**1960's & 1970's Concerts in Kansas City**
I've put this list together over several years and from many different sources. Any corrections and additions are encouraged. The period is 1960's thru 1979 and includes some Lawrence concerts..
DATE ARTIST/VENUE -NOTES
1960's
7/12/1964 The Beach Boys /Municipal Auditorium
9/17/1964 The Beatles/Municipal Stadium -Charlie Finley paid them $150,000
11/20/1965 The Beach Boys /Municipal Auditorium-w/The Gentrys, The Strangeloves
7/10/1966 Herman's Hermits / Memorial Hall w/ The Animals
12/2/1966 The Lovin' Spoonful /Municipal Auditorium -w/The Association
7/9/1967 KUDL Night/Memorial Hall w/ Dionne Warwick, Bo Street Runners, The Four Darlings, Tony Burke, Del Montes, Jumpin' Jacks Orchestra
11/17/1967 The Who /Shawnee Misssion South H.S. -w/The Buckinghams
1/12/1968 James Brown and His Revue /Municipal Auditorium
7/14/1968 The Beach Boys /Memorial Hall-w/Gary Puckett and the Union Gap/The Human Beinz
8/14/1968 Danny Cox/Shawnee Mission East H.S.
8/22/1968 The Who/The Music Hall-w/ The Epics/Pflash and the Inmates/Burlington Express
11/1/1968 Jimi Hendrix/Municipal Auditorium -w/Cat Mother &All Night Newsboys
11/5/1968 Jeff Beck Group /Memorial Hall
1969
2/5/1969 Iron Butterfly /Memorial Hall -w/Grateful Dead
2/22/1969 Steppenwolf/ Municipal Auditorium-w/The Chessmen, The Bank
3/19/1969 The Byrds/Shawnee Mission South H.S.
5/9/1969 Jefferson Airplane /Memorial Hall -w/Danny Cox, & Manchester Trafficway
6/19/1969 Fun Fair 69 w/Iron Butterfly/Municipal Auditorium
6/20/1969 Fun Fair 69 w/Strawberry Alarm Clock/Municipal Auditorium
6/21/1969 Fun Fair 69 w/Wilson Pickett/Municipal Auditorium
6/22/1969 Fun Fair 69 w/The Cowsills/Municipal Auditorium
September 27 & 28, 1969 Midwestern Pop Festival/ K.C. International Raceway, w/Chicago Transit Authority, Guess Who, Morning Star, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Steve Miller Blues Band, The Byrds, The Chessmen Square, and many more. Kansas City Star Articles.
8/6/1969 Vanilla Fudge /Memorial Hall
10/4/1969 Donovan /Municipal Auditorium
11/18/1969 Blood Sweat and Tears /Municipal Auditorium -w/Don Cooper
11/29/1969 Country Joe & the Fish /Memorial Hall w/Danny Cox
12/10/1969 Jethro Tull & Joe Cocker/Memorial Hall -w/Fleetwood Mac
1970
2/8/1970 Iron Butterfly /Memorial Hall -w/Blues Image
2/15/1970 Delaney and Bonnie w/Eric Clapton /Memorial Hall
3/20/1970 Steppenwolf/Memorial Hall -w/Stoneface
4/24/1970 Illinois Speed Press, Steve Miller Blues Band /UMKC free concert
5/8/1970 Canned Heat /Freedom Palace -Venue opening
5/24/1970 Grand Funk Railroad /Freedom Palace -w/Bloodrock -( headliner Pink Floyd canceled)
6/5/1970 Mountain /Freedom Palace
6/14/1970 Janis Joplin / Memorial Hall
7/2/1970 The Who/ Freedom Palace
7/10 & 11/1970 Spirit /Freedom Palace -w/ Sweetwater
8/15/1970 Quicksilver Messenger Service/ Freedom Palace
8/19/1970 Led Zeppelin/Municipal Auditorium
10/18/1970 Sly and the Family Stone / Freedom Palace - w/ Bloodrock - 2 Shows
10/24/1970 Jefferson Airplane / Memorial Hall- w/Hot Tuna
11/26/1970 Ten Years After /Freedom Palace(Final venue show)
12/5/1970 The Moody Blues /Municipal Auditorium -w/Trapeze
1971
3/6/1971 Poco /Memorial Hall -w/Podipto
3/16/1971 Black Sabbath/Memorial Hall -w/J. Geils Band
3/27/1971 Mountain /Memorial Hall
4/3/1971 Quicksilver Messenger Service /Memorial Hall w/Brewer and Shipley
4/17/1971 It's a Beautiful Day /The Establishment -Lawrence Ks.
