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Bungo
I was there but I don't remember much about it except is was a HUGE venue and there was so much smoke you could barely see the stage. I think it set some sort of attendance record at the time.[/quote




I’m not sure about this show but the 1981 show at the Superdome was the record for the largest indoor US concert for many years it still could be to this day I do not know if has been broken yet.

I’m pretty sure Alice Cooper holds the World indoor record of 160,000 1974 São Paulo Brazil



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shattered
Was thinking about this last week and we talked about this gem in 2004: [iorr.org]

Does anyone remember if Roth play that guitar shaped like an ice cream bar for Ice Cream Man?

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Shawn20
I was very lucky - I saw Van Halen open for the Stones in New Orleans and Orlando. Great, great shows.

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Shawn20
I was very lucky - I saw Van Halen open for the Stones in New Orleans and Orlando. Great, great shows.

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Mr.D
I was there all the way from central Florida! Van Halen played half an hour, don't remember Roth playing any guitar...the Doobie Brothers were the Michael McDonald version, they sound like Steely Dan then to me! The Stones were hours late, they even had a Russian acrobat team to take up some time, the Stones finally came on at 11:30 and played till 1:45. At the time that was the largest indoor crowd to ever see a rock concert. The video of the show is probably the worst ever, I bet it is 5th or 6th generations from the master!

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Mr.D
I was there all the way from central Florida! Van Halen played half an hour, don't remember Roth playing any guitar...the Doobie Brothers were the Michael McDonald version, they sound like Steely Dan then to me! The Stones were hours late, they even had a Russian acrobat team to take up some time, the Stones finally came on at 11:30 and played till 1:45. At the time that was the largest indoor crowd to ever see a rock concert. The video of the show is probably the worst ever, I bet it is 5th or 6th generations from the master!

WoW! They came on at 11:30 and played till 1:45 !?! No wonder I remember so little. I must have been BlaStEd by that point. I sure as hell don't remeber any Russian acrobats. You couldn't do that show today because of the police state we live in. (thank you Al Qaeda). Does anyone remember if the floor was festival "seating" or assigned seating/chairs?

Also, I was at the '81 show in Houston and again I arrived late and didn't see the opening act(s). Are we saying that Van Halen opened for the Stones in '78 with their first record AND opened for them again in '81?

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TKinOH
VH opened in New Orleans in '78 and closed their Fair Warning tour in '81 with both Stones shows in Orlando.

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TKinOH
VH opened in New Orleans in '78 and closed their Fair Warning tour in '81 with both Stones shows in Orlando.

I saw NO and both Orlando shows in '81, in '78 VH were virtually unknown but by '81 they were one of the biggest bands in the world! The Orlando Sentinel panned VH's performance at the October 24th show(Bill Wyman's birthday!) At the start of the 2nd days show Dave had a copy of the newspaper, he read some excerpt's from the negative article then turned around, pulled his pants down and mooned the audience!

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TKinOH
VH opened in New Orleans in '78 and closed their Fair Warning tour in '81 with both Stones shows in Orlando.

I saw NO and both Orlando shows in '81, in '78 VH were virtually unknown but by '81 they were one of the biggest bands in the world! The Orlando Sentinel panned VH's performance at the October 24th show(Bill Wyman's birthday!) At the start of the 2nd days show Dave had a copy of the newspaper, he read some excerpt's from the negative article then turned around, pulled his pants down and mooned the audience!

Classic Dave!

I'm sure it's lost on some of the folks here on IORR, but if you were in your formative years between '78 and '84, living in suburban America, VH were at their peak and dominated the concert scene... When they were on stage and said "We'll see ya next year, Dayton!", they were back on the next tour and meant it!

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Cooltoplady
Do we have to post every show they did. So what NO was 40 year ago.

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Bungo
I was there but I don't remember much about it except is was a HUGE venue and there was so much smoke you could barely see the stage. I think it set some sort of attendance record at the time.[/quote




I’m not sure about this show but the 1981 show at the Superdome was the record for the largest indoor US concert for many years it still could be to this day I do not know if has been broken yet.

I’m pretty sure Alice Cooper holds the World indoor record of 160,000 1974 São Paulo Brazil

I was at the 81 show and it was the indoor record. It was broke by George Strait at AT&T stadium a few years ago. He played in the round made more seats available.

The 81 Stones show was crazy. The floor was general admission. You actually had zero control of your body. I would lean front then back and side to side it was kinda scary. I was only 16 at the time. Guy in the crowd freaked out and pulled a knife out making everyone try to get away from him. The force of the crowd shoved me and my friend right up to the plywood barrier in front of the stage Keiths side. Got hosed down with a fire hose by Mick. Crazy crazy time that was for me.



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