Pieces of the arena were saved and created a lot of memorabilia for people to purchase as a keep sake. FAST FACTS In 1965, the Civic Arena would surrender the "world's biggest dome" crown to Houston's Astrodome - which measured 293 feet in diameter more than the Igloo. (See sidebar, "Black, Gold and Green" ) Focused on Recycling The Civic Arena demolition project also is on course to achieve a 95 percent recycling rate. There were 16,631 people in attendance. Civic Arena Roof is Open :) by penny lane on Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:55 pm . It was breezy enough that a wind-whipped tropical-imagery backdrop behind the stage had to be taken down partway through Buffetts set. The Rolling Stones performed three times in the arena: July 22, 1972; March 11, 1999; and January 10, 2003. Roof Of Civic Arena Opened Former Home Of The Penguins Being Torn Down. !, So This Is Love?, Mean Street, Oh, Pretty Woman, Unchained, Ill Wait, And the Cradle Will Rock, Hot for Teacher, Little Dreamer, Little Guitars, Jamies Cryin, Ice Cream Man, Panama, Aint Talkin Bout Love, 1984, and Jump., David Archuleta, Chikezie, Ramiele Malubay, Michael Johns, Kristy Lee Cook, Carly Smithson, Brooke White, Jason Castro, Syesha Mercado, Songs performed included Holly Holy, Beautiful Noise, Street Life, Love on the Rocks, Play Me, Cherry, Cherry, Thank the Lord for the Night Time, Home Before Dark, Dont Go There, Pretty Amazing Grace, Crunchy Granola Suite, Done Too Soon, Brooklyn Roads, I Am, I Said, Solitary Man, Kentucky Woman, Forever in Blue Jeans, Sweet Caroline, You Dont Bring Me Flowers, Song Sung Blue, Im a Believer, Man of God, Hell Yeah, Cracklin Rosie, America, and Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show., Songs performed included Seven Bridges Road, How Long, Take It to the Limit, Hotel California, Peaceful Easy Feeling, I Cant Tell You Why, Witchy Woman, Lyin Eyes, Walk Away, The Boys of Summer, In the City, The Long Run, Lifes Been Good, Dirty Laundry, Funk #49, Heartache Tonight, Life in the Fast Lane, Take It Easy, Rocky Mountain Way, and Desperado., Songs performed included Night Enchanted, March of the Kings, An Angel Came Down, O Come All Ye Faithful/O Holy Night, The Prince of Peace, First Snow, A Mad Russians Christmas, Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24), Good King Joy, Ornament, Old City Bar, Promises to Keep, This Christmas Day, An Angel Returned, Epilogue, Wizards in Winter, Queen of the Winter Night, The Mountain, Believe, A Last Illusion, Siberian Sleigh Ride, An Angels Share, Tracers, Mozart/Figaro, Christmas Canon Rock, Carmina Burana, Requiem (The Fifth), and Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness)., There were 12,937 people in attendance. Leah! and Love is Like a Rock. Songs performed by Deasy included Lost in America., Songs performed by U2 included City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, The Electric Co., I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Cant Make It On Your Own, Love And Peace Or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet The Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where The Streets Have No Name, One, The First Time, Stuck In A Moment You Cant Get Out Of, Party Girl, With Or Without You, All Because Of You, Yahweh, and 40.. There were 13,500 people in attendance. The arena's design incorporated 2,950 tons of stainless steel from Pittsburgh. This show was cancelled two days prior. On November 24, 2010, the building's demolition was delayed due to a last-minute nomination as a National Historic Landmark. Bartender (Its So Easy), Answer the Phone, and Mean Machine/Blitzkrieg Bop., There were 12,126 people in attendance. 