4/18-19/1971 Rod McKuen / Municipal Auditorium
4/20/1971 Grand Funk Railroad /Municipal Auditorium-w/Bloodrock
5/23/1971 Elton John /Memorial Hall -w/Mark-Almond
6/20/1971 James Gang /Memorial Hall
6/29/1971 Jethro Tull /Memorial Hall
7/12/1971 Stephen Stills/ Municipal Auditorium
7/16-17/1971 Flying Burrito Brothers/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/White Eyes (Venue opening)
7/23-24/1971 Ewing Street, Chet Nichols, Sound Farm /Cowtown Ballroom
8/1 & 2/1971 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Ted Anderson
8/13/1971 Jackson 5 /Municipal Auditorium - w/The Commodores / Evon Fair
8/24/1971 Ten Years After/ Municipal Auditorium- w/Procol Harem
9/14/1971 Crosby and Nash /Music Hall
9/26/1971 It's A Beautiful Day/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
10/8/1971 Steve Miller Blues Band/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Grits
10/20/1971 Black Sabbath/Memorial Hall
10/23/1971 Frank Zappa /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Rich Hill (Flo and Eddie w/Zappa)
10/31/1971 Leo Kottke/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Joy of Cooking, Joyful Noise
11/13/1971 Brewer and Shipley /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Tide
11/15/1971 Elvis Presley /Municipal Auditorium
11/24/1971 Savoy Brown/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Pot Liquour, Chicken Shack
12/4/1971 Poco /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Jerry Riopelle
12/16/1971 Alice Cooper /Cowtown Ballroom -played 2 shows -w/Pacific Gas & Electric
12/31/1971 Freddie King/ Cowtown Ballroom
1972
1/30/1972 Wesport Free Clinic Benefit /Cowtown Ballroom -Various artists
1/31 thru 2/12/1972 Muddy Waters / Landmark Restaurant at Union Station
2/4/1972 Rare Earth/Memorial Hall w/Sweathog, Char the Electric Lady
2/13/1972 Mike Quatro Jam Band w/KC Philharmonic
2/15/1972 Brewer & Shipley /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Danny Cox & White Eyes
2/18 & 19/1972 Mitch Ryder /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Tide
2/26/1972 Five Man Electrical Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Tide
3/12/1972 Mason Profit /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Morningstar & Commonground
4/7/1972 Badfinger/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Ashton, Gardener & Dyke
4/8/1972 Ravi Shankar /Cowtown Ballroom
4/18/1972 Up Against the Wall Ball /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Nation, J.C. Storyteller, Pilgrimage
4/22/1972 Linda Rondstat /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Alex Harvey Band & The Rasberries
4/30/1972 Westport Free Clinic Benefit /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Nation, KC Grits, Shock
5/6/1972 Hot Tuna/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Chet Nichols
5/12/1972 Creedence Clearwater Revival/ Municipal Auditorium -w/Freddie King
5/20/1972 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Hope
5/21/1972 Peter Yarrow Band/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Lazarus
5/26/1972 War(didn't show)/Memorial Hall -w/ Parliament and Funkedelic, James Wesley Jackson
5/27/1972 Lee Michaels & Jo Jo Gunne /Memorial Hall
6/1-3/1972 It's a Beautiful Day/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Stonface (3 nights)
6/9/1972 Black Oak Arkansas /Cowtown Ballroom -w/White Eyes
6/15/1972 Jethro Tull/Municipal Auditorium -w/The Eagles
6/22/1972 The Rolling Stones/ Municipal Auditorium -w/Stevie Wonder
6/25/1972 Butterfield Blues Band / Memorial Hall -w/ Dr. John The Night Tripper
6/30/1972 New Riders of the Purple Sage /Memorial Hall -w/Loggins and Messina
7/7/1972 Rare Earth /Municipal Auditorium -wDr. Hook & J.J. Cale
7/15/1972 Badfinger /Memorial Hall -w/Cactus, Kindred
7/21/1972 Procol Harem /The Music Hall -w/Heads, Hands & Feet
8/1/1972 Emerson, Lake & Palmer/ Municipal Auditorium
8/7/1972 Leon Russell/Municipal Auditorium -w/Nitzinger
8/18/1972 Jackson 5 /Municipal Auditorium
8/24/72 Humble Pie /Municipal Auditorium -w/ZZ Top & Ramatam
9/11/1972 Pink Floyd /Memorial Hall
9/15/1972 Blue Cheer /Memorial Hall -w/Spirit
9/21/1972 Dan Hicks /Cowtown Ballroom -KUDL
9/21/1972 Joe Cocker/Municipal Auditorium -w/Mark-Allmond Band
9/29/1972 Poco /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Chet Nichols& Danny Cox
10/4/1972 T. Rex /Memorial Hall -w/The Doobie Brothers
10/8/1972 Westport Free Clinic benefit /Cowtown -w/Morningstar, Chessman Square, KC Grits
10/11/1972 Mick Ronson /Memorial Hall
10/13/1972 Elton John /Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence -w/Family
10/15/1972 David Bowie /Memorial Hall -w/Styx
10/20/1972 Black Sabbath/ Memorial Hall
10/31/1972 Steve Miller Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Wishbone Ash
11/4/1972 Elton John /Municipal Auditorium -w/ Family
11/10/1972 Robin Trower /Cowtown Ballroom -w/White Eyes
11/13/1972 Grateful Dead /Memorial Hall
11/18/1972 Grand Funk Railroad /Municipal Auditorium -w/Billy Preston
11/22/1972 Hot Tuna /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Ozark MountainDaredevils
11/29/1972 Deep Purple /Memorial Hall -w/Buddy Miles, Elf
12/1/1972 Seals & Croft /Cowtown Ballroom - w/Lawrence &Roselle -KUDL
12/2/1972 Frank Zappa/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steely Dan - KUDL
12/3/1972 Edgar Wnter Group /Memorial Hall w/West, Bruce & Laing
12/3/1972 Steely Dan /Cowtown Ballroom
12/15/1972 Black Oak Arkansas/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Tranquility
12/16/1972 James Gang / Municipal Auditorium - w/White Trash, REO Speedwagon
12/31/1972 Brewer & Shipley /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Daredevils, Chet Nichols, KC Grits
1973
1/21/1973 The Byrds /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Flash
1/25/1973 America /Music Hall (Municipal) -w/John David Souther
2/2 & 3/1973 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steve Martin
2/8/1973 Ozark Mountain Daredevils /Cowtown Ballroom
2/10/1973 Loggins & Messina /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Leo Kottke
2/19/1973 B.B. King /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Chet Nichols & K.C.Grits
2/21/1973 Ozark Mountain Daredevils /Shawnee Mission North H.S.
