Major Concerts at the DECC: 1966 to 2010

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This feature is an ongoing attempt to list all the major concerts at the DECC Arena and Symphony Hall from 1966 to 2010, which of course includes the era when they were known as the Duluth Arena and Duluth Auditorium.

The images above were added four years after this post was started. They were created by Duluth artist Don Esse in 2016 for the DECC’s 50th anniversary, commissioned for a gallery of memorable concerts on the concourse walls of DECC Arena.

Recommend additions to this list in the comments, or point out if you have missing dates or opening acts.

The Beach Boys and the Unbelievable Uglies — Aug. 13, 1966
Herman’s Hermits, the Hollies and the Seven Sons — Jan. 1, 1967
The Supremes — 1967
Paul Revere and the Raiders, Sounds Inc and Seven Sons — 1967
Linda Ronstadt
Grand Funk Railroad
Herman’s Hermits and the Who

The Letterman — April 18, 1968
Rare Earth
Chicago
Lawrence Welk
Shawn Phillips
Sonny & Cher

The Buckinghams and 1910 Fruitgum Company — 1968
Johnny Cash, Mother Maybelle, June Carter, the Statler Brothers, et. al. — Oct. 11, 1968
Hank Snow, Roy Drusky, Bobby Lord and Margie Bowls — Nov. 3, 1968

Buck Owens, Don Rich and the Buckaroos, etc. — June 19, 1971
International Rock Opera Company presents Jesus Christ Superstar — Dec. 8, 1971
Three Dog Night — Feb. 4, 1972

Andy Williams and Henry Mancini — March 4, 1972
Duke Ellington — April 1, 1972
Creedence Clearwater Revival — May 7, 1972
Johnny Cash with the Carter Family, Tennessee Three and Carl Perkins — May 21, 1972
John Denver — March 23, 1973

Charley Pride Duluth Concert

Charley Pride, The Pridesmen, Johnny Russell, Alex Houston and Elmer — April 29, 1973
Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac and Rory Gallagher — May 8, 1973
Gordon Lightfoot — Feb. 16, 1974
Dr. John, Kiss and Raspberries — Nov. 3, 1974
Roy Orbison and Joleen Benoit — Jan. 25, 1975

Bill Anderson and the Po’ Boys, Jan Howard, Jimmy Gateley — Jan. 26, 1975
Alice Cooper — July 3, 1975
Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow

Blue Oyster Cult, Rush and Ozone Grater & the Moon Rock Band — May 23, 1976
ZZ Top and J. Geils Band — July 21, 1976

The Lettermen — July 23, 1976
Bobby Vinton and the Jack Gillespie Orchestra — Sept. 9, 1976
Elvis Presley — Oct. 16, 1976
Hall & Oates and Funky Kings — Nov. 2, 1976

Kiss and Uriah Heep — Jan. 18, 1977
Elvis Presley — April 29, 1977
Styx and Rush — May 8, 1977
Ted Nugent — May 1977
Firefall, Pablo Cruise and Pure Prairie League — Sept. 21, 1977
Harry Chapin — Oct. 1, 1977
Melissa Manchester — Oct. 20, 1977

Blue Oyster Cult, Black Oak Arkansas and Lake — Oct. 23, 1977
Sha Na Na and Darryl Rhoades & the Hahavishnu Orchestra — March 5, 1978
Gordon Lightfoot — March 11, 1978

Ronnie Milsap, Rex Allen Jr. and Dotsy — May 14, 1978
The Kendalls, David Houston, Gene Watson, Tom T. Hall, etc. — Oct. 7, 1978
Emerson Lake and Palmer — Nov. 7, 1977
The Doobie Brothers — Nov. 24, 1977
Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty — March 12, 1978
Montrose, Journey and Van Halen — March 29, 1978

REO Speedwagon and the Babys — April 30, 1978
Heart — Nov. 26, 1978
Harry Chapin — May 11, 1979
Cheech & Chong — May 18, 1979

The Charlie Daniