e, Caught a Lite Sneeze, Little Earthquakes, Winter, Merman, Northern Lad, Talula, Spark, The Waitress, God, Raspberry Swirl, Tear in Your Hand, Pandoras Aquarium, and Marianne.. Beat, Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice), Cuts Both Ways, Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, I Cant Stay Away From You, Dont Wanna Lose You, Get On Your Feet, and Bad Boy., The Oak Ridge Boys, Lorrie Morgan, Garth Brooks, Songs performed included Workin For a Living, Love Will Turn You Around, You Are So Beautiful, Daytime Friends, Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town, The Gambler, Lady, A Christmas Song, My Favorite Things, and Winter Wonderland. The Oak Ridge Boys joined Rogers on Winter Wonderland., When this date sold out, the 12/4/89 show was added. Songs performed included Awaken, Perpetual Change, Long Distance Runaround, Dont Kill the Whale, Heart of the Sunrise, Circus of Heaven, Rejoice, Time and a Word, Starship Trooper, Your Move/Ive Seen All Good People, and Roundabout., Songs performed by the Village People included In the Navy, YMCA, Get Away Holiday, Go West, Village People, I Wanna Shake Your Hand, and Macho Man, Fire Island, and San Francisco. Songs performed by Gaynor included I Will Survive, Never Can Say Goodbye, Reach Out Ill Be There, I Said Yes, and Youre All I Need to Get By.. (Jason Andrew Relva), At the Library, Going to Pasalacqua, Brain Stew/Jaded, Longview, Basket Case, She, King for a Day, Shout, 21 Guns, American Eulogy, American Idiot, Jesus of Suburbia, Minority, Drama Queen, and Good Riddance (Time of Your Life). Songs performed by The Bravery included Unconditional, Swollen Summer, Believe, Hatef***, Red Hands and White Knuckles, Time Wont Let Me Go, Every Word Is A Knife In My Ear, and An Honest Mistake., Songs performed by the Jonas Brothers included Paranoid, Thats Just the Way We Roll, Poison Ivy, Hold On, Play My Music, Fly With Me, Black Keys/A Little Bit Longer, Much Better, Year 3000, Tonight, Gotta Find You, Turn Right, When You Look Me in the Eyes, Sweet Caroline, Live to Party, BB Good, World War III, Battlefield, Lovebug, S.O.S., and Burnin Up. Sparks joined the Jonas Brothers onstage to perform Battlefield., Songs performed by Urban included Hit the Ground Runnin, Days Go By, Stupid Boy, Where the Blacktop Ends, Youre My Better Half, Once in a Lifetime, Making Memories of Us, Only You Can Love Me This Way, Who Wouldnt Wanna Be Me, Sweet Thing, Til Summer Comes Around, Raining on Sunday, Kiss a Girl, I Told You So, Youll Think of Me, You Look Good in My Shirt, Somebody Like You, Tonight I Wanna Cry, and Better Life. Songs performed by Aldean included Shes Country, Amarillo Sky, Why, Hicktown, Laughed Until We Cried, Johnny Cash, Heaven, and Big Green Tractor., Adam Lambert, Anoop Desai, Michael Sarver, Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, Matt Giraud, Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta, Megan Joy, Songs performed by Swift included You Belong With Me, Our Song, Tell Me Why, Teardrops on My Guitar, Fearless, Forever & Always, Hey Stephen, Fifteen, Tim McGraw, White Horse, Love Story, The Way I Loved You, Youre Not Sorry, Picture to Burn, Im Only Me When Im With You, and Shouldve Said No., Songs performed by Kiss included Deuce, Strutter, Let Me Go, Rock N Roll, Hotter Than Hell, Shock Me, Calling Dr. Love, Modern Day Delilah, Cold Gin, Say Yeah, 100,000 Years, I Love It Loud, Black Diamond, Rock and Roll All Nite, Shout It Out Loud, Lick It Up, Love Gun, and Detroit Rock City., Songs performed by Clapton included Goin Down Slow, Key to the Highway, Tell the Truth, Old Love, I Shot the Sheriff, Driftin Blues, Nobody Knows You When Youre Down and Out, Running on Faith, Ive Got a Rock n Roll Heart, Badge, Little Queen of Spades, Before You Accuse Me, Wonderful Tonight, Cocaine, and Crossroads. Songs performed by Daltrey included I Can See for Miles, The Real Me, Days of Light, Freedom Ride, Gimme a Stone, Real Good Looking Boy, Im a Man, My Generation, Young Man Blues, and Baba ORiley., Songs performed by Black Eyed Peas included Lets Get It Started, Rock That Body, Meet Me Halfway, Dont Phunk With My Heart, Imma