2/26/1973 Neil Young/Municipal Auditorium -w/Linda Ronstadt
3/4/1973 Chuck Berry /Memorial Hall -KUDL
3/9/1973 Brewer & Shipley /Cowtown -w/Louden Wainwright III, Ozark Mountain Daredevils
3/10/1973 Brewer & Shipley /Cowtown -w/Louden Wainwright III, Ozark Mountain Daredevils
3/15/1973 Paul Butterfield /Cowtown -w/Foghat, Mark Almond, Ted Anderson
3/17/1973 REO Speedwagon/Memorial Hall w/ Ted Nugent & Amboy Dukes & Brownsville Station
3/19/1973 BB King /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Malo
3/23/1973 Sha Na Na/Memorial Hall -w/Mason Profit
3/24/1973 Humble Pie /Municipal Auditorium w/Black Oak Arkansas
3/25/1973 Savoy Brown /Memorial Hall -w/ McKendree Spring, Andy Boyd
3/31/1973 Dr. Hook & Medicine Show /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Tide
4/4/1973 Arlo Guthrie /Memorial Hall -KUDL
4/6/1973 Blue Oyster Cult /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Focus & Barnstorm
4/7/1973 It's A Beautiful Day /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Bloodrock & Sylvestar & Hot Band
4/11/1973 Focus /Memorial Hall -w/Blue Oyster Cult & Barnstorm
4/13/1973 Wishbone Ash /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Finnegan & Wood/Vinegar Joe
4/15/1973 Alice Cooper /Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence -w/Flo & Eddie
4/23/1973 King Crimson/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Gentle Giant & Charles Lloyd
4/27/1973 Fanny/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Sanctuary, Backwoods Memory
4/28/1973 The Beach Boys /Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence
5/2/1973 Lou Reed /Memorial Hall -w/Garland Jefferies
5/7/1973 Ten Years After /Memorial Hall -w/Foghat & The Strawbs
5/11/1973 Chicago /Royals Stadium
5/11/1973 Poco /Cowtown Ballroom -w/John David Souther
5/13/1973 Canned Heat /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Hookfoot
5/20/1973 Jo Jo Gunne/Memorial Hall -w/Cold Blood & Sons of Champlin
5/26/1973 Commander Cody /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Earl Scruggs
6/2/1973 Jimmie Spheeris /Memorial Hall w/Jane Getz
6/16/1973 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steve Martin -KUDL
6/17/1973 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steve Martin -KUDL
7/4/1973 Jethro Tull /Municipal Auditorium -w/Steeleye Span -KUDL
7/18/1973 Doobie Brothers /Memorial Hall -w/Styx
8/1/1973 New Riders of Purple Sage /Music Hall -w/Commander Cody -KUDL
8/2/1973 Three Dog Night/ Royals Stadium -w/T.Rex , Leslie West, Ruben & The Jets
8/19/1973 Elton John /Arrowhead Stadium -w/Sutherland Brothers & Quiver
8/26/1973 Chicago /Municipal Auditorium
9/16/1973 Carney Rock II /Fairyland Park -w/Quicksilver, Flo&Eddy
9/21/1973 Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Billy Spears Band
9/26/1973 J. Geils Band /Memorial Hall -w/Mark-Almond
9/29/1973 John Mayall /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Ozark Mountain Daredevils
10/7/1973 Marshall Tucker Band/Memorial Hall -w/Charlie Daniels Band, John Paul Hammond
10/13/1973 ZZ Top /Memorial Hall -w/Bachman Turner Overdrive
10/20/1973 Jimmie Spheeris Music Hall
10/21/1973 Arlo Gutherie /Cowtown Ballroom -KUDL
10/24/1973 Wishbone Ash /Memorial Hall
10/31/1973 Mike Quatro Jam Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Bryan Bowers, and Whizzo
11/2/1973 Mott the Hoople /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Kinky Friedman - KUDL
11/3/1973 Ted Nugent & Amboy Dukes/Memorial Hall -w/Bob Seger, Captain Beyond
11/4/1973 Shawn Phillips /Memorial Hall
11/10/1973 Robin Trower /Cowtown Ballroom -KUDL
11/14/1973 Ozark Mountain Daredevils/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Danny Cox
11/16/1973 Ozark Mountain Daredevils /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Danny Cox - KUDL
11/22/1973 Sha Na Na/ Memorial Hall
12/5/1973 Foghat /Cowtown Ballroom
12/7/1973 Todd Rundgren /Uptown Theatre
12/9/1973 Jesse Colin Young /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Leo Kottke
12/13/1973 REO Speedwagon/Municipal Auditorium
12/14/1973 The Eagles/Memorial Hall -w/Maria Muldaur
12/28/1973 Blue Oyster Cult /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Charlie Daniels
12/31/1973 Sugarloaf /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Pilgrimage, Stone Wall, One Thing at a Time
1974
1/9/1974 Climax Blues Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Speakeasy
1/17/1974 Van Morrison /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Caledonia Soul Orchestra
1/26/1974 Jimmie Spheeris/Memorial Hall
2/2/1974 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steve Martin -KUDL
2/3/1974 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steve Martin -KUDL
2/8/1974 Commander Cody/Cowtown Ballroom -w/Ozark Mountain Daredevils
2/9/1974 Jackson Browne/Memorial Hall -w/Linda Ronstadt
2/13/1974 Kris Kristofferson/Memorial Hall
2/15/1974 Brownsville Station/Memorial Hall -w/Stonewall & Dynaflo
2/23/1974 The Strawbs /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Morningstar
2/24/1974 National Lampoon's Lemmings /UMKC -w/John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Christopher Guest, etc.