1865 to 1929. Songs performed by Deep Purple included Highway Star, Nobodys Home, Strange Kind of Woman, A Gypsys Kiss, Perfect Strangers, Under the Gun, Lazy, Child in Time, Knocking at Your Back Door, Difficult to Cure, Space Truckin, Woman From Tokyo, Speed King, and Smoke on the Water., There were 8,759 people in attendance. Fantasy, Unbroken Chain, Help Is On the Way/Slipknot/Franklins Tower. Leshs band included Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks. Songs performed by Young included Old Man, Heart of Gold, Comes a Time, Four Strong Winds, Field of Opportunity, It Might Have Been, and Needle and the Damage Done. Songs performed by Jennings included Are You Ready for the Country?, Mama, Dont Let your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, Luckenbach, Texas, Good Hearted Woman, Only Daddy Thatll Walk the Line, Are You Sure Hank Done It This-a-Way, Clyde, and Gemini Song. Songs performed by Colter included Storms Never Last, Ridin Shotgun, Whats Happened to Blue Eyes?, and Im Not Lisa., There were 8,141 people in attendance. Songs performed by Nugent included Hibernation. Songs performed by Foreigner included Feels Like the First Time, Long, Long Way From Home, Cold as Ice, Starrider, Fool for You Anyway, At War With the World, The Damage Is Done, and Woman Oh Woman. Songs performed by The Dictators included (I Live for) Cars and Girls.. More than 5,000 people attended the opening six days earlier, including hundreds of black Pittsburghers who wondered why their community leaders were shunted to the back of the official crowd. Songs performed by Benson included On Broadway, Beyond the Sea, Being With You, Affirmation, My Latin Brother, In Your Eyes, Moodys Mood, Unforgettable, Georgia on My Mind, No One EMotion, I Just Want to Hang Around You, 20/20, Turn Your Love Around, The Greatest Love, There were 9,150 people in attendance. In the early days, The Pittsburgh Dome was also popular name choice, but nothing came of it. Address: 66 Mario Lemieux Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 412-642-1800 Songs performed by Rush included Force Ten, Limelight, Freewill, Distant Early Warning, Time Stand Still, Dreamline, Bravado, Roll the Bones, Show Dont Tell, The Big Money, Red Sector A, Subdivisions, The Pass, Wheres My Thing?, Closer to the Heart, Xanadu, Superconductor, Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio, and 2112 Part I: Overture/Finding My Way/La Villa Strangiato/Anthem/Red Barchetta. Songs performed by Eric Johnson during his 40-minute set included Righteous, High Landrons, Trademark, Forty Mile Town, Pavilion, Desert Rose, and Cliffs of Dover., Songs performed by Abdul included Opposites Attract, The Way That You Love Me, and Straight Up., There were 16,212 people in attendance. What had been constructed was one of the most unique structures of its time, a giant dome that retracted. Songs performed by the Dixie Chicks during their 100+ minute set included Goodbye Earl, Long Time Gone, Tortured, Tangled Hearts, Travelin Soldier, Hello, Mr. Heartache, White Trash Wedding, Landslide, Godspeed, and Top of the World. Opener Osborne joined the Dixie Chicks for a performance of Am I the Only One (Who Ever Felt This Way)., Clay Aiken, Kimberly Caldwell, Julia DeMato, Kimberley Locke, Rickey Smith, Charles Grigsby, Carmen Rusmusen, Trenyce. [38] The Arena opened on September 17, 1961. There were 8,321 people in attendance. Note that these times may vary with special events and the season. The audience was described as two sparse crowds., Songs performed by Chicago included Saturday in the Park, Colour My World, Baby What a Big Surprise, If You Leave Me Now, Make Me Smile, Uptown, 25 or 6 to 4, Mongonucleosis, Im a Man, Dialogue, Wake Up Sunshine, This Time, Just You n Me, Take Me Back to Chicago, Mississippi Delta, and Hit By Varese., The stage was set up in the center of the arena floor. Former members of the Pittsburgh Steelers appeared onstage between performances, including Franco Harris and Louis Lipps. 