There were 14,710 people in attendance. The arena, Foester wrote, should not be used to shock and indecently exploit our people. Songs performed by Alice Cooper included Hello Hooray, Billion Dollar Babies, Elected, Im Eighteen, Raped and Freezin, No More Mr. Nice Guy, My Stars, Unfinished Sweet, Sick Things, Dead Babies, I Love the Dead, Schools Out, and Under My Wheels., The Chi-Lites, The Moments, Millie Jackson, The Main Ingredient, Detroit Emeralds. It was designed for the use of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, but would also lead to hosting many other entertainment options throughout the years. minutes. What had been constructed was one of the most unique structures of its time, a giant dome that retracted. The Smithereens / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. May expressed generosity towards the bands fans and said that on Queens part, they care for the City of Champions.. 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. During the summer of 2010, workers removed asbestos from the building while a demolition plan was designed. 1960 to 2000. (Girls Night Out), The Best of Both Worlds, I Miss You, and Ready, Set, Dont Go. Songs performed by the Jonas Brothers included Kids of the Future, Just Friends, Thats Just the Way We Roll, Goodnight and Goodbye, Hello Beautiful, Hold On, S.O.S., When You Look Me in the Eyes, and Year 3000., Songs performed by Bon Jovi included Lost Highway, Born to Be My Baby, You Give Love a Bad Name, Raise Your Hands, I Love This Town, Ill Sleep When Im Dead, Just Older, Blood Money, Blaze of Glory, Miss Fourth of July, Whole Lot of Leavin, Someday Ill Be Saturday Night, We Got It Goin On, Its My Life, Bad Medicine, These Days, (You Want to) Make a Memory, Ill Be There for You, Blood on Blood, Who Says You Cant Go Home, Have a Nice Day, Keep the Faith, Livin on a Prayer, Bells of Freedom, and Wanted Dead or Alive.. (Too Bad), Lick and a Promise, Big Ten Inch Record, Sweet Emotion, Rats in the Cellar, Dream On, Lord of the Thighs, There were 15,475 people in attendance. High winds and flooding prevented Springsteen from making it to Pittsburgh to do the show, so it was postponed at the last minute to 12/16/32. Songs performed by Queensryche included Resistance, Walk in the Shadows, Best I Can, The Thin Line, Jet City Woman, Roads to Madness, Empire, Anarchy-X, Revolution Calling, Operation: Mindcrime, Speak, Spreading the Disease, The Mission, Suite Sister Mary, The Needle Lies, Electric Requiem, Breaking the Silence, I Dont Believe in Love, Waiting for 22, My Empty Room, Eyes of a Stranger, Take Hold of the Flame, and Silent Lucidity., There were 7,028 people in attendance. INXS songs performed included Suicide Blonde, Calling All Nations, Guns in the Sky, Hear That Sound, Wild Life, Bitter Tears, Need You Tonight, Mediate, Shine Like It Does, Faith in Each Other, Tiny Daggers, Know the Difference, Who Pays the Price, Listen Like Thieves, The Loved One, Lately, What You Need, New Sensation, Disappear, Kick, Devil Inside, The Stairs, Original Sin, Never Tear Us Apart, and Dont Change. Songs performed by The Soup Dragons included Dream-On (Solid Gone)., There were 13,750 people in attendance. There were around 11,500 people in attendance. This date was sold out, with 17,087 people in attendance. Songs performed included A Cowboys Work Is Never Done., There were a disappointing 9,800 people in attendance. It was an especially fun and memorable concert because the festive atmosphere included bouncing . Some listings had Ron Banks & The Dramatics instead of Eddie Kendricks. In 1957, before the arena was opened, the under-construction building was officially known as the Civic Auditorium Amphitheater. About 13,323 people were in attendance. The recommendations of the consultant to SEA were scheduled to be delivered in June 2010.