2/24/1974 Rory Gallagher /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Tide
2/24/1974 Dave Mason/Memorial Hall -w/Jim Stafford
2/27/1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/NRBQ
3/1/1974 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steve Martin
3/8/1974 Frank Zappa & Mothers of Invention/Memorial Hall -w/Johnny Barnett, Tom Waits
3/11/1974 Harry Chapin /Cowtown Ballroom
3/15/1974 Hawkwind / Memorial Hall
3/16/1974 Redbone /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Pilgrimage
3/23/1974 Sha Na Na and Mason Profit /Memorial Hall
3/24/1974 Rory Gallagher/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Tide
3/30/1974 Doobie Brothers/ Memorial Hall - 2 Shows 7 & 10pm
4/2/1974 Todd Rundgren/Memorial Hall
4/6/1974 Bill Quitman, Hoyt Axton, J. Boy Allen /Cowtown Ballroom
4/11/1974 Fanny /Cowtown Ballroom
4/14/1974 Genesis /Memorial Hall
4/17/1974 Mott the Hoople /Memorial Hall -with Queen
4/19/1974 Charlie Daniels /Municipal Auditorium -w/Lynyrd Skynyrd & Marshall Tucker Band (KUDL $1)
4/22/1974 Captain Beefheart /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Kansas
4/23/1974 Styx /Free State Opera House, Lawrence Ks
4/25/1974 Firesign Theater /Cowtown Ballroom
4/26/1974 Electric Light Orchestra /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Suzi Quatro Band
5/10/1974 Climax Blues Band /Cowtown Ballroom
5/15/1974 The Beach Boys/Municipal Auditorium
5/19/1974 Rod McKuen /Music Hall
5/29/1974 Jesse Colin Young /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Royal Scanlon -KUDL
6/1/1974 Alvin Lee and Ten Years After/Memorial Hall -w/Morningstar
6/11/1974 Robin Trower /Memorial Hall -w/10cc, Slade
6/13/1974 Golden Earing /Cowtown Ballroom
6/14/1974 The Allman Brothers Band/Royals Stadium
6/29/1974 Elvis Presley/Municipal Auditorium
7/8/1974 Procol Harem /Midland Theater -w/Poco
7/12/1974 Gordon Lightfoot/Midland Theatre
7/18/1974 Uriah Heep/Municipal Auditorium -w/Manfred Mann, Aerosmith, Babe Ruth
7/19 - 7/21/1974 Ozark Music Festival, Sedalia Mo. w/over 30 Acts including: The Eagles, REO Speedwagon, Joe Walsh/ 350,000 estimated attendence.
7/19/1974 Crosby Stills Nash & Young/Royals Stadium -w/Beach Boys, Jesse Collin Young
8/3/1974 Ozark Mountain Daredevils/ Midland Theater
8/11/1974 Jackson 5 /Municipal Auditorium
8/17/1974 Black Oak Arkansas/Arrowhead Stadium - w/ Kansas & Foghat
8/29/1974 Deep Purple/ Arrowhead Stadium -w/J.Geils Band & Elf
9/16/1974 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Brewer & Shipley -KUDL
9/20/1974 Blue Oyster Cult/Memorial Hall -w/New York Dolls
9/24/1974 Todd Rundgren /Memorial Hall
10/1/1974 Jefferson Starship /Midland Theater -KUDL
10/6/1974 Billy Joel/Memorial Hall
10/11/1974 Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes/Memorial Hall -w/ Cactus, & Trapeze
10/16/1974 Herbie Hancock /Uptown Theatre -w/Brian Auger
10/18/1974 Hawkind /Memorial Hall -with Kraftwerk and/or Rush(?)
