The Penguins won their first game at the Arena on October 21, when they became the first expansion team to beat an original NHL franchisebesting the Chicago Black Hawks 42. There were 17,053 people in attendance. It honors the Pens' three Stanley Cup championships and since they're running out of steel from the roof, this is the. 1, and Optimistic., There were about 17,000 people in attendance. AWB songs performed include Pick Up the Pieces, Person to Person, Cut the Cake, Goin Home, Love Your Life, If I Ever Lose This Heaven, and A Love of Your Own. Songs performed by Kool & the Gang included Jungle Boogie, Summer Madness, Carribean Festival, and Universal Sound. Songs performed by Wild Cherry included Play That Funky Music, Dont Go Near the Water, and Nowhere To Run To., Songs performed by Kiss included Detroit Rock City, King of the Night Time World, Flaming Youth, Watchin You, Hotter Than Hell, Cold Gin, Nothin to Lose, Shout It Out Loud, Do You Love Me, God of Thunder, Rock and Roll All Nite, Deuce, Firehouse, and Black Diamond., Sam Butera and the Witnesses, comedian Pat Henry. There were 12,365 people in attendance for this sold-out show. 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. 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. When was the last time the Civic Arena roof was opened? Roller Derby featuring the hosting New York Chiefs took place at the Arena as well. Songs performed during the two and a half hour set included Black Magic Woman, Oye Coma Va, Jingo, Shes Not There, All I Ever Wanted, Primera Invasion, Savor, Across the Sky, Europa, Gypsy Queen, Incident at Neshabur, Soul Sacrifice, Across the Sky, Searchin, Body Surfing, Open Invitation, American Gypsy., Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band, comedian Lonnie Shorr. included Daybreaker, Showdown, Day Tripper, Ocean Breakup/King of the Universe, Bluebird Is Dead, Oh No Not Susan, New World Rising/Ocean Breakup (Reprise), 10538 Overture, Violin Solo, Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Great Balls of Fire, and Roll Over Beethoven. Songs performed by the James Montgomery Band included Love Is the Thing, Early in the Morning, and Train., Mandrill entered from the rear of the arena and walked up the aisles to the stage. Songs performed by Squier included The Stroke, Everybody Wants You, Rock Me Tonite, Take a Look Behind Ya, My Kinda Lover, Lonely Is the Night, In the Dark, Keep Me Satisfied, Hand-Me-Downs, Reach For the Sky, and Learn How to Live. Songs performed by Ratt included Round and Round, Wanted Man, and The Morning After., There were around 4,000 people in attendance. Songs performed by the Moody Blues included Gemini Dream, The Voice, Rock N Roll Over You, Tuesday Afternoon, I Know Youre Out There Somewhere, The Story in Your Eyes, Want to Be With You, Veteran Cosmic Rocker, Your Wildest Dreams, Isnt Life Strange, Here Comes the Weekend, New Horizons, Talking Out of Turn, The Other Side of Life, Im Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band), Nights in White Satin, Legend of a Mind, Question, and Ride My See-Saw. Songs performed by Kilzer included Red Blue Jeans and Green, Yellow and Red., There were around 13,100 people in attendance. Songs performed by AC/DC included Highway to Hell, The Jack, Fly On the Wall, Back in Black, and You Shook Me All Night Long, Hells Bells, Shake Your Foundations, Shoot to Thrill, Whole Lotta Rosie, Sink the Pink, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Songs performed by Malmsteen included Ill See the Light Tonight, Dont Let It End, On the Run Again, Caught in the Middle, Far Beyond the Sun, and Anguish and Fear., There were 5,913 people in attendance. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie appeared on the show date in Pittsburgh for the media to explain their cancellation. Songs performed by Nugent included No, No, No, Fightin Words, Bound and Gagged, Wang Dang Sweet Poontang, Dog Eat Dog, Cat Scratch Fever, Free-For-All, Hey Baby, Wango Tango, and Great White Buffalo. Songs performed by Axe included I Got the Fire, Silent Soldiers, and Rock n Roll Party., The show was nearly sold out. The arena was located in downtown Pittsburgh and often referred to as the "Igloo" of the city. Its roof, which was supported by a 260-foot-long cantilevered arm (a . Songs performed by Roth included Everybody Wants Some, Bump and