[54]. There were 12,603 people in attendance (some sources said 12,392). Songs performed by Iron Maiden included Caught Somewhere in Time, 2 Minutes to Midnight, Children of the Damned, Stranger in a Strange Land, Wasted Years, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Heaven Can Wait, Phantom of the Opera, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron Maiden, The Number of the Beast, Run to the Hills, and Running Free. Songs performed by Malmsteen included Liar, Queen in Love, Far Beyond the Sun, Fury, I Am a Viking, and You Dont Remember, Ill Never Forget., There were 16,851 people in attendance. There were about 10,000 people in attendance. Songs performed by Rush included 2112 Part I: Overture, 2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx, 2112 Part III: Discovery, 2112 Part IV: Presentation, 2112 Part VI: Soliloquy, 2112 Part VII: Grand Finale, Freewill, By-Tor & The Snow Dog, Xanadu, The Spirit of Radio, Natural Science, A Passage to Bangkok, The Trees, Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part I: Prelude, Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part IV: Armageddon, Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part V: Cygnus, Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part VI: The Sphere, Closer to the Heart, Beneath, Between & Behind, Jacobs Ladder, Working Man, Finding My Way, Anthem, Bastille Day, In the Mood, and La Villa Strangiato.. On February 24, 1967, at the arena, Wilt Chamberlain set the all-time record for consecutive NBA field goals as well as single NBA game field goal percentage, a record that still stands. Songs performed by Rush during their two-hour set included Force Ten, Freewill, Distant Early Warning, Time Stand Still, Subdivisions, Marathon, Red Barchetta, Superconductor, Show Dont Tell, The Pass, Closer to the Heart, Manhattan Project, Xanadu/YYZ, Scars, War Paint, Mission, Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio, 2112 Part I: Overture, La Villa Strangiato, In the Mood, and a cover of Wipe Out.. [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. A December 1984 Arena concert by Pretenders was referenced in a newspaper article, but no other reference to such a show can be found. Self Destruct, Sin, March of the Pigs, Piggy, Reptile, Gave Up, Happiness in Slavery, Eraser, Hurt, The Downward Spiral, Wish, Suck, The Only Time, Down in It, Head Like a Hole, Closer, Dead Souls, I Do Not Want This, and Something I Can Never Have. Songs performed by Manson included Cake and Sodomy, Snake Eyes and Sissies, Get Your Gunn, Dope Hat, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Organ Grinder, Lunchbox, My Monkey, and Misery Machine., Neville performed as part of a Christmas on Ice show, starring skater Nancy Kerrigan. 9, Texas, Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art, Silent Night, and Will the Circle Be Unbroken. Songs performed by Lane included People Like You, Aint No One, Stagecoach, and Stay in Love with You.. Funding was provided by a combination of public and private money, including grants from Allegheny County, City of Pittsburgh, and Edgar J. Kaufmann owner of Kaufmann's department store. (At some point during 1979, the Arena began allowing festival seating but limited it to a small maximum number of tickets for the festival seating area (less than 2,000). There were about 17,000 people in attendance. There were about 6,000 people in attendance. Vanelli performed at the Arena on 11/27/77 and while nthat show took place, a snowstorm prevented many ticketholders from coming to the show. Songs performed by CSN&Y included Eight Miles High, Carry On, Southern Man, Heartland, Faith in Me, Stand and Be Counted, Slowpoke, Marrakesh Express, Almost Cut My Hair, Cinnamon Girl, Helplessly Hoping, Our House, Teach Your Children, Dream For Him, Guinnevere, Old Man, Looking Forward, After the Gold Rush, Woodstock, Ohio, and Rockin in the Free World., Songs performed by Creed included Ode, Torn, Are You Ready?, Beautiful, Say I, Wash Away Those Years, My Own Prison, What If, Unforgiven, Illusion, Faceless Man, With Arms Wide Open, Whats This Life For?, One, and Higher., The show was sold out. Ice Cube, Limp Bizkit, Rammstein, Orgy, DJ Punk Roc, Part of the Family Values tour. Songs performed by Dr. John included Ive Been Hoodooed, New Island Soiree, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Swanee River Boogie, Mama Dont Allow. Despite Zappa being an anti-drug performer, 18 people were arrested by police during an after the concert. This date was cancelled only two days after tickets went on sale. 