10/24/1975 Roger McGuinn /Harlow's (Concert @ Memorial Hall w/ John Prine cancelled)
11/1/1974 Weather Report/ Memorial Hall -w/Fairport Convention
11/3/1974 Fleetwood Mac/Memorial Hall -w/Little Feat & Triumvirat
11/7/1974 Todd Rundgren and Utopia/ Midland Theater
11/10/1974 Sly and The Family Stone /Memoriial Hall -w/Tower of Power
11/15/1974 Lou Reed / Memorial Hall w/John Bailey and Friends
11/16/1974 Jackson Browne /Memorial Hall w/Bonnie Raitt
12/6/1974 Yes/ Allen Field House Lawrence
11/15/1974 Lou Reed/Memorial Hall -w/ John Bailey and Friends
12/4/1974 Loggins and Messina / Memorial Hall-w/Danny Cox
12/6/1974 Yes/Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence
12/20/1974 Blue Oyster Cult & ZZ Top /Municipal Auditorium
1975
1/6/1975 Wishbone Ash /Memorial Hall -w/Camel
1/28/1975 Jethro Tull/Kemper Arena
1/31/1975 John Mayall/ Memorial Hall -w/ Dog Soldier
2/1/1975 Genesis/Memorial Hall
2/24/1975 Nektar/Memorial Hall
2/26/1975 Dave Mason /Free State Opera House, Lawrence Ks. -w/Pavlov's Dog
3/26/1975 Joe Walsh/Memorial Hall
4/11/1975 Lynyrd Skynyrd / Municipal Auditorium
4/13/1975 Golden Earring/Memorial Hall -w/Kiss, Joe Vitale's Madman
4/22/1975 Supertramp/Memorial Hall
4/24/1975 Jackson Browne/Hoch Auditorium Lawrence -w/Phoebe Snow
4/25/1975 Kraftwerk/Memorial Hall
4/30/1975 Foghat/Memorial Hall
5/1/1975 Hawkwind /Memorial Hall
5/2/1975 Robin Trower/Memorial Hall
5/17/1975 The Beach Boys & Chicago /Arrowhead Stadium
5/24/1975 Lou Reed/Memorial Hall
6/6/1975 The Rolling Stones /Arrowhead Stadium-w/Billy Preston/Eagles/Rufus/Chaka Khan
6/20 & 6/21/1975 The Kool Jazz Festival / Royals Stadium - w/Count Basie, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Isley Brothers, The Ohio Players, B.B. King, New Birth, Bobby Humphrey, Sly, Slick & Wicked, Freddy Hubbard, Cannonball Adderly…
6/13/1975 Bad Company /Municipal Auditorium -w/Maggie Bell
6/22/1975 Styx/Fairyland Park -w/Blue Oyster Cult/Climax Blues Band/Bob Seger/Hot Foot
7/3/1975 Yes/Municipal Auditorium -w/Ace
7/10/1975 Eric Clapton/ Municipal Auditorium -w/Carlos Santana
7/19/1975 Black Oak Arkansas/Arrowhead Stadium -w/Todd Rundgren
7/20/1975 Electric Light Orchestra /Memorial Hall
7/29/1975 ZZ Top /Memorial Hall
8/8/1975 Linda Ronstadt/Memorial Hall
8/9/1975 Jefferson Starship /Municipal Auditorium
8/17/1975 Fleetwood Mac / Memorial Hall
9/9/1975 Chicago/Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence
9/13/1975 Caravan /Memorial Hall
9/28/1975 Bruce Springsteen/Memorial Hall
10/9/1975 Chicago /Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence Ks.
10/14/1975 Frank Zappa/Memorial Hall
10/18/1975 Rush /Municipal Auditorium
10/21/1975 Rick Wakeman /Memorial Hall
10/25/1975 Jimmie Spheeris/Memorial Hall
10/31/1975 ZZ Top/Kemper Arena -w/Rory Gallagher
11/1/1975 The Beach Boys / Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence Ks.
11/14/1975 Todd Rundgren & Utopia /Free State Opera House, Lawrence Ks.
