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. [58] The Penguins had originally planned to sell 6,000 ornaments, but due to demand, the team ended selling over 40,000 pieces. For parents bringing their kids to the concert but werent interested in seeing the show themseves, a quiet room was available for this show. Anyone holding a full ticket from the 1977 show were allowed to exchange it for a new ticket to this 1979 concert. 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 Yes included Cinema, Leave It, Yours Is No Disgrace, Hold On, Hearts, Ive Seen All Good People, Sollys Beard, Changes, And You and I, Soon, Make It Easy, Owner of a Lonely Heart, It Can Happen, Long Distance Runaround, Whitefish/Amazing Grace, City of Love, Starship Trooper, and Roundabout., There were 8,579 people in attendance. Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Mann, Walt Harper. Panoramic view of the ice at Civic Arena. 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. Hartford Civic Center. Rammstein, System of a Down, Mudvayne, American Head Charge. The Civic Arena hosted the first and second round regional games of both the 1997 and 2002 NCAA men's tournament. This show was added after the 5/16/90 show sold out. There were 17,350 people in attendance. [17], The arena's capacity fluctuated depending on the event being hosted, but was increased due to additions between 1972 and 1991. Setlists. There were only 6,018 people in attendance. Songs performed by Turner included Show Some Respect, Nutbush City Limits, Private Dancer, River Deep, Mountain High, Proud Mary, Lets Stay Together, Whats Love Got to Do With It?, I Cant Stand the Rain, We Dont Need Another Hero, Better Be Good to Me, Steel Claw, Lets Dance, I Might Have Been Queen, and covers of ZZ Tops Legs, Bruce Springsteens Dancing in the Dark, and The Beatles Help! Songs perfomed by Frey in his 50-minute set included Smugglers Blues, The Heat Is On, Heartache Tonight, Slow Down, The Allnighter, Sexy Girl, and The One You Love., There were 15,112 people in attendance. Soul, Cinnamon Girl, Touch the Night, Born to Rock, Like a Hurricane, Computer Age, When You Dance I Can Really Love, Violet Side, Powderfinger, Heart of Gold, After the Gold Rush, The Needle and the Damage Done, Cortez the Killer, Hippie Dreams, Down By the River, and Opera Star., There were 9,077 people in attendance. The show was a sell-out. Although the roof was advertised to be open for the concert, it opened only a small bit due to an electrical problem. After the first night on 9/11/87 sold out, this second date was added. in the U.S.A., Crumblin Down, Play Guitar/Gloria, Pink Houses, Hurts So Good, The Authority Song, and a cover of Like a Rolling Stone., This show was moved to 11/16/87 at the Syria Mosque due to a scheduling conflict.. Songs performed by the Beach Boys included California Girls, Sloop John B, Wouldnt It Be Nice, I Get Around, Barbara Ann, Surfin USA, Good Vibrations, Surfin Safari, Fun, Fun, Fun, Come Go With Me, Help Me, Rhonda, Rockin All Over the World, California Calling, Its Gettin Late, She Believes in Love Again, Darlin, Do It Again, Rock and Roll Music, Little Deuce Coupe, Heaven, Getcha Back, and God Only Knows. Songs performed by Cafferty included Wild Summer Nights, Runaround Sue, On the Dark Side, Tough All Over, Voice of Americas Sons, C-I-T-Y, and Hang Up My Rock n Roll Shoes. Songs performed by Flash Kahan included Shake, Im Walkin, One At a Time, Rockanomics, and The Girl Cant Help It. Participants in a beauty contest were introduced in between bands. 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. The $3 million facility included a Main Arena which had 6,000 seats, the Little Theater seating 750 and three meeting rooms plus kitchen and administrative offices. Songs performed by Jones included Shes a Lady, Ill Never Fall in Love Again, Green, Green Grass of Home, Daughter of Darkness, I (Who Have Nothing), and Love Me Tonight.. Reviews of the show were lukewarm-to-poor, with Cocker singled out as as being subpar. Some sources says Ohio Players were also on the bill. 8/21/82: J. Geils Band: Josh Groban performed here in August 2007 as part of his 'Awake' tour. Civic Arena becomes the offical home for the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Franchise. Lou Christie, The Crystals, Jimmy Beaumont & The Skylines, The Vogues, The Marcels, The Jaggers, Johnny Angel & The Halos. It was Presleys second appearance in Pittsburgh ever (counting a two-night stand in June 1973 as one booking. Songs performed included Didnt I (Blow Your Mind), Ill Be There, My Favorite Girl, and You Got It (The Right Stuff).. This show was cancelled with short notice when Lindsey Buckingham became ill (he reportedly suffered complications from a spinal tap). 