The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. CLEVELAND, Ohio - In 1974, Northeast Ohio's two most powerful music institutions joined forces to create the World Series of Rock. 1997-2023 Arnaud Durieux. Murray Saul and Shelly Stile of WMMS open a World Series of Rock show in 1975 [3], retrieved from www.youtube.com on August 10, 2008. The first concert of 1976 was scheduled for July 11 with Aerosmith, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Jeff Beck (with the Jan Hammer Group) and Derringer. The event was held in Cleveland, the home of the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. FM rock radio station WMMS sponsored the concerts. Back in the 1970's, Cleveland hosted an annual music festival called the World Series Of Rock and the 1979 version was insane! World Series Of Rock 38 Years Ago Today - Fleetwood Mac At Cleveland Stadium Fleetwood Mac, Bob Welch, Todd Rundgren & Utopia, The Cars, Eddie Money - Cleveland Stadium - August 26, 1978 38 years ago today in Northeast Ohio music history, Fleetwood Mac headlined the festival series, The World Series Of Rock at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Related News. The concert was held on July 28, 1979, at Cleveland Municipal Stadium and Aerosmith were ripe for the pickin'. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. The first show was held on . In 11 years with St. Louis the southpaw won 128 games with a 2.91 ERA, while completing 122 of his 224 starts. A total of 15 events were held between 1974 and 1980 featuring the top rock acts of the day. Thin Lizzy Gig Timeline. Attendance was by general admission. Original shirt July 28, 1979 World Series of Rock, Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Municipal Stadium Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Journey, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy This is the day Joe Perry walked out. There was a massive rock concert, drugs (LOTS of drugs), wives pulling each others hair and a glass of spilled milk (literally). Again, the panel discussion and live podcast event is FREE, but a table reservation via Music Boxs website is required. Tour statistics Hey, this setlist was played at a festival: Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! Bornino, Bruno, "88,000 rock fans win Modell's praise," Cleveland Press, September 2, 1974, p. A-1 (concertgoer jumped or fell through net behind home plate). World Series of Rock Jul 15, 1978 Cleveland Stadium Cleveland, Ohio, United States Scroll to: Top Bands Details Genres Setlists Videos Photos Map Comments Band Line-up Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) Foreigner Journey Trickster Concert Details Date: July 15, 1978 Venue: Cleveland Stadium Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States Notes: Members of Aerosmith and its entourage stopped by WMMS the night before the World Series of Rock concert for an interview with Denny Sanders. Upload a review if you were at any of these shows! Most of the attendees would tell you about the electric atmosphere that dominated Municipal Stadium, where the Indians used to play. CLEVELAND, Ohio - You won't get too far in old-school Cleveland music circles before running into someone who went to at . Bornino, Bruno, "Stadium rocks inside and out," Cleveland Press, June 27, 1977, p. B-2. Tour: The rest of the band, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks, flew to Cleveland to hold a press conference to explain the cancellation. Cleveland had been quite forgiving of Aerosmith considering that throughout most of the seventies they habitually cancelled their Cleveland concerts at the last minute including a low-priced mea culpa concert at Music Hall. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The concert series, which ran from 74 to 1980, was the brainchild of concert industry titan Belkin Productions and legendary radio station WMMS. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). [url=https://www.setlist.fm/edit?setlist=43d62fbb&step=song]Edit this setlist[/url] | [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/acdc-23d6807b.html]More AC/DC setlists[/url], On This Day in 2010 Malcolm Young Played His Last Show with AC/DC, Suite Sessions - "Electrical" by Tai Verdes at Curio Collection by Hilton. All rights reserved (About Us). First of all, the line up was incredible! This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article: "Everybody won with CSN&Y and company in the World Series of Rock", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Series_of_Rock&oldid=1125934771. From 1974 through 1980, Cleveland Stadium hosted a whos who of rock and roll, from Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones to Fleetwood Mac and Aerosmith. [4] The Cleveland Free Clinic staffed aid stations in the stadium with physicians, nurses and other volunteers, and through 1977, made its treatment statistics public. Hey, this setlist was played at a festival: Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! This site is not affiliated with the band or its management. World Series of Rock: 07/28/1979: Ted Nugent: AC/DC Aerosmith Journey Thin Lizzy: World Series of Rock: 07/19/1980: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: Def Leppard The J. Geils Band Eddie Money: PlumFest: 08/13/1983: Aretha Franklin Laci1717 rickms