12/1/1975 The Who/Kemper Arena- w/Toots and the Maytals
12/13/1975 Manfred Mann's Earth Band / The Lyric Theater
12/17/1975 The Kinks/Memorial Hall
1976
1/14/1976 Allman Brothers Band /Municipal Auditorium
2/13/1976 Roxy Music/Memorial Hall -w/Back Street Crawler
2/26/1976 Bachman-Turner-Overdrive/Kemper Arena -w/Electric Light Orchestra
3/3/1976 Olivia Newton-John/Kemper Arena
3/19/1976 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/Memorial Hall
3/22/1976 Peter Frampton /Memorial Hall
4/4/1976 Arlo Gutherie/Memorial Hall -w/Shenandoah
4/17/1976 Nektar / Municipal Auditorium -w/ Paris
4/21/1976 Elvis Presley/Kemper Arena
4/24/1976 Wishbone Ash /Uptown Theater - w/Henry Gross
4/25/1976 Genesis/Memorial Hall
4/27/1976 Return to Forever /Memorial Hall
4/28/1976 Aerosmith/Kemper Arena -w/Angel & Slade
4/30/1976 Leo Kottke/ Lyric -Capri Theater
5/2/1976 Uriah Heep & Rush /Memorial Hall -w/Foghat & The Skyhooks
5/12/1976 Foghat/Municipal Auditorium -w/Styx, Golden Earing, & UFO
5/14/1976 Weather Report /Memorial Hall -w/John McLaughlin & Shakti
5/15/1976 Thin Lizzy /Memorial Hall -w/Charlie Daniels Band
5/16/1976 The Tubes / Memorial Hall
5/29/1976 The Music Sound Festival / Arrowhead Stadium w/Barry White, Love Unlimited, Rufus, Sly and the Family Stone, Bobby Womack, Bloodstone, Hot Chocolate
5/29/1976 Paul McCartney & Wings/Kemper Arena
6/18/1976 Summer Jam /Royals Stadium -w/Kansas, Fleetwood Mac, REO, Henry Gross, Head East
6/22/1976 Steve Miller Band /Memorial Hall
7/11/1976 ZZ Top/Arrowhead Stadium -w/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Elvin Bishop, Point Blank
7/23/1976 The Beach Boys/Arrowhead Stadium -w/Doobie Brothers, Jeff Beck, Firefall, Ozark Mountain Daredevils
7/24/1976 Peter Frampton /Royals Stadium -w/Santana, Gary Wright, Natural Gas
7/26/1976 Kiss/Municipal Auditorium -w/Artful Dodger & Felix Pappalardi
7/29/1976 Loggins and Messina/Uptown Theatre
8/8/1976 Jethro Tull /Arrowhead Stadium -w/Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower, Todd Rundgren
9/11/1976 Leon Russell/Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence
10/11/1976 Jefferson Starship /Kemper Arena
10/15/1976 The Staple Singers /Kemper Arena -w/Harold Melvin & Blue Notes, Sharon Page, Johnny Guitar Watson
10/15/1976 Dwight Twilley Band/Uptown Theatre
10/16/1976 Head East /Memorial Hall -w/Be-bop Delux, Paris
10/29/1976 Hall and Oats /Memorial Hall
10/30/1976 Black Sabbath/Memorial Hall -w/Target
10/31/1976 Rory Gallagher & ZZ Top /Municipal Auditorium
11/1/1976 REO Speedwagon/Memorial Hall
11/5/1976 Kansas/Memorial Hall -w/Ambrosia
11/10/1976 Jackson Browne /Memorial Hall
11/13/1976 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Memorial Hall -w/ Gran Max
11/19/1976 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Memorial Hall -w/Michael Murphy
11/24/1976 The Eagles /Kemper Arena -w/John David Souther
12/4/1976 Styx /Memorial Hall -w/Point Blank
12/7/1976 Robin Trower /Municipal Auditorium -w/Thin Lizzy
12/12/1976 Blue Oyster Cult /Municipal Auditorium -w/Bob Seger
1977
1/15/1977 Ted Nugent/Municipal Auditorium -w/Rush
1/26/1977 Foghat /Municipal Auditorium
1/31/1977 Al Stewart/Uptown Theatre -w/Wendy Waldman
2/4/1977 Electric Light Orchestra /Municipal Auditorium -w/Steve Hillage
2/5/1977 Genesis/Municipal Auditorium
2/9/1977 Kiss/Kemper Arena
2/15/1977 Santana/Memorial Hall
3/23/1977 Todd Rundgren /Memorial Hall
4/1/1977 Peter Gabriel /Memorial Hall -w/Television
4/1/1977 Fleetwood Mac /Kemper Arena -w/Rocky Burnette
4/10/1977 The Kinks/Memorial Hall
4/16/1977 Gordon Lightfoot /Memorial Hall
4/19/1977 Little Feat /Uptown Theater
4/20/1977 Return to Forever / Memorial Hall
4/22/1977 The Outlaws /Uptown Theater -w/Chilliwack
4/30/1977 Procol Harum/Uptown Theatre
5/5/1977 Weather Report / Uptown Theater -w/ Al DiMeola
5/6/1977 Uriah Heep /Memorial Hall -w/Foreigner
5/7/1977 ZZ Top/Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence
5/11/1977 Supertramp / Memorial Hall -w/ Richie Lacea
5/20/1977 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic /Arrowhead Stadium
5/28/1977 Starcastle /Memorial Hall -w/Gran Max
6/14/1977 Poco /Memorial Hall -w/Dickie Betts & Great Southern
6/15/1977 Mahogany Rush /Memorial Hall -w/Shooting Star
6/18/1977 Elvis Presley/Kemper Arena
6/21/1977 Pink Floyd/Kemper Arena
6/26/1977 Summer Jam/Royals Stadium -w/Ted Nugent/REO/Black Oak Arkansas/Head East/Climax Blues Band/Little River Band
7/15/1977 Bad Company /Kemper Arena -w/Climax Blues Band
7/16/1977 Jimmy Buffett/Memorial Hall
7/30/1977 Alice Cooper/Kemper Arena
7/31/1977 Peter Frampton/Arrowhead Stadium -w/Steve Miller, Rick Derringer, Styx
8/10/1977 UFO/Memorial Hall -w/Foreigner & AC/DC
8/22/1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer /Municipal Auditorium- w/Journey
8/25/1977 Muddy Waters /Uptown Theater
8/30/1977 Dave Mason/Memorial Hall
9/16/1977 Fleetwood Mac/Kemper Arena -w/Kenny Loggins
9/16-18/1977 Styx/Memorial Hall -w/Morningstar
9/27/1977 Styx /Memorial Hall -w/Ram Jam
9/28/1977 Firefall/Memorial Hall
10/6/1977 Yes /Municipal Auditorium
10/8/1977 Thin Lizzy /Memorial Hall
10/13/1977 The Beach Boys /Municipal Auditorium
10/14/1977 The Beach Boys /Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence Ks.
