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Tad Gormley Stadium City Park NOLA concert history (lolBR)

Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:54 pm
Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:54 pm


As Baton Rouge embarrasses itself yet again with Bayou Country Superfest, let's take a look at the storied history of Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park,New Orleans. Its list of bands that have graced the venue stacks up with the best.

The Beatles (1964)
Jimi Hendrix (1968)
Allman Brothers Band (1972)
Eric Clapton (1974)
The Ramones
Pearl Jam
Rage Against the Machine
Tool
Bob Seger (1976)
Peter Frampton (1976)
Marshall Tucker Band (1977)
Zebra (1983)
Leon Russell
Vanilla Fudge (1968)
ZZ Top
Aerosmith (1975)
This post was edited on 5/27/14 at 12:55 pm
Posted by pmacneworleans
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:58 pm to
Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper, Freddie King, Wet Willie, need to be added to the City Park list.
Posted by Paul Allen
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:58 pm to
How was it an embarrassment?
Posted by rutiger
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:59 pm to
quote:

Posted by Message Paul Allen Tad Gormley Stadium City Park NOLA concert history (lolBR) How was it an embarrassment?


I frickin hate country music, but i have the same question.
Posted by CaptainPanic
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:59 pm to
So let me get this straight. Arguably the largest city in the US for music gets more music than a city less than an hour away?

Pretty mind blowing stuff right there Heady
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:07 pm to
Yea NOLA is cool, NOLA people. You don't have to be so self-conscious about it all the time, people are aware it's a cool city. Congrats on Zebra and Marshall Tucker playing at some stadium in your super awesome city you need to constantly remind everyone of all the time.
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:09 pm to
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How was it an embarrassment?
NOLA never has shitty stadium packing mainstream acts go through there. NEVER. way too heady.

oh wait...
Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
the Verde River
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:10 pm to
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Congrats on Zebra


Zebra kicks arse

quote:

some stadium in your super awesome city you need to constantly remind everyone of all the time.


I thought you were complaining about the lack of conflict since the departure of Burt Brah.
Posted by danman6336
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:10 pm to
and one more to make it three:

BR >>> lolNOLA
Posted by The Mick
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:10 pm to
Day of Rock:

Journey as the sun set and then into the night. Was awesome.
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:11 pm to
quote:

I thought you were complaining about the lack of conflict since the departure of Burt Brah.
NOLA is fricking gay
Posted by Tommy Noble
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:12 pm to
To be fair to lolBR, the P-Mac had some pretty good acts back in the day as well.
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
43058 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:14 pm to
Concerts at Tad Gormley Stadium
1964
1964 Sep 16 The Beatles
1968
1968 Apr 5 Vanilla Fudge
1968 Aug 1 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
1972
1972 Jul 21 The Allman Brothers Band
1974
1974 Jul 7 Leon Russell
1974 Jul 31 Eric Clapton
1975
1975 Jun 7 Alice Cooper/Johnny Winter/Suzy Quatro
1975 Jul 26 Aerosmith\ZZ Top
1976
1976 May 30 Marshall Tucker Band
1976 Jun 20 J Giels Band
1976 Jun 27 Aerosmith
1976 Jun 27 Nazareth
1976 Jul 31 Black Oak Arkansas / J Geils / Peter Frampton / Bob Seger / Montrose / Trapeze, Bayou Boogie Festival
1977
1977 Jun 5 Bob Seger / Foriegner
1977 Jun 5 Fleetwood Mac / Kenny Loggins
1977 Jul 3 Marshall Tucker Band
1982
1982 Aug 8 Ozzy Osbourne, Superstar Sunday
1982 Aug 8 Loverboy, Superstar Sunday
1982 Aug 8 LeRoux, Superstar Sunday
1982 Aug 8 Foreigner, Superstar Sunday
1983
1983 Jul 17 Foghat, Rock 'N Roll Super Bowl
1983 Jul 17 Journey, Rock 'N Roll Super Bowl
1983 Jul 17 Bryan Adams, Rock 'N Roll Super Bowl
1983 Jul 17 Zebra, Rock 'N Roll Super Bowl
1993
1993 Jun 12 Jimmy Buffett
1995
1995 Sep 17 The Ramones
1995 Sep 17 Pearl Jam
2001
2001 Oct 27 Tool/Black Crowes/Bush/Gov't Mule,
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:18 pm to
quote:

To be fair to lolBR, the P-Mac had some pretty good acts back in the day as well.
yup

big acts would stop at the PMAC instead of going to that smelly rat infested shithole down south, and then to to Houston or Memphis or ATL, depending on the direction

My dad saw Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Elton John, Frank Zappa, etc at the PMAC
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:20 pm to
LSU's PMAC has had all the great bands.

quote:

Former District Attorney Ossie Brown led a campaign in 1982 against rock concerts in Baton Rouge after the drunken exploits of an overzealous crowd at an AC/DC concert in the River Center was publicized.

Brown convinced the Metro Council to pass a prohibitive tax on large music productions, which applied to concerts in the PMAC and the River Center and crippled the ability of local venues to be attractive options for national production companies


Posted by rutiger
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Member since Jun 2007
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:20 pm to
The dead never played at tad?
Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
the Verde River
Member since Jan 2013
21590 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:20 pm to
Let's add in the Warehouse in NOLA for good measure:

Pink Floyd
The Grateful Dead
The Who
The Doors (last ever concert)
Talking Heads (closed out the venue)
Sly and the Family Stone
The Stooges
The Guess Who
Elton John
Jethro Tull
Rod Stewart
Emerson,Lake,and Palmer
The Meters
T.Rex
Jeff Beck
Herbie Hancock
Billy Preston
Ohio Players
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Electric Light Orchestra
Santana
Rush
Bob Marley & the Wailers
The Cars
Robert Palmer
Tom Petty
Thin Lizzy
the B52s
Posted by The Mick
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:21 pm to
I saw U2 there
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:22 pm to
PMAC had all those bands as well. Most of them anyways.

The grateful dead played there as well.
This post was edited on 5/27/14 at 1:26 pm
Posted by lsu2006
BR
Member since Feb 2004
39978 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 1:26 pm to
You mean to tell me that New Orleans has a historically better musical pedigree than Baton Rouge?

No way. Seriously. I dont believe you. Shocking. Wow.
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