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Due to Three Rivers Stadium's multi-purpose design, bands including Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, and The Who hosted concerts at the venue. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] On August 11, 1985, [ 45 ] Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band hosted the largest concert in Pittsburgh history, when they performed for 65,935 on-lookers. [ 46 ]
August 11, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–This show at Three Rivers Stadium was seen by 65,935 fans, the largest concert in Pittsburgh history. August 18, East Rutherford, New Jersey–Springsteen played his first concert at Giants Stadium , a venue he would visit many more times throughout his career, and which would eventually become the subject ...
Beginning April 17, 1976, it was the band's first major headlining tour. The band played some of the largest stadiums in the U.S., including the Silverdome, the Kingdome, Three Rivers Stadium, Angels Stadium, Sun Devil Stadium, and Comiskey Park. In the fall of 1976, Aerosmith toured Europe for the first time, supported by Phoenix. [5]
The sum of money was the band's takings from their three New York concerts. It was never recovered and the identity of the thief or thieves has never been discovered. [8] The band later sued the Drake Hotel for the theft. [9] Led Zeppelin hired for the first time The Starship – a former United Airlines Boeing 720B passenger jet.
Coincidentally, they were also the last band to perform at the Steelers' previous home, Three Rivers Stadium. [34] [35] Before the Steelers' regular season, the team played a pre-season game against the Detroit Lions on August 25, 2001. [36] Pittsburgh won the stadium's unofficial opening game 20–7, before 57,829 spectators. [37]
Mile High Stadium: July 23, 1976 Richfield: Richfield Coliseum: July 24, 1976 Pittsburgh: Three Rivers Stadium: July 25, 1976 Foxborough: Schaefer Stadium: July 27, 1976 Landover: Capital Centre: August 24, 1976 San Bernardino: Swing Auditorium: August 26, 1976 San Diego: San Diego Sports Arena: August 27, 1976 Los Angeles Universal ...
Mark Madden, a staff writer from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gave the performance at the Three Rivers Stadium a positive review. He acknowledged that more than 35,000 fans couldn't help but be struck when Eddie Van Halen's fleet fingers played through two hours of the band's biggest hits.
The Worldwide Texas Tour was a concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. Arranged in support of their 1975 album Fandango! , the band visited arenas, stadiums, and auditoriums from 1976 to 1977. The elaborate stage production was designed to bring Texas to national audiences, with regional fauna and flora .