10/22/1977 Flood Relief Concert/Memorial Hall -w/Jay Ferguson & Prism
10/26/1977 Iggy Pop/Uptown Theatre
10/26/1977 Utopia/Memorial Hall
10/28/1977 The Grateful Dead/Memorial Hall
10/30/1977 Black Sabbath /Memorial Hall
11/11/1977 Frank Zappa/Uptown Theatre
11/12/1977 Hall & Oats/Memorial Hall
11/13/1977 Jethro Tull/Municipal Auditorium
11/15/1977 Nektar/Memorial Hall
11/16/1977 Billy Joel/Memorial Hall
11/23/1977 Golden Earing/Memorial Hall -w/Rex & Legs Diamond
11/25/1977 Kansas /Kemper Arena -w/Crawler
11/27/1977 Kiss/Kemper Arena
11/29/1977 Rod Stewart/Kemper Arena
12/4/1977 Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter/Kemper Arena
12/12/1977 Neil Diamond/Kemper Arena
1978
1/6/1978 Blue Oyster Cult/Municipal Auditorium -w/Black Oak Arkansas
1/17/1978 Rush /Municipal Auditorium
1/19/1978 Willie Nelson/Kemper Arena
1/23/1978 Ted Nugent/Kemper Arena (Rescheduled from 1/15/ because Ted caught the flu)
2/15/1978 National Lampoon Show/Uptown Theatre
2/17/1978 Starcastle /Memorial Hall -w/Gary Wright
2/20/1978 Eric Clapton/Municipal Auditorium
3/8/1978 The Tubes/Memorial Hall
3/14/1978 Foghat/Municipal Auditorium
3/17/1978 Foghat /Municipal Auditorium
3/17/1978 Bob Weir/Uptown Theatre
3/31/1978 Journey /Memorial Hall -w/Montrose & Van Halen
4/4/1978 Jimmie Buffett/Memorial Hall
4/8/1978 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic /Kemper Arena
4/12/1978 Ozark Mountain Daredevils/Memorial Hall
4/15/1978 David Bowie/Municipal Auditorium
4/18/1978 Lou Reed/Hoch Auditorium Lawrence -w/Ian Dury&the Blockheads
5/12/1978 REO Speedwagon /Kemper Arena -w/Rainbow & No Dice
5/20/1978 Elvis Costello /Uptown Theater -w/Nick Lowe/Mink DeVille
5/27/1978 Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band /Arrowhead -w/Foreigner/Head East/Bob Welch/Uriah Heep, Toby Beau
6/6/1978 Little Feat /Memorial Hall
6/9/1978 Bill Cobham /Uptown Theater
6/13/1978 Ozark Mountain Daredevils/ Uptown Theater
6/16/1978 Bruce Springsteen/ Memorial Hall
6/19/1978 Patti Smith/Uptown Theatre
6/23/1978 Bozz Scaggs/Kemper Arena -w/The Little River Band
6/28/1978 Aerosmith/Kemper Arena -w/Climax Blues Band
7/2/1978 Electric Light Orchestra/Kemper Arena -w/Trickster
7/2/1978 Richard Pryor/Memorial Hall
7/12/1978 The Commodores /Kemper Arena -w/ Teddy Pendergrass, Taste of Honey
7/15/1978 Summer Jam/Royals Stadium -w/Kansas/Steve Miller / Eddy.Money/Van Halen
7/22/1978 The Kinks /Memorial Hall -w/Blondie
7/25/1978 Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge /Kemper Arena
7/26/1978 Bob Marley and the Wailers /Uptown Theater
7/27/1978 Harry Chapin/Hoch Auditorium Lawrence
7/29/1978 The Ramones / GranadaTheater, K.C. Ks.