1960 to 2000. Songs performed by the Allmans included In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, Blue Sky, One Way Out, Midnight Rider, Melissa, and Never Knew How Much. Songs performed by Molly Hatchet included Flirtin With Disaster, Gator Country, and a cover of Long Tall Sally. The Post-Gazette published a concert review highly critical of Gregg Allmans voice, prompting Allman to subsequently telephone the reviewer to complain. There 16,623 people in attendance. The first half of the concert was Young alone (with, occasionally, some backing singers) with the second half of the show was Neil backed by the Shocking Pinks. Songs reportedly performed: Already Gone, James Dean, Too Many Hands, Good Day in Hell, One of These Nights, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise), Desperado, Visions, Witchy Woman, Lyin Eyes, Tequila Sunrise, Rocky Mountain Way, Funk #49, Turn to Stone, Take It Easy. One source suggests that this concert might have been Joe Walshs first performance with the band. This date was added after the 9/21/84 date sold out almost immediately. The arena was located in downtown Pittsburgh and often referred to as the "Igloo" of the city. Before the start In practice, the roof was rarely opened. Songs performed included Rock and Roll, Sick Again, Over the Hills and Far Away, In My Time of Dying, The Song Remains the Same, The Rain Song, Kashmir, No Quarter, Trampled Under Foot, Moby Dick, Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Black Dog., There were 8,012 people in attendance. How are public schools especially helpful for recent immigrants? Although Cougar was included in ads for the concert, he was not mentioned in reviews so its unknown whether he performed. Light to Night Festival 2023 embraces the theme of 'Here and Now' and explores what it really means to be in the present. It was Presleys second appearance in Pittsburgh ever (counting a two-night stand in June 1973 as one booking. Songs performed by Nugent included Hard As Nails, Jail Bait, Scream Dream, Free-For-All, Put Up or Shut Up, My Love Is Like a Tire Iron, Great White Buffalo, Cat Scratch Fever, Land of 1000 Dances, Wang Dang Sweet Poontang. During Cat Scratch Fever the Arena roof opened a bit, reportedly for the first time in years. On September 17, 1961, the Ice Capades hosted the arena's first event. Although concerts were a part of its original intended uses, it was also home for the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League and the American Basketball Leagues Pittsburgh Rens. It was the Penguins who added the extra large scoreboard, causing it. There were around 13,000 people in attendance. The arena appeared on WQED's mid-1970s national production ident. [18], The Pittsburgh Triangles of World TeamTennis hosted three Eastern Division Championships at the arena from 1974 through 1976 and the Bancroft Cup finals in 1975, winning the title on August 25, 1975, with paid attendance of 6,882. Songs performed included Stand and Fight, Money Machine, Twelve Gates to the City, Steamroller, Wandering, Sweet Baby James, Riding on a Railroad, Walking Man, Summers Here, Up on the Roof, Fire and Rain, Millworker, Lighthouse, Blossom, I Will Follow, Her Town Too, Looking for Love on Broadway, Youve Got a Friend, How Sweet It Is, Hard Times, Your Smiling Face, and Hey Good Lookin., Songs played included Incident at Neshabur, Europa, Soul Sacrifice, Primera Invasion, American Gypsy, Searchin, E Papa Re, The Sensitive Kind, Winning, Tales of Kilimanjaro, Black Magic Woman, Savor, Jingo, Body Surfing, Well All right, Transcendence, Open Invitation, Shes Not There, and Shake Your Moneymaker., Songs performed by Van Halen included On Fire, Sinners Swing!, Hear About It Later, So This Is Love?, Jamies Cryin, Runnin With the Devil, Dance the Night Away, Sunday Afternoon in the Park, Romeo Delight, Everybody Wants Some! 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.. It is considered by most music critics to be The Doors very best live recording. The Civic Arena opened in 1962 with a stainless steel dome 415 feet in diameter (the world's largest at the time) composed of eight sections that are supported by a cantilevered tripod that holds six of the sections when they are swiveled back. At the tim, it was a record crowd for a country show at the Arena (and the only prior shows to have comparable sized audiences at the Arena were The Beatles, Tom Jones, Lawrence Welk, Frank Sinatra, and Chicago). was the Penguins who added the extra large scoreboard, causing it Songs by Rusted Root