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? Some sources say DMX and/or Staind were also on the bill. Up in Smoke Tour. Songs performed by .38 Special inclided Hold On Loosely, Caught Up in You, Back on the Track, Take Em Out, If Id Been the One, Rough Housin, and Back Where You Belong. Songs performed by Lewis included The Heart of Rock n Roll, I Want a New Drug, Workin For a Living, Heart and Soul, Walking on a Thin Line, Do You Believe in Love, Some of My Lies Are True, and Its Alright., There 9,407 people in attendance. Songs performed by Nugent included Free For all, Dog Eat Dog, Great White Buffalo, Cat Scratch Fever, Need You Bad, Paralyzed, Wang Dang Sweet Poontang, Motor City Madhouse, and Just What the Doctor Ordered. Songs performed by AC/DC included Live Wire, Problem Child, Sin City, Bad Boy Boogie, The Jack, Rocker, Dog Eat Dog, and Highway to Hell. Songs performed by Scorpions included Lovedrive, Loving You Sunday Morning, Top of the Bill, and Another Piece of Meat.. Songs performed by Bon Jovi included Last Man Standing, You Give Love a Bad Name, Complicated, Born to Be My Baby, Story of My Life, Ill Sleep When Im Dead, Runaway, Just Older, Novocaine, I Wont Back Down, Have a Nice Day, Who Says You Cant Go Home, Its My Life, Ill Be There for You, Blaze of Glory, Bed of Roses, Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars, Bad Medicine, Raise Your Hands, Livin on a Prayer, Last Cigarette, I Got the Girl, Treat Her Right, and Wanted Dead or Alive., Songs performed included Wizards in Winter, An Angel Came Down, O Come All Ye Faithful/O Holy Night, The Prince of Peace, First Snow, A Mad Russians Christmas, Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24), Good King Joy, Ornament, Old City Bar, Promises to Keep, This Christmas Day, An Angel Returned, Epilogue, Christmas Nights in Blue, Rock and Roll, A Last Illusion, Siberian Sleigh Ride, An Angels Share, Mozart/Figaro, Christmas Canon Rock, Carmina Burana, Queen of the Winter Night, Beethoven, Requiem (The Fifth), Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness), and I Love Rock n Roll., Songs performed included Reaching Out, Tie Your Mother Down, Fat Bottomed Girls, I Want to Break Free, Take Love, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Love of My Life, Hammer to Fall, Feel Like Makin Love, Under Pressure, Let There Be Drums, Im in Love With My Car, Last Horizon, Bad Company, Cant Get Enough, Another One Bites the Dust, Dragon Attack, These Are the Days of Our Lives, Radio Ga Ga, The Show Must Go On, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, All Right Now, and We Are the Champions., Songs performed by Hill solo included Mississippi Girl, The Way You Love Me, Sunshine and Summertime, Fireflies, This Kiss, Let Me Let Go, Stealing Kisses, The Lucky One, Cry, It Is Well With My Soul, There Will Come a Day, Breathe, and Piece of My Heart. Songs performed by McGraw solo included Real Good Man, Where the Green Grass Grows, Just to See You Smile, Dont Take the Girl, My Little Girl, Something Like That, When the Stars Go Blue, Live Like You Were Dying, Unbroken, The Cowboy in Me, Ive Got Friends That Do, and I Like It, I Love It. Songs performed by Hill & McGraw together included Like We Never Loved at All, Angry All the Time, Lets Make Love, Shotgun Rider, Its Your Love, No Woman, No Cry, and I Need You., Songs performed by Pearl Jam included Throw Your Arms Around Me, Release, Life Wasted, Severed Hand, Corduroy, Do the Evolution, Dissident, Even Flow, Marker in the Sand, In Hiding, Better Man, Daughter, Garden, I Got Id, State of Love and Trust, Inside Job, World Wide Suicide, Porch, Man of the Hour, Waiting on a Friend, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town, Black, Alive, Go, Why