Grind, Pretty Woman, Panama, Yankee Rose, and Aint Talkin Bout Love. Songs performed by Cinderella included Once Around the Ride, Nothin for Nothin, In From the Outside, Somebody Save Me, Night Songs, Push Push, Nobodys Fool, Hell on Wheels, and Shake Me., There were 12,887 people in attendance. Songs perfomed by Thorogood included Long Gone, Who Do You Love, Wanted Man, Cocaine Blues, In the Night Time, I Drink Alone, One Bourbon, one Scotch, One Beer, The Sky Is Crying, Madison Blues, Bad to the Bone, Gear Jammer, Move It On Over, Ride On Josephone, and Reelin and Rockin. Songs perfomed by Winter included an untitled 11-minute jam plus Rock Me Baby, Dont Take Advantage of Me, Mad Dog, Johnny B. Goode, and I Smell Trouble., There were 12,295 people in attendance. There were 16,868 people in attendance. Songs performed by the Doobie Brothers included Listen to the Music, China Grove, Takin It to the Streets, Black Water, Jesus Is Just alright, Long Train Running, Little Maxine, Wheels of Fortune, For Someone Special, Get Up and Dance, and Eyes of Silver., Songs performed by Parliament Funkadelic included Give Up the Funk, Get Off Your Ass and Dance, Red-Hot Mama, Cosmic Slop, If You Aint Gonna Get It On, Do That Stuff, Dr. 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 included Vesti La Giubba., Songs performed by Clapton included Mothers Children Have a Hard Time, Malted Milk, How Long Blues, Kid Man Blues, County Jail Blues, Forty-Four, Blues All Day Long (Blues Leave Me Alone), Goin Away Baby, Standin Round Crying, Im Your Hoochie Coochie Man, It Hurts Me Too, Blues Before Sunrise, Third Degree, Reconsider Baby, Sinners Prayer, I Cant Judge Nobody, Someday After a While, Im Tore Down, Have You Ever Loved a Woman, Cross Cut Saw Blues, Five Long Years, Born Under a Bad Sign, Groaning the Blues, Crossroads, Taint Nobodys Bizness If I Do, and Sweet Home Chicago., Songs performed by NIN included Mr. The roof could be opened in two-and-a-half minutes. (Till You Drop), Women, Another Hit and Run, Too Late for Love, Hysteria, Gods of War, Die Hard the Hunter, Bringin on the Heartbreak, Foolin, Animal, Pour Some Sugar on Me, Let It Go, Rock of Ages, Photograph, and a cover of Good Golly Miss Molly. Songs performed by Tesla included Cumin Atcha Live, Gettin Better, and Rock Me to the Top., Songs performed by Whitesnake included Bad Boys, Slide It In, Slow an Easy, Here I Go Again, Guilty of Love, Is This Love, Love Aint No Stranger, Crying in the Rain, Still of the Night, Give Me All Your Love, and a cover of Tush., There were 12,506 people in attendance (one source said 12,400). The show took place on election day in which Richard Nixon was re-elected President. For much of its final decade, it was known as Mellon Arena due to a naming-rights sponsorship. Songs performed included Ill Tumble 4 Ya, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Karma Chameloen, Church of the Poison Mind, Victims, Thats the Way, Miss Me, White Boy, Take Control, Its a Miracle. This was the first concert with a younger audience at which the Arena sold beer. Songs performed by Lee included One in a Million, Pickin Up Strangers, Bet Your Heart on Me, and Lookin For Love., Songs performed during the 65-minute set included Night and Day, In the Still Of the Night, All Or Nothing At all, I Get a Kick Out of You, The One That I Love Belongs to Somebody Else, Without a Song, I Cant Get Started, It Had to Be You, The Lady Is a Tramp, New York, New York, Monday Morning Quarterback, For Once in My Life, Gonna Fall in Love Again, Like a Sad Song, Stargazer, Laura, The House I Live In, Summertime, It Aint Necessarily So, Oh, Bess, Oh Wheres My Bess., This night sold out, so a second show was added on 6/8/82. (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. This date was added after the 9/21/84 date sold out almost immediately. For many, the Civic Arena was the site of their very first major concert experience. Charlie, Throwing Stones, Not Fade Away, Stella Blue, and Box of Rain. Songs performed by Hunter included Wharf Rat, Loose Lucy, Loser, Into the Blue, Black Muddy River, Promontory Rider, Ripple, and Boys in the Barroom., Songs performed by Springsteen included The Rising, Lonesome Day, No Surrender, Night, Empty Sky, Youre Missing, Waitin on a Sunny Day, Out in the Street, Worlds Apart, Badlands, Shes the One, Marys Place, Countin