Be, My Humps, Missing You, Bebot, Mare, Rockin to the Beat, Fergalicious, Glamorous, Big Girls Dont Cry, Now Generation, Pump It, Where Is the Love?, Party All the Time/Showdown, Boom Boom Pow, and I Gotta Feeling., There were 11,185 people in attendance. [39] (The connection is somewhat inaccurate, since igloos are found in the Northern Hemisphere, while penguins are indigenous to Antarctica.) . Some listings said the Doobie Brothers were opening. Songs performed by Bon Jovi included Pink Flamingos, Raise Your Hands, Breakout, Tokyo Road, You Give Love a Bad Name, Wild in the Streets, Silent Night, Livin on a Prayer, Let It Rock, In and Out of Love, Runaway, Wanted Dead or Alive, Drift Away, and Get Ready., There were 10,100 people in attendance. Reviews said that Humble Pies Steve Marriott was the worst display of vulgar language in Pittsburghs rock history. There were 5,460 people in attendance. The Jewels, Swanee Quintette, The Famous Flames, Bobby Byrd, Vicki Anderson, James Crawford, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, Brian Hyland and the Jokers, Sonny James, Webb Pierce, Stonewall Jackson, Tex Ritter, Jan Howard, Warner Mack, David Houston. Songs performed by The Cars included Hello Again, Touch and Go, Candy-O, A Dream Away, Drive, You Might Think, My Best Friends Girl, Magic, Lets Go, Jacki, and Youre All I Got Tonight. Songs performed by Wang Chung included Dance Hall Days and Dont Let Go., Songs performed by Stewart included Hot Legs, She Wont Dance With Me, Tonight Im Yours (Dont Hurt Me), Youre in My Heart (The Final Acclaim), Sweet Little Rock & Roller, Baby Jane, (Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay, Hungry Heart, Maggie May, Infatuation, Bad for You, Tonights the Night (Gonna Be Alright), Some Guys Have All the Luck, Young Turks, Passion, and Da Ya Think Im Sexy?, Lita Ford was schedule to be the first act on the bill, but she canceled. Violence erupted near the Arena in the hours after the concert ended, leading to 25 arrests and 22 people being treated at hospitals. Songs performed by CSN included Love the One Youre With, Turn Your Back, Stranger, Just a Song Before I Go, Wooden Ships, Teach Your Children, Barrel of Pain, Southern Cross, Mr. The Arenas Quiet Room was open for this concert, a place where parents could go after dropping off their kids and wait out the show. In a 1980 report, this concert was listed as among the poorest drawing shows ever at the Arena, with only 2,917 people in attendance. Bo Diddley, Bobby Vee, Jay & the Americans, Little Anthony, Lou Christie, The show was cancelled four days beforehand due to contractual difficuties.. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Lyn Collins, Maceo & the Macks Variations, Songs performed by the Dead included Promised Land, Sugaree, Jack Straw, They Love Each Other, Mexicali Blues, Loose Lucy, Looks Like Rain, Row Jimmy, Big River, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider, Around and Around, Ramble On Rose, El Paso, Mississippi Half-Step, Greatest Story Ever Told, China Doll, Truckin, Nobodys Fault But Mine, Eyes of the World, WRS Prelude, WRS Part 1, Let It Grow, and Sugar Magnolia., This was reportedly Johns first performance in Pittsburgh. Frontman Axl Rose began the show wearing a Jerome Bettis jersey and later changed into a Mario Lemieux sweater. A civic center is a network of spaces or buildings that provide essential services to a city or town. How many times has civic arena roof been opened? Crowley, Rock n Roll Rebel, Bark at the Moon, Revelation (Mother Earth), Steal Away (The Night), Suicide Solution, Centre of Eternity, Flying High Again, Iron Man, Crazy Train, and Paranoid. Songs performed by Motley Crue included Shout at the Devil, Take Me to the Top, Knock em Dead, Kid, Too Young to Fall in Love, Red Hot, Piece of Your Action, Looks That Kill, and Live Wire., There were 17,416 people in attendance. It was reportedly Gayes first ever concert in Pittsburgh. Taylor, Rick Witkowski, Margot B., Good Brother Earl, Crave, There were 8,000 people in attendance. [34] Sly and the Family Stone, The Steve Miller Band, Grand Funk Railroad, Boz Scaggs, and The Beach Boys all played the arena in 1974.