Go, Comatose, Smile, Rockin in the Free World, and Yellow Ledbetter. Songs performed by Pollard included Gold, I Surround You Naked, Blessed In An Open Head, Get A Faceful, Dancing Girls And Dancing Men, The Right Thing, Dolphins Of Color, Boxing About, Fresh Threats, Salad Shooters And Zip Guns, Conquerer Of The Moon, Im A Widow, I Feel Gone Again, Game of Pricks, and Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft. During the concert, PJ singer Eddie Vedder made reference to the Steelers win over the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl four months earlier and told the audience, Pittsburgh is not our favorite place on the place. Audience members let loose with some boos and then started singing Here we go, Steelers!, Songs performed by the Dixie Chicks included Lubbock or Leave It, Truth #2, Goodbye Earl, The Long Way Around, Landslide, Everybody Knows, Cowboy Take Me Away, Wide Open Spaces, White Trash Wedding, Lil Jack Slade, Lullaby, Not Ready to Make Nice, Travelin Soldier, and Mississippi., Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, Kellie Pickler, Bucky Covington, Paris Bennett, Lisa Tucker, Mandisa, There were 11,750 people in attendance. Taylor, Rick Witkowski, Margot B., Good Brother Earl, Crave, There were 8,000 people in attendance. Songs performed by Rogers included The Gambler, Coward of the County, You Turn the Light On, Love Or Something Like It, You Are So Beautiful, Lucille, Lady, Through the Years, and Ruby. Songs performed by B.J. Songs performed by Blue Oyster Cult included Dont Fear the Reaper, Godzilla, Born to be Wild, Dr. There were 12,880 people in attendance. Songs performed by Twisted Sister included Come Out and Play, I Believe in Rock n Roll, Were Not Gonna Take It, You Cant Stop Rock n Roll, I Wanna Rock, and a cover of Leader of the Pack. Songs performed by Dokken included The Hunter and Its Not Love., There were only 6,917 people in attendance. From 1978 to 1982 many of the current Big East Conference powers Atlantic 10 powers fought for their conference crown at the center. A true marvel to watch and awesome to see a concert with 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. Notable hockey players Aleksei Morozov, Jaromr Jgr and Darius Kasparaitis appeared in the movie. The duo cancelled their entire tour, reportedly due to poor ticket sales. Songs performed by Clapton included I Shot the Sheriff, After Midnight, Cocaine, Crossroads, Someday Baby, Ramblin on My Mind, Slow Down Linda, and Ive Got a Rock and Roll Heart. Songs performed by Cooder included Smack Dab in the Middle, Money Honey, and How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times. Cooder joined Clapton during his encore, performing Crossroads.. Songs performed by Deep Purple included Highway Star, Strange Kind of Woman, Child in Time, Dead or Alive, Knockin at Your Back Door, Perfect Strangers, Smoke on the Water, Space Truckin, and Lazy. Songs performed by Bad Company included If Im Sleeping, Tell Ut Like It Is, Movin On, Rock n Roll Fantasy, Feel Like Makin Love, and Cant Get Enough., Songs performed by Strait included All My Exes Live in Texas. Songs performed by The Judds included Dont Be Cruel, Grandpa, and Turn It Loose., There were 15,354 people in attendance. 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.. This date was added after the 7/21/96 date sold out. The show took place the same night as game 7 of the World Series, pitting Joels hometown Mets against the Red Sox. 