on a Miracle, Youngstown, Into the Fire, Dancing in the Dark, Code of Silence, Glory Days, Born to Run, My City of Ruins, Born in the U.S.A., Land of Hope and Dreams, Thunder Road, and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town. Joe Grushecky joined the band on Code of Silence, Glory Days, and Born to Run., Songs performed by the Stones included Street Fighting Man, Start Me Up, If You Cant Rock Me, Dont Stop, Monkey Man, Angie, Live With Me, Let It Bleed, Midnight Rambler, Tumbling Dice, Slipping Away, Happy, Gimme Shelter, You Got Me Rocking, Cant You Hear Me Knocking, Honky Tonk Women, (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction, Its Only Rock n Roll (But I Like It), Like a Rolling Stone, Brown Sugar, and Jumpin Jack Flash., Songs performed by Strait included Heartland, Run, Amarillo By Morning, and Murder on Music Row., Songs performed by John solo included Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Philadelphia Freedom, The Wasteland, I Want Love, Rocket Man, I Guess Thats Why They Call It the Blues, Take Me to the Pilot, Tiny Dancer, Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting, and Crocodile Rock. Songs performed by Joel solo included Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, Movin Out (Anthonys Song), Prelude/Angry Young Man, Allentown, An Innocent Man, The River of Dreams, I Go to Extremes, New York State of Mind, Its Still Rock and Roll to Me, and Only the Good Die Young. Songs performed by John and Joel together included Your Song, Just the Way You Are, Dont Let the Sun Go Down on Me, My Life, The Bitch Is Back, You May Be Right, Bennie and the Jets, A Hard Days Night, Great Balls of Fire, and Piano Man., Songs performed by Yanni included On Sacred Ground, Felitsa, Keys to Imagination, If I Could Tell You, Playtime, Enchantment, Rainmaker, The Promise, Within Attraction, Aria, For All Seasons, Nightingale, Dance With a Stranger, Jivaeri, Never Too Late, Nostalgia, Marching Season, Acroyali, Standing in Motion, Niki Nana, World Dance, Reflections of Passion, anmd Santorini., Songs performed by Bon Jovi included Bounce, You Give Love a Bad Name, Wild in the Streets, Livin on a Prayer, Everyday, Undivided, Runaway, Just Older, Wanted Dead or Alive, The Distance, Its My Life, Bed of Roses, Misunderstood, Ill Be There for You, Hook Me Up, Blaze of Glory, Raise Your Hands, Ill Sleep When Im Dead, Born to Be My Baby, Have a Little Faith in Me, Keep the Faith, and Bad Medicine. Songs performed by Goo Goo Dolls included Dizzy, Slide, Big Machine, Black Balloon, Smash, Tucked Away, Name, All Eyes on Me, Here Is Gone, What a Scene, Broadway, Sympathy, and Iris.. On the evening of June 24, 1987, the roof of the Civic Arena opened to the summer sky, delighting the 8,963 fans attending a Beach Boys concert that night. The show was moved to the Syria Mosque due to poor ticket sales. The arena was set up in a theater-style configuration. Songs performed by Genesis included Eleventh Earl of Mar, In the Cage, Burning Rope, Ripples, Deep in the Motherlode, The Fountain of Salmacis, Scenes From a Nights Dream, One for the Vine, Squonk, Say Its Alright Joe, Ballad of Big, The Lady Lies, The Cinema Show, Afterglow, Follow You Follow Me, Dance on a Volcano, Los Endos, and I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe).. They were driven in a beige Dodge camper with out-of-state license plates, which drove into the Arena through an underground ramp twenty minutes after the opening acts had begun performing. There were 12,756 people in attendance. Songs performed by Metallica included Blackened, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Harvester of Sorrow, Eye of the Beholder, Master of Puppets, One, Seek & Destroy, And Justice for All, Creeping Death, Fade to Black, Battery, Last Caress, Am I Evil?, Whiplash, and Breadfan. Songs performed by Queensryche included Queen of the Reich, Anarchy-X, Revolution Calling, Operation: Mindcrime, Speak, Spreading the Disease, Take Hold of the Flame, The Needle Lies, Chemical Youth (We Are Rebellion), and Eyes of a Stranger.. Over 30,000 tickets had been sold for the two shows, and it was on pace to become among the biggest events in arena history. There were 14,505 people in attendance. The Arenas distinctive bubble-like look led immediately to a wide array of nicknames: the Silver Derby, the Chrome