8/9/1978 Phoebe Snow /Uptown Theater
8/15/1978 Meat Loaf /Uptown Theater -w/Prism
9/10/1978 The Isley Brothers/Kemper Arena -w/Heat Wave
9/11/1978 U.K/ Uptown Theater - w/Starcastle
9/16/1978 Tom Petty& Heartbreakers /Uptown Theater -w/Walter Egan
9/17/1978 Black Sabbath /Municipal Auditorium -w/Van Halen
9/23/1978 Thin Lizzy/Uptown Theater -with AC/DC, The Dictators
9/27/1978 Yes /Kemper Arena -KY102
10/17/1978 Genesis/Municipal Auditorium
10/18/1978 Todd Rundgren/One Block West -w/Roger Powell
10/18/1978 Billy Joel /Kemper Arena
11/3/1978 Bob Dylan /Kemper Arena
11/9/1978 10cc /Uptown Theater
11/11/1978 Jesse Colin Young/ Uptown Theater -w/Jack Tempchin
11/21/1978 Styx/Kemper Arena -w/The Babys
12/4/1978 The Moody Blues /Kemper Arena -w/ Jimmy Spheeris
12/7/1978 Charlie Daniels Band/Hoch Auditorium Lawrence
12/11/1978 Rush/Kemper Arena-w/Golden Earing
12/17/1978 Ted Nugent/Kemper Arena -w/Starz
12/21/1978 Tanya Tucker/One Block West
1979
1/25/1979 Brewer & Shipley/Kansas Union Ballroom Lawrence
2/6/1979 The Fabulous Poodles /Pogos -KY102
2/9/1979 The Grateful Dead/ Memorial Hall
2/10/1979 The Grateful Dead/ Memorial Hall
2/19/1979 Alice Cooper /Kemper Arena
2/23/1979 The Outlaws/Memorial Hall
2/25/1979 Willie Nelson/Municipal Auditorium
3/1/1979 Robert Hunter/The Lyric Theatre
3/5/1979 Elvis Costello & the Attractions/ Memorial Hall
3/12/1979 Boston/Municipal Auditorium
3/15/1979 The Police /One Block West
3/17/1979 The Boomtown Rats/Lawrence Opera House
3/19/1979 Dire Straits/Memorial Hall
3/20/1979 Supertramp / Municipal Auditorium
3/21/1979 Angel / Memorial Hall -w/ T.K.O.
3/24/1979 Cheech & Chong/Memorial Hall
4/4/1979 J. Geils Band /Memorial Hall
4/10/1979 The Tubes and Squeeze /Memorial Hall
4/13/1979 Roxy Music /One Block West -w/The Atlantics
4/23/1979 Jethro Tull /Kemper Arena -w/U.K.
4/24/1979 Van Halen /Municipal Auditorium
4/27/1979 The Doobie Brothers/Allen Fieldhuse Lawrence
4/30/1979 UFO/Memorial Hall -w/Judas Priest
5/4/1979 Jerry Lee Lewis/Municipal Auditorium -w/Emmylou Harris, Riverrock
5/5/1979 David Gates /Lawrence Opera House
5/7/1979 Tom Robinson Band /One Block West -KY102
5/12/1979 Diana Ross/Kemper Arena
5/19/1979 Lou Reed/One Block West
5/24/1979 The Destiny Tour '79 /Kemper Arena -w/ The Jacksons, Sister Sledge, Foxy
5/26/1979 Bad Company/Kemper Arena
5/28/1979 The Village People/Kemper Arena
6/2/1979 Patti Smith/One Block West -moved from Memorial Hall
6/6/1979 Yes/ Kemper Arena -Concert cancelled because of Kemper roof collapse June 4th, 1979
6/17/1979 Summer Jam/ Arrowhead -w/Ted Nugent/The Cars/Heart/Bob Welch/Missouri/Sammy Hagar
6/22/1979 George Benson & B.B. King /Kauffman Stadium -w/Chic, Ashford and Simpson, Tyrone Davis, Rose Royce
6/22/1979 Nazareth /Memorial Hall -w/Gran Max
6/30/1979 Renaissance/Memorial Hall -w/Tim Weisberg
7/3/1979 New Riders of Purple Sage /Lawrence Opera House
7/6/1979 Devo/Lawrence Opera House
7/15/1979 Ian Hunter & Mick Ronson /Memorial Hall
7/15/1979 Journey /Municipal Auditorium -w/Thin Lizzy
7/20/1979 Robert Fripp/Capers Corners -Frippertronics
7/28/1979 Robert Hunter/Pierson Hall -UMKC
8/19/1979 Poco /Memorial Hall -w/John Stewart
8/21/1979 Count Basie/Uptown Theatre -his 75th Diamond Jubilee
9/2/1979 Santana /Uptown Theatre
9/6/1979 Ray Charles /Uptown Theatre
9/14/1979 The Kinks/Memorial Hall
9/18/1979 David Grissman /Uptown Theatre
9/24/1979 The Knack /Uptown Theatre
9/28/1979 Waylon Jennings/Municipal Auditorium -w/Hank Williams Jr.
9/30/1979 Kiss/Municipal Auditorium -w/Judas Priest
10/5/1979 J.J. Cale /Memorial Hall
10/8/1979 Tom Waits /Uptown Theatre
10/19/1979 Talking Heads /Memorial Hall
10/24/1979 Joe Jackson /One Block West
11/24/1979 Sammy Hagar /Memorial Hall -w/Scorpions, The Hounds
12/1/1979 Muddy Waters /Uptown Theater
12/5/1979 Ramsey Lewis/Hoch Auditorium Lawrence
12/5/1979 The Buzzcocks/Lawrence Opera House -w/Ultravox
12/6/1979 Bob Marley & the Wailers /Hoch Auditorium Lawrence
12/8/1979 Styx /Municipal Auditorium -w/April Wine
12/10/1979 The Grateful Dead /Memorial Hall
12/11/1979 The Grateful Dead /Memorial Hall
12/12/1979 Rory Gallagher /Memorial Hall
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