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). There were 5,015 people in attendance. Central Rain, Turn You Inside-Out, Belong, Orange Crush, Exhuming McCarthy, Feeling Gravitys Pull, Sitting Still, World Leader Pretend, I Believe, These Days, Cuyahoga, Pretty Persuasion, Get Up, 1,000,000, Its the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine), Pop Song 89, Fall on Me, You Are the Everything, Begin the Begin, King of Birds, and Life and How to Live It., There were 16,150 people in attendance. Songs performed by Rogers included You Turn the Light On, Reuben James, Blaze of Glory, Through the Years, Shes a Mystery, Love or Something Like It, Love Will Turn You Around, Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town, You Decorated My Life, She Believes in Me, Coward of the County, The Gambler, Lucille, Lady, and Islands in the Stream. Songs performed by the Oak Ridge Boys included Youre the One, Dream On, Thank God for Kids, and Elvira., Waylon Jennings, The Waylors, Jessi Colter, Jennings and Young were co-headliners but Young played last. Songs performed by Diamond included America, Love on the Rocks, Desiree, Im Glad Youre Here With Me Tonight, Solitary Man, Girl, Youll Be a Woman Soon, Kentucky Woman, Cherry, Cherry, Sweet Caroline, Play Me, Beautiful Noise, Surviving the Life, If You Know What I Mean, Hello Again, On the Robert E. Lee, Amazed and Confused, Summerlove, Songs of Life, Dancing in the Street, September Morn, Yesterdays Songs, On the Way to the Sky, Forever in Blue Jeans, You Dont Bring Me Flowers, Song Sung Blue, Cracklin Rosie, Holly Holy, I Am, I Said, Skybird, Lonely Looking Sky, Dear Father, Sanctus, Be, Soolaimon, Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show, and America.. There are sources which list this concert, but its unclear whether it actually took place. 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 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 the Dead included Greatest Story Ever Told, Bertha, Walkin Blues, Jack-a-Roe, El Paso, Built to Last, Victim or the Crime, Tom Thumbs Blues, Dont Ease Me In, Blow Away, Estimated Prophet, Crazy Fingers, Uncle Johns Band, Gimme Some Lovin, I Need a Miracle, Stella Blue, Sugar Magnolia, Johnny B. Goode, and Black Muddy River. As police were trying to arrest an unruly person outside of the Arena, a crowd of several hundred people began throwing rocks and bottles at the officers. Pittsburgh Civic Arena update. Songs performed by Jethro Tull included Aqualung and Thick as a Brick., Tom Rush, The Staple Singers, Mother Earth, Linda Hopkins. ), Maggie May, Tonights the Night, Youre in My Soul, If Lovin You Is Wrong, I Just Want to Make Love To You, Born Loose, Get Back, Sweet Little Rock n Roller, Twisting the Night Away, Youre in My Heart, Im Losing You, and Standing in the Shadows of Love., Songs performed by Supertramp included School, Bloody Well Right, Hide in Your Shell, Asylum, Dreamer, Rudy, Aint Nobody but Me, A Soapbox Opera, Another Mans Woman, Two of Us, Give a Little Bit, Even in the Quietest Moments, Downstream, Fools Overture, The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, Breakfast in America, Oh Darling, Take the Long Way Home, Child of Vision, and Crime of the Century., Songs performed by Kiss included King of the Night Time World, Let Me Go, Rock N Roll, Move On, Calling Dr. Love, Firehouse, New York Groove, I Was Made for Lovin You, Christine Sixteen, 2000 Man, Love Gun, God of Thunder, Shout It Out Loud, Detroit Rock City, Beth, and Rock and Roll All Nite. Songs performed by New England included Dont Ever Wanna Lose Ya., There were around 16,000 people in attendance. K-Ci and Jojo were scheduled to perform but they did not appear. Songs performed by EW&F included Shining star, Thats the Way of the World, Kalimba Story, and Sing a Song. Songs performed by Williams included Its Important to Me, We Have Love For You, and If You Dont Believe. EW&Fs show contained several illusions designed for them by magician Doug Henning. Lets hear the dirtiest thing you can think of and he leaned his microphone towards people in the front row who duly let loose with lots of nasty words. [38] The Arena opened on September 17, 1961. Songs performed by Black Sabbath included Snowblind, Black Sabbath, Dirty Women, Rock N Roll Doctor, Behind the Wall of Sleep, Electric Funeral, Iron Man, Fairies Wear Boots, Children of the Grave, and Paranoid. Songs performed by Van Halen included Runnin With the Devil, Eruption, and Aint Talkin Bout Love., Songs performed by ELO included Fire on High, Poker, Nightrider, Eldorado Overture, Cant Get It