Dome, the Flipped Lid, the Costly Cupcake, the Big Beanie, and eventuallyafter the Penguins took up residency at the Arena in 1967the Igloo. There were 14,001 people in attendance. This show was postponed to 2/19/99 due to an illness in the band. What is a place that honors a thing or a personSh_ine? Before tickets for this show went on sale, it was postponed indefinitely. Mark Knopfler and Alan Clark of Dire Straits were playing in Claptons band. Happy Goodmans, the Easters, The Hoppers, Jessy Dixon, Candy Hemphill-Christmas, Janet Paschal, Jake Hess, Rex Nelon, Songs performed by Midler included From a Distance, Im Beautiful, You Make Me Feel, Do You Wanna Dance?, Lullaby in Blue, The Rose, I Regret Everything, Otto Titsling, Marahuana, The Lady Is a Tramp, Sophie Tucker, South Seas, My Way, Delores Delago, I Think Its Going to Rain Today, Mary, Sunrise Sunset, Wind Beneath My Wings, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Stay With Me, and One for My Baby (And One More for the Road).. Songs performed by Boston included Rock & Roll Band, Party, Peace of Mind, Feelin Satisfied, Smokin, Foreplay/Long Time, Something About You, Dont Look Back, The Journey, and More Than a Feeling., There were 17,123 people in attendance. [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. 13,845 people were in attendance at the show, a new Arena record at the time (some sources reported 13,911 or 14,044). K-Ci and Jojo were scheduled to perform but they did not appear. Thomas included Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head, Hooked On a Feeling, New Looks From an Old Lover, and Rock n Roll Lullaby, Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love, Im So Lonesome I Could Cry. Songs performed by the Righteous Brothers included Unchained Melody, Sometimes When We Touch, Soul Man, and (Youre My) Soul and Inspiration., There were about 16,000 people in attendance. Songs performed by Osbourne included I Dont Know, Flying High Again, Mr. Led Zeppelin played a 15 song set on July 24, 1973 drawing 40,000 fans. This date was added after the 7/21/96 date sold out. This was the day that legendary promoter Pat DiCesare brought Beatlemania to Pittsburgh. Songs performed by the Dead included New Minglewood Blues, Sugaree, Looks Like Rain, Dire Wolf, Beat it on Down the Line, Loser, El Paso, Tennessee Jed, Lazy Lightnin, Supplication, Scarlet Begonias, Dancin in the Streets, Samson and Delilah, Terrapin Station, Around and Around, and U.S. America's first high school basketball All-Star game, The Dapper Dan Roundball Classic was held at the arena annually between 1965 and 1992. This show was cancelled and did not take place. [5] The Penguins played their first game at PPG Paints Arena October 7, 2010. This concert appears on some show lists, but evidence of this date hasnt yet been found. The show began at 3 in the afternoon, and after it was over Welk and his musicians went to the downtown Chatham Cinema to see a movie. Songs performed by New Order included Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, Ceremony, Sunrise, Every Little Counts, 1963, Subculture, Weirdo, Face Up, Temptation, Blue Monday, The Perfect Kiss. Echo & The Bunnymen played a 75 minute set, including Over the Wall, Rescue, Bombers Bay, Crocodiles, Seven Seas, Bedbugs and Ballyhoo, The Killing Moon, The Cutter, New Direction, Ocean Rain, Lips Like Sugar, Thorn of Crowns, Do It Clean.. Frontman Axl Rose began the show wearing a Jerome Bettis jersey and later changed into a Mario Lemieux sweater. Listings for the concert also included Deftones as an opening act, but that doesnt appear to have occured. 2 shows. Songs performed by the Bee Gees included Tragedy, Night Fever, Stayin Alive, You Should Be Dancing, Night on Broadway, Jive Talkin, Too Much Heaven, Words, Love So Right, To Love Somebody, Edge of the Universe, I Started a Joke, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, Massachusetts, Run to Me. Songs performed by the Sweet Inspirations included Hot Stuff, Knock on Wood, Hot Butterfly, Sweet Inspiration, and I Will Survive., Songs performed by Blue Oyster Cult included Dominance and Submission, Dr. The seating capacity of Civic Arena over time went as follows: [45] 10,732 (1961-1967) 12,508 (1967-1968) 12,580 (1968-1972) 12,866 (1972-1973) 13,431 (1973-1974) .

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