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. There were 5,479 people in attendance (one source said 5,498). There were only 6,000 people in attendance. Songs performed by The Moody Blues included Gemini Dream, The Voice, Rock n Roll Over You, Voices in the Sky, New Horizons, Tuesday Afternoon, Nights in White Satin, Dear Diary, Your Wildest Dreams, It May Be A Fire, Talking Out of Turn, Veteran Cosmic Rocker, Im Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band), Question, and Story in Your Eyes. Songs performed by Til Tuesday included Voices Carry., Songs performed by Bon Jovi included Pink Flamingos, Raise Your Hands, Id Die for You, Tokyo Road, You Give Love a Bad Name, Wild in the Streets, Twist and Shout, Never Say Goodbye, Livin on a Prayer, Let It Rock, In and Out of Love, Runaway, and Travelin Band. Bon Jovi invited Pittsburghs Norm Nardini on stage to join the band in their set-closing cover of Travelin Band., The Turtles, Hermans Hermits, The Byrds, Mark Lindsay, The Grass Roots, There were 17,160 people in attendance. Songs performed by Manilow included Mandy, Cant Smile Without You, Stomping at the Savoy, Summertime, Stardust, Brooklyn Blues, Read em and Weep, Even Now, Im Your Man, Youre Lookin Hot Tonight, Sweet Life, Ships, and Big Fun on Swing Street., There were about 10,400 people in attendance. Songs performed by Hill solo included Wild One, Lucky One, The Secret of Life, Cry, Sunshine and Summertime, This Kiss, Stronger, Lost, The Way You Love Me, Breathe, Piece of My Heart, and Mississippi Girl. Songs performed by McGraw solo included The Joker, Last Dollar, Something Like That, When the Stars Go Blue, Everywhere, For A Little While, Shes My Kind of Rain, Live Like You Were Dying, Suspicions, Real Good Man, The Ride, Cowboy In Me, Between the River and Me, Indian Outlaw, and If Youre Reading This. Songs performed by Hill and McGraw together included Chasing Cars, Angry All the Time, Like We Never Loved At All, Shotgun Rider, Its Your Love, Its Only Love, and I Need You., Young Jeezy, Lil Mama, DJ Unk, Maio, Crave, Lil Scrappy, Wiz Khalifa, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Lakisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, Sanjaya Malakar, Songs performed included Behind the Lines, Dukes End, Turn It On Again, No Son of Mine, Land of Confusion, In the Cage, The Cinema Show, Dukes Travels, Afterglow, Hold on My Heart, Home by the Sea, Second Home by the Sea, Follow You Follow Me, Firth of Fifth, I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe), Mama, Ripples, Throwing It All Away, Domino, Los Endos, Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Invisible Touch, I Cant Dance, and The Carpet Crawlers., Songs performed by Wonder included Love is in Need of Love Today, Visions, Living For the City, Master Blaster, Golden Lady, If You Really Love Me, Since I Donjt Have You, Ribbon in the Sky, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, MY Cherie Amour, For Once in My Life, I Was Made to Love Her, Do I Do, Superstition, A Time to Love, and So What the Fuss., Songs performed by Urban included Once in a Lifetime, Where the Blacktop Ends, Faster Car, Shine, Stupid Boy, Raining on Sunday, Shes Gotta Be, Used to the Pain, Youre My Better Half, Making Memories of Us, Youll Think of Me, I Told You So, Days Go By, You Look Good in My Shirt, Tonight I Wanna Cry, Who Wouldnt Wanna Be Me, Somebody Like You, Blister in the Sun, Got It Right This Time, Better Life, and Everybody. At one point during the show, Urban sang Here We Go, Steelers., Songs performed included Radio Nowhere, The Ties That Bind, Lonesome Day, Gypsy Biker, Magic, Reason to Believe, Night, Shes the One, Livin in the Future, The Promised Land, Code of Silence, Backstreets, Working on the Highway, Devils Arcade, The Rising, Last to Die, Long Walk Home, Badlands, Youngstown, Girls in Their Summer Clothes, Kittys Back, Born to Run, Dancing in the Dark, and American Land. Joe Grushecky joined the band onstage to perform Code of Silence and Youngstown., Two shows. Bojangles, What Kind of Fool Am I?, and I Gotta Be Me. The two together performed The Oldest Established Permenent Floating Crap Game in New York. The Steelers Franco Harris was among those in the audience. Songs performed by Rush included The Big Money, Subdivisions, Limelight, Marathon, Turn the Page, Prime Mover, Manhattan Project, Closer to the Heart, Red Sector A, Force Ten, Time Stand Still, Distant Early Warning, Lock and Key, Mission, Territories, YYZ, Red Lenses, The Spirit