[35]. This concert appears on some show lists, but evidence of this date hasnt yet been found. In a 1980 report, this concert was listed as the poorest drawing show ever at the Arena, with only 1,102 people in attendance. Conway Twitty, Del Reeves, Johnny Bush, Billie Jo Spears, The Osborne Brothers, The Hardens, Johnny Carver, Faron Young & the Deputies, Jack Greene & The Jolly Giants, George Hamilton IV & The Numbers, Nat Stuckey & The Sweet Things, John Wesley Ryles I, Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys, Penny DeHaven, Merle Haggard, Don Gibson, Stonewall Jackson, Songs performed by The Doors included Break On Through (to the Other Side), Back Door Man, When the Musics Over, The Soft Parade, Light My Fire, and Soul Kitchen., Arena staff and police tried to get attendees to stay in their seats or the show would be cut off, but Joplin disagreed, reportedly announcing to the arena Nothing doing, Ive been through bigger crowds than this and have never had one person get hurt at one of my shows! Songs performed by Joplin included Raise Your Hand.. References. All of the following artists performed at least 10 times at the Arena: Neil Diamond, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Chicago, Kiss, ZZ Top, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Jethro Tull, Rush, James Brown, Rod Stewart, The Beach Boys, and Kenny Rogers. 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. About 6,000 tickets were sold, but only around 3,800 people showed up due to a snowstorm. As part of the 1967 NHL expansion, the city of Pittsburgh was selected to host one of six new franchises. This show was cancelled (ostensibly due to Flack taping a TV special) and did not take place. The first and second-round games of both the 1997 and 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments were held at the Arena. ", Gene Ubriaco, former Forward with the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Pittsburgh Hornets, recalling his playing days at the Arena[37], The Pittsburgh Hornets, members of the American Hockey League (AHL) played home games at the Duquesne Gardens, located in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. The arena finally opened on September 17, 1961. Songs performed by Foghat included Slow Ride, Fool For the City, I Just Want to Make Love to You, and Chateau Lafitte 59 Boogie. Songs performed by Gallagher included I Take What I Want, Messing With the Kid, Wheres My Baby Gone? The arena, which covered 170,000 square feet, had the first retractable roof ever on a major sports venue in the world. There were about 12,000 people in attendance. Songs performed by Nelson included Whiskey River, Mamas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, Good Hearted Woman, Stardust, Always on My Mind, Amazing Grace, and On the Road Again. Songs performed by Jennings included Are You Ready For the Country?, Rainy Day woman, Luckenbach, Texas, and Amanda. Songs performed by Colter included Im Not Lisa. Nelson was wearing a T-shirt that said Pittsburgh is No. Songs performed by Alabama included If Youre Gonna Play in Texas, Mountain Music, Lady Down on Love, Feels So Right, and Old Flame. Songs performed by Strait in his 14-song set included Ace in the Hole, If You Aint Lovin, Folsom Prison Blues, All My Exes Live in Texas, Youre Something Special to Me, and The Fireman. Songs performed by Van Shelton included Loving Proof, From a Jack to a King, Life Turned Her That Way, Crime of Passion, and Thanks a Lot. Songs performed by Restless Heart included Big Dreams in a Small Town and 60-Minute Man. Songs performed by Unwound included Chance to Be Me., There were about 6,700 people in attendance. Tammy Wynette, The Statler Brothers, special guest performer Terry Bradshaw, It was Steelers quarterback Bradshaws first major area concert. Akron Civic Theatre. This was Neil Pearts first concert with Rush. Mayor Pete Flaherty presented Lynn with a key to the city at the concert. The were 14,617 people in attendance. There were 12,880 people in attendance. Throughout that timeframenearly a half centuryPittsburgh has become famous for many things. [16] The