Out of My Head, Cello Solo, Showdown, Tightrope, Telephone Line, Livin Thing, Rockaria!, Violin Solo, Strange Magic, Evil Woman, Do Ya, Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, and Roll Over Beethoven. Songs performed by Trickster included Tomorrow Belongs to Me, Listen to My Music, So Far, and a cover of Live and Let Die. At least one critic was miffed that ELO did not bring their 60 foot wide, $300,000 spacehip prop to the Pittsburgh show. Songs performed by Buffett included Cheeseburger in Paradise, Fins, I Love the Now, Gypsies in the Palace, Creola, Ragtop Day, Grapefruit and Juicy Fruit, Boat Drinks, Volvano, Meet Me in Memphis, Jackie Blue, African Friend, If the Phone Doesnt Ring, Its Me, He Went To Paris, Come Monday, Pencil Thin Mustache, A Pirate Looks at 40, Old Folks Boogie, Margaritaville, and a cover of Brown-Eyed Girl.. One area high school student told a local music writer that the concert featured amind blasting laser light show., Songs performed included Cook With Fire, Silver Wheels, Crazy on You, High Time, Heartless, Kick It Out, Barracuda, Devil Delight, Straight On, White Lightning & Wine, Magic Man, Rock and Roll, Love Alive, Magazine, Without You, Mistral Wind, Dog & Butterfly.. The Moody Blues equipment was held up crossing the border from Montreal, so the show did not begin until two hours and 45 minutes after the scheduled start time of 8 PM. Songs performed by REO included Take It On the Run, Keep On Lovin You, Keep Pushin, Time For Me to Fly, Back On the Road Again, Roll With the Changes, Ridin the Storm Out, Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight, Flying Turkey Trot, Tough Guys, Shakin It Loose, Good Trouble, Dont Let Him Go, Girl With the Heart of Gold, and The Key. Songs performed by Survivor included Eye of the Tiger, Feels Like Love, Children of the Night, Poor Mans Son, Hesitation Dance, Take You On a Saturday, and Im Not That Man Anymore., There were 17,243 people in attendance. This date was also sold out. But, by 1999, this had changed. (Garbage Man), Cradle Rock, Let Me In, Souped-Up Ford, and Bullfrog Blues. Songs performed by Ace included Lazy Day, This Is What You Find, and Sniffin About., There were 11,287 people in attendance. Rammstein, System of a Down, Mudvayne, American Head Charge. There were over 17,000 people in attendance. Songs performed by AC/DC included Thunderstruck, Shoot to Thrill, Back in Black, Fire Your Guns, Sin City, Heatseeker, Who Made Who, Jailbreak, The Jack, The Razors Edge, Thats the Way I Wanna Rock n Roll, Moneytalks, Hells Bells, High Voltage, You Shook Me All Night Long, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Whole Lotta Rosie, Let There Be Rock, Highway to Hell, T.N.T., and For Those About to Rock (We Salute You). Songs performed by Love/Hate included Wasted in America., There were about 10,500 people in attendance. Roller Derby featuring the hosting New York Chiefs took place at the Arena as well. Songs performed by Def Leppard included Bringin On the Heartache, Photograph, Rock! . Songs performed by Marilyn Manson included Angel With the Scabbed Wings, Get Your Gunn, Cake and Sodomy, Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World, Tourniquet, Lunchbox, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Minute of Decay, Little Horn, Apple of Sodom, Antichrist Superstar, The Beautiful People, The Reflecting God, Irresponsible Hate Anthem, and Man That You Fear. Before the show, Helmet made an in-store appearance at Vibes in Oakland to sign autographs. Boehm says the target will be easy for Noralco to achieve. Songs performed by Crue included Looks That Kill, Smokin in the Boys Room, Ten SEconds to Love, Fight For Your Rights, Shout at the Devil, and Louder Than Hell., Grant had cameras rolling during the concert to make a music video of the song Wise Up. She performed the song twice during the concert (the band lip-synched, actually), and then returned to the Arena the next day to film close-up shots without an audience present. 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