of Radio, Tom Sawyer, 2112 Part I: Overture, 2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx, La Villa Strangiato, and In the Mood. Songs performed by Shaw in his 8-song set included Blue Collar Man, Too Much Time On My Hands, Fooling Yourself, Renegade, Are You Ready For Me, Dangerous Game, and Ambition., There were 15,800 people in attendance. Only a disappointing 4,395 people were in attendance. Songs performed by Def Leppard included Bringin On the Heartache, Photograph, Rock! Songs performed by Jackson during his 70-minute set included Chasin That Neon Rainbow, Loves Got a Hold on Me, Dont Rock the Jukebox, What Kind of Man, Here in the Real World, Dallas, If I Had You, Shes Got the Rhythm and I Got the Blues, Chattahoochee, and Midnight in Montgomery. Songs performed by Tillis included Put Yourself in MY Place, Do You Know Where Your Man IS Tonight?, and Dont Tell Me What to Do.. Songs performed by Simon during his two-and-a-half-hour show included The Obvious Child, The Boy in the Bubble, She Moves On, Kodachrome, Train in the Distance, Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Rhythm of the Saints, Dogs in the Wine Shop, Graceland, Hearts and Bones, America, The Boxer, Cecilia, and The Sound of Silence., There were 13,443 people in attendance for the sold out show. Songs performed by Triumph included Magic Power, Lay It on the Line, Fight the Good Fight, Never Surrender, Hold On, Too Much Thinking, A World of Fantasy, Blinding Light Show, Rock & Roll Machine,and a cover of Rocky Mountain Way. Songs performed by Foghat included Slow Ride, And I do Just What I Want, My Babe, Fool For the City, and Third Time Lucky., This show was scheduled for 2/18/83 but was postponed because Petty got booked to be musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Songs performed by Aerosmith during their 88-minute-long included Dream On, Big Ten-Inch Record, My Fist Your Face, Walk This Way, Let the Music Do the Talking, Back in the Saddle, Toys in the Attic, Train Kept A=Rollin, The Hop, Cant Stop Rockin, Walkin the Dog, Shes on Fire, and Red House. Songs performed by Nugent during his 64-minute set included Little Miss Dangerous, Angry Young Man, Just What the Doctor Ordered, Free-For-All, Cat Scratch Fever, Wang Dang Sweet Poontang, Motor City Madhouse, and Great White Buffalo., There were 7,313 people in attendance. Advertisements promised the roof opened and a fireworks display, weather permitting. 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.. This show was originally booked at the Arena but was moved to the Stanley Theater. There were 17,700 people in attendance. Songs performed by Traffic included Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory, Glad, and Roll Right Stones. Songs performed by Martyn included Man Walks Inside, Jelly Roll Baker, and Id Rather Be the Devil.. For the final season, the Mellon Arena hosted a record crowd of 16,056, the third-largest conference basketball championship crowd in the nation that year. This concert was moved to the Stanley Theater due to poor ticket sales. There were 12,603 people in attendance (some sources said 12,392). The evening included not only the music performances and candidate speaking, but actor Warren Beatty acting as M.C. Jimmy, Longview, Brain Stew, Jaded, Basket Case, She, Hitchin a Ride, King for a Day, Shout, Knowledge, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Minority, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), and We Are the Champions. Songs performed by My Chemical Romance during their 45-minute set included Im Not OK and Thank You For the Venom.. Songs performed by Alabama in their hour-long set included Old Flame, Lady Down on Love, Feels So right, Face to Face, The Closer I Get, Love in the First Degree, and Wildwood Flower. Songs performed by Haggard in his 40-minute long set included Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star, Think Ill Just Sit Here and Drink, Big City, Ida Red, Faded Love, Right or Wrong, Tulare Dust/Mama Tried, and a version of Folsom Prison Blues. Songs performed by Oslin in her 30-minute set included 80s Ladies, Ill Always Come Back, Round the Clock Lovin, and Do you? Songs performed by Raven in his 30-minute set included I Got Mexico, Shine, Shine, Shine, Right Hand Man, Little Bit Crazy, and Big Mamou., there were 12,672 people in attendance. It was later described as among the poorest draws of a concert at the Arena. Songs Gaye performed included Lets Get It On., There were about 12,000 people in attendance. The arena roof was a 90 by 110-meter space . Some listings had the S.O.S. 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