included Ecstasy and All Along the Watchtower. Songs performed by Iris included Ah! Songs performed by the Marshall Tucker Band in their over 90-minute-long set included Take the Highway, Heard It In a Love Song, Takes Time, Special Someone, Ill Be Lovin You, Lets Tell the Blues, This Ol Cowboy, Fire on the Mountain, Somethings Missing in My Life, Cant Ya See, Ramblin, Bob Away My Blues, Lets Tell the Blues, Searching for a Rainbow, and Long, Hard Ride., Songs performed by The Jacksons included Can You Feel It, Things I Do for You, Off the Wall, Ben, This Place Hotel, Shes Out of My Life, I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save, Ill Be There, Rock With You, Lovely One, Workin Day and Night, Dont Stop Til You Get Enough, and Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)., There were 17,679 people in attendance. Songs performed by Nevile included Ave Maria and Silent Night., There were 11,209 people in attendance for this sold-out concert. Click HERE for this week's ice schedule 12/18-12/24 Click HERE for next week's ice schedule The show was originally going to be at Three Rivers Stadium with J. Geils Band and Ted Nugent opening. There were 14,001 people in attendance. The show was moved to the Syria Mosque due to poor ticket sales. Songs performed by the Dead included Jack Straw, It Must Have Been the Roses, New Minglewood Blues, Friend of the Devil, Cassidy, Big Railroad Blues, Promised Land, Man Smart/Woman Smarter, Crazy Fingers, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Terrapin Station, Wharf Rat, Throwin Stones, Turn on Your Love Light, Revolution, and Brokedown Palace., There were 4,678 people in attendance. Songs performed included Youve Got Another Thing Coming, Breaking the Law, Electric Eye, Love Bites, Jaw Breaker, Heavy Duty, Heads Will Roll, Night Comes down, Defenders of the Faith, Metal Gods, Sinner, The Green Manalishi, Desert Plains, Grinder, Victim of Changes, Freewheel Burning, The Sentinal, and Rock Hard, Die Free.. Songs performed included Its a Miracle, Daybreak, Somewhere in the Night, Mandy, I Made It Through the Rain, Even Now, Weekend in New England, Cant Smile Without You, Harmony, Copacabana, I Write the Songs, Guillaume Tell Ouverture, and Let Freedom Ring., The show was sold-out. Songs performed by Diamond during the two-hour show included Cherry, Cherry, Sweet Carolne, I Am, I Said, Love on the Rocks, September Morn, Brooklyn Roads, If You Know What I Mean, Hello Again, Heartlight, You Dont Bring Me Flowers, America, Soolaimon, Brother Loves Traveling Salvation show, Beautiful Noise, Jungletime, Cracklin Rosie, and Forever in Blue Jeans., This date was added after the 4/10/86 and 4/11/86 dates sold out, making ZZ Top the first musical act ever to perform for three consecutive nights at the Arena. After also failing to get historic status approval from City Planning and City Council, Preservation Pittsburgh filed a federal lawsuit in another attempt to save the arena. Songs performed by Led Zeppelin included Were Gonna Groove, Dazed and Confused, Heartbreaker, Bring It On Home, White Summer/Black Mountain Side, Since Ive Been Loving You, Thank You, What Is and What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love.. Songs performed by Styx included Renegade, Grand Illusion, Fooling Yourself, Lady, Blue Collar Man, and Come Sail Away. Songs performed by Angel included Dont Leave Me Lonely, Flying With Broken Wings, Tower, and a cover of I Aiont Gonna Eat Out My Heart Any More., Songs performed by Seger included Old Time Rock & Roll, Rock and Roll Never Forgets, Travelin Man, Katmandu, Beautiful Loser, Let It Rock, Hollywood Nights, Night Moves, Mainstreet, Feel Like a Number, Fire Down Below, Ramblin Gamblin Man, Weve Got Tonight, and a cover of Nutbush City Limits. Songs performed by Molly Hatchet included Bounty Hunter, Big Apple, and Dreams Ill Never See., Starting this month, the Civic Arena decided to require all concerts to be reserved seating and eliminate festival seating (an open floor of standing room). Currently a parking lot for PPG Paints Arena occupies the space of the former arena. However, demolition was finished early as the last panel of the retractable roof fell down on March 31, 2012.