Uptowne roseytat MarkSWolford Hawkwyndca randallsmith oldpink jimbohio Setlist-1956 krgingerich01 fhabusta majbuzz rozbollvr edpetry NReihing KATE BUSH - THEM HEAVY PEOPLE LIVE (REVOLVER), KATE BUSH'S FIRST TV Kln Frechen Benzelrather Eisenbahn -Kite & Wuthering Heights LIVE. Get the Aerosmith Setlist of the concert at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA on July 28, 1979 from the Night in the Ruts Tour and other Aerosmith Setlists for free on setlist.fm! World Series of Rock 1979 setlists. Phil Rudd - Drums, Bill: Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Journey, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Scorpions, By Ed Bollinger, Mansfield, OH:I can't quite remember the set list, I was 16 and stoned. Festivals Report festival Recent visitors 112 festival people went. Get the Scorpions Setlist of the concert at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA on July 28, 1979 from the Lovedrive Tour and other Scorpions Setlists for free on setlist.fm! Scorpions Reveal 2022 North American Tour Dates with Whitesnake. March 17. Vocalist and guitarist Derek St. Holmes was replaced by Charlie Huhn and bassist Rob Grange by David Kiswiney. Stadium officials allowed seating on the playing field, which required fixing the turf before the Indians returned home. Bornino, Bruno, "Wet rockers unbeatable," The Cleveland Press, August 8, 1977. The showcase held at Cleveland Stadium featured a whos who of artists from rocks glory days, including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Aerosmith, Bob Seger, The Beach Boys and more. It was apparent from Aerosmiths lackluster and tension-filled performance at the World Series of Rock that the band was disintegrating. World Series of Rock event on March 9 at Music Box Supper Club. [1] Belkin Productions staged these events, attracting popular hard rock bands and as many as 88,000 fans. World Series of Rock event on March 9 at Music Box Supper Club. One of the few concerts I recall every moment of, mostly due the fact that I was 15 and sober. (1979 jul $12.50 , 1980 Oct $8.00, 1986 sept, 1996 $26.50, 2001 $45.50 Apr $45.00, 2009 $91.00). And given the performance the band gave the following day, it made perfect sense.. Date: July 28, 1979 Venue: Cleveland Stadium Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States Notes: Tour / Album Supported: State of Shock Attendance: 65,000 But few are as outrageous and worthy of rock and roll mythos as that of Aerosmith. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. [Reserve your table for CLE Rocks PresentsWorld Series of Rock]. World Series of Rock 1979 Setlists Jul 28 1979 Date Saturday, July 28, 1979 Venue Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA Report festival So far there are setlists of 6 gigs. The World Series of Rock 1979, Cleveland, OH was my first of 6 AC/DC concerts. Following the 1975 football season, groundskeepers completely resurfaced the field, and installed a drainage system, to repair damage from the rock concerts. The World Series of Rockwas a recurring, day-long multi-act summer rock concertheld at Cleveland Stadiumin Cleveland, Ohiofrom 1974 through 1980. Add setlist, 4 activities (last edit by Luke71, 9 Dec 2022, 18:41 Etc/UTC). County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin staged its own series of rock festivals, also called the World Series of Rock, in the early 1980s. Since then, "World Series of Rock" has become a generic term for multi-act concerts. [2] Attendance was by general admission. The concert series, which ran from '74 to 1980, was . The Aerosmith tour was to support their new album, A Night in the Ruts, which was supposed to be released in June but it remained uncompleted when the band was obligated to hit the road. Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Fleetwood Mac show crowd praised as best behaved," August 27, 1978 (man hanging from rafters lost grip and fell from upper deck). Concerts Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. The World Series of Rock was a recurring, day-long multi-act summer rock concert held at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio from 1974 through 1980. Perry played like he was on a different planet than the rest of the band. Tour statistics By Bill McAllister. Scott, Jane, "83,000 rock and roll with Jagger," The Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 2, 1978, p. 1-1. Holden, Robert H., "It's a gas, gas, gas[,] Roisterous crowd greets Rolling Stones," The Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 2, 1978, p. A-1. Saturday, May 31, 1975 Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, OH Chicago Chicago The Beach Boys Add Setlist Recent visitors 5 festival people went. [1] Belkin Productions staged these events, attracting popular hard rock bands and as many as 88,000 fans. There were two deaths. July 28, 1979 Setlist Jul 28 1979 AC/DC Setlist at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA Edit setlist Tour: If You Want Blood Tour statistics Add setlist Setlist Live Wire Problem Child Sin City Bad Boy Boogie The Jack Rocker Let There Be Rock I was there 11 setlist.fm users were there Edit setlist The Cleveland Press, "It's a hit, all bases are covered," June 24, 1974 (photo caption). All rights reserved (About Us). 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