arena originally consisted only of lower bowl seating, but over time, upper decks were installed in the arena's "end zones" to increase capacity. Songs performed by The Moody Blues included Higher and Higher, Out and In, The Story in Your Eyes, One More Time to Live, Tuesday Afternoon, Legend of a Mind, Watching and Waiting, Eternity Road, Melancholy Man, Are You Sitting Comfortably?, The Dream, Have You Heard (Part 1), The Voyage, Have You Heard (Part 2), Nights in White Satin, Im Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band), and Question., 11,268 people were in attendance. Jackie DeShannon, Clarence Frogman Henry, The Exciters, The Bill Black Combo. Songs performed by Van Halen included Romeo Delight, Bottoms Up!, Runnin With the Devil, Tora! Songs performed by R.E.M. This show was cancelled three days beforehand. Songs performed by Rush included Tom Sawyer, Subdivisions, New World Man, Digital Man, The Weapon, The Spirit of Radio, Freewill, Closer to the Heart, Chemistry, The Analog Kid, Limelight, The Trees, Red Barchetta, The Weapon, Countdown, The Temples of Syrinx, and Vital Signs., There were more than 14,000 people in attendance. Songs performed by Aerosmith incuded Nine Lives, Love in an Elevator, Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees), Rats in the Cellar, Hole in My Soul, Livin on the Edge, Taste of India, Janies Got a Gun, Rag Doll, Pink, Draw the Line, Stop Messin Around, Last Child, Kiss Your Past Good-Bye, Back in the Saddle, Dream On, Cryin, Dude (Looks Like a Lady), Walk This Way, What It Takes, Sweet Emotion, and Dazed and Confused., Songs performed by Yanni included Renegade, DEliverance, Marching Season, Waltz in 7/8, and Aria.. Songs performed by Van Halen during their nearly 2-and-a-half-hour set included Jump, You Really Got Me, Wild Thing, Rock and Roll, Summer Nights, Why Cant This Be Love, Panama, Best of Both Worlds, Love Walks In, Good Enough, I Cant Drive 55, Aint Talkin Bout Love, and Theres Only One Way to Rock.. Songs performed by Aerosmith included Love in an Elevator, Walk This Way, Same Old Song and Dance, Cryin, Dont Get Mad, Get Even, Livin on the Edge, No More No More, Shakin My Cage, Sweet Emotion, Seasons of Wither, I Dont Want to Miss a Thing, Dream On, Lord of the Thighs, Baby, Please Dont Go, The Train Kept A-Rollin, Back in the Saddle, and Draw the Line. Songs performed by Kravitz included Are You Gonna Go My Way. One of the members of Kravitzs 8-person backing band was a 19 year-old Trombone Shorty. Panoramic view of the ice at Civic Arena. The Bee Gees performed two concerts here on September 45, 1979 during their Spirits Having Flown Tour. Songs performed by Jethro Tull included Locomotive Breath, Hunting Girl, Under Wraps #1, Later, That Same Evening, Nobodys Car, Fly by Night, Thick as a Brick, Level Pegging, Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day, Clasp, Living in the Past, Serenade to a Cuckoo, Fat Man, Black Sunday, Songs From the Wood, Minstrel in the Gallery, My Sunday Feeling, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, Too Old to Rock n Roll, Too Young to Die, and Different Germany., There were 12,926 people in attendance. The first clip is from about a month ago and the second is from today March 28th 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. joel perfomed for over two hours. Songs performed included Siberian Khatru, And You and I, Roundabout, Close to the Edge, and Tales from Topographic Oceans (which ran for an hour and a half, in four movements). September 17th, 1961 the Civic Arena was offically open. The city initially refused to issue a permit to the concert after concerns about violence following the 6/28/86 Run DMC show. Songs performed by Travis included 1982, Is It Still Over, I Told You So, Heroes and Friends, Its Good to Know Theres Still a Few Ole Country Boys Around, I Thought He Walked on Water, and On the Other Hand. Songs performed by Jackson during his 45-minute set included Chasin That Neon Rainbow, Someday, Working Class Hero, Midnight in Montgomery, Id Love You All Over Again, Here in the Real World, and Dont Rock the Jukebox. 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