[60]. The Carpenters performed with a 24-piece orchestra. Songs performed by Squier included Emotion in Motion, The Stroke, Everybody Wants You, In the Dark, Lonely Is the Night, Whadda You Want From Me, I Need You, Learn How to Live, Too Daze Gone, Shes a Runner, Listen to the Heartbeat, My Kinda Lover, Keep Me Satisfied, and a cover of The Rolling Stones Rip This Joint. Songs performed by Saga included On the Loose, Its Time, Careful Where You Step, and Wind Him Up. It was Sagas third appearance at the Civic Arena as an opening act in a 6-month span. Songs performed by Jay-Z included D.O.A. Taylor, Rick Witkowski, Margot B., Good Brother Earl, Crave, There were 8,000 people in attendance. Songs performed during the two-and-a-half-hour show included Perfect World, Give Me the Keys, I Know What I Like, Naturally, Whole Lotta Lovin, Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do, Hip to Be Square, I Want a New Drug, Old Antones, Small World, Power of Love, The Boys Are Back in Town, Give Me Some Keys, Youre Still a Young Man, and The Heart of Rock n Roll., Songs performed by Aerosmith included Dream On, Walk This Way, Sweet Emotion, Dude (Looks Like a Lady), Rag Doll, Same Old Song and Dance, Draw the Line, and Permenent Vacation. Songs performed by Guns N Roses included Paradise City and Sweet Child O Mine., Eric Clapton performed a two-hour show for 14,199 people. 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.. Songs performed by the Marshall Tucker Band included Running Like the Wind, It Takes Time, Cattle Drive, See You One More Time, Heard It In a Love Song, Ramblin, Fire On the Mountain, In My Own Way, 24 Hours at a Time, Cant You See, and Searchin For a Rainbow. Songs performed by the Henry Paul Band included Turn It Up, Go Down Rockin, Whiskey Talkin, Feel the Heat, So Long, Grey Ghost, and Knoxville Girl. Two police officers after an attempt to arrest a concertgoer for disorderly conduct turned into a brawl between police and the mans friends. All of the below information was compiled from historical newspaper accounts, band websites (both official and fan-sourced), and concert archival websites. Songs performed by Traffic included 40,000 Headmen and Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys. Songs performed by Cocker included High Time We Went, Pardon Me Sir, and Drownin.. The closed building officially became the Civic Arena again. The Bee Gees performed two concerts here on September 45, 1979 during their Spirits Having Flown Tour. [40] On January 21, 1990, the Civic Arena hosted the 41st National Hockey League All-Star Game. Songs performed by Night Ranger included Suster Christian, Sentimental Street, and The Boy Needs to Rock. Songs performed by Starship included Somebody to Love and White Rabbit., Mellencamp performed his 2 and a half hour set on Thanksgiving Day with no opening act to the 15,935 people in attendance. Songs performed by Guns N Roses included Welcome to the Jungle, Its So Easy, Mr. After the Quadrophenia set, The Who also played Wont Get Fooled Again, Behind Blue Eyes, and Who Are You. Songs performed by Perry included House of the Rising Sun., Songs performed by Rusted Root included Faith I Do Believe, Ecstasy, Virtual Reality, Infinite Space, Voodoo, Lost in a Crowd, Beautiful People, Cruel Sun, Primal Scream, Heaven, Cover Me Up, Sister Contine, Silver-N-Gold, Laugh as the Sun, Martyr, Back to the Earth, and Send Me on My Way. Songs performed by Iris included Ah! Songs performed by Chicago included Saturday in the Park, Its All Right, Does Anyone Know What time It Is, and Mononucleosis. The roof was opened in the middle of Chicagos set. [10], The $22 million ($202million in 2021 dollars[3]) arena was completed for the CLO in 1961. Songs performed by ZZ Top during the their 84-minute set included Got Me Under Pressure, Sleeping Bag, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Tube Snake Boogie, La Grange, Arrested for Driving While Blind, Rough Boy, Sharp Dressed Man, Stages, and Tush. Songs performed by Barnes included Without Your Love, Resurrection Shiffle, Ride the Night Away, American Heartbeat, and Daylight., Songs performed by ZZ Top included Got Me Under Pressure, Sleeping Bag, Waitin for the Bus, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Gimme All Your Lovin, Ten Foot Pole, Manic Mechanic, Heard It on the X, Rough Boy, Cheap Sunglasses, Arrested for Driving While Blind, Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Cant Stop Rockin, Stages, Velcro Fly, Tube Snake Boogie, La Grange, and Tush., This show was rescheduled from 4/3 (King Cobra was scheduled to open the earlier date). 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.. The Turtles, The Grass Roots, The New Hudson Exit, The 55, The Ohio Express, The Shadows of Knight, Canned Heat, Bob Seger System, The Goodies, Derek, Tommy James and The Shondells. Songs performed by Bon Jovi included Lay Your Hands on Me, Id Die for You, Wild in the Streets, You Give Love a Bad Name, Tokyo Road, Born to Be My Baby, Let It Rock, Ill Be There for You, Blood on Blood, Runaway, Livin on a Prayer, Ride Cowboy Ride, Wanted Dead or Alive, Bad Medicine, and a cover of Gimme Some Lovin. Bon Jovi brought out Pittsburgh friends Norm Nardini, Paul Shook, and Nason Gieg to perform with the band on Gimme Some Lovin., This date was added after 6/13/89 sold out. The Civic Arena is historic. 1930 to 1959. On September 16, 2010, the Allegheny County Sports and Exhibition Authority voted unanimously to demolish the Civic Arena. Songs performed by the Statler Brothers included Do You Remember These?, Class of 57, Bed of Roses, Flowers on the Wall, Elizabeth, Atlanta Blue, and Hello, Mary Lou. Songs performed by Milsap included What a Difference She Made in My Life, Pure Love, Am I Losing You, Wouldnt Have Missed It For the World, Smoky Mountain Rain, Stranger in My House, She Keeps the Home Fires Burning, Blue Suede Shoes, and Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On. Songs performed by Skaggs included Highway 40 Blues, Hallelujah, Im Ready to Go, Uncle Pen, Something In My Heart, Wheel Hoss, and Heartbroke. Songs performed by Greenwood included God Bless the U.S.A., and Dixie Road. Songs performed by Larry Lee Jones included Atlanta Station. Jones was a local performer who won a band contest to appear at the start of the show. This was the first time The Moody Blues performed in Pittsburgh. The show was rescheduled from 10/14/77, but this show was also cancelled. . The Jacksons performed at Pittsburgh Civic Arena on August 13, 1981, during their Triumph Tour. 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) . Reviews of the show were lukewarm-to-poor, with Cocker singled out as as being subpar. There were over 17,000 people in attendance. Songs performed by AC/DC included Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Back in Black, Hells Bells, Highway to Hell, TNT, High Voltage, Heatseeker, Let There Be Rock, and The Jack., There were around 7,300 people in attendance. Songs performed by Chicago included Stop the Hurtin, Make Me Smile, Colour My World, Saturday in the Park, If You Leave Me Now, Love Me Tomorrow, Hard Habit to Break, Limelight, Stay the Night, Prima Donna, Beginnings, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is, Along Comes a Woman, Hard to Say Im Sorry, We Can Stop the Hurtin, Get Away, 25 or 6 to 4, Get Away, and Im a Man., There 14,678 people in attendance. In 1960 the Civic Center was an important stop on President John . Songs performed included A Cowboys Work Is Never Done., There were a disappointing 9,800 people in attendance. The robber shot and wounded a man in the knee and took his car to make a getaway. On May 4, 1968, the Pipers, led by future Hall of Famer Connie Hawkins, claimed the ABA's first ever championship, defeating the New Orleans Buccaneers before a Game 7 sold-out crowd of 11,457 in the Civic Arena.[50]. , Help Is on the Way/Slipknot/Franklins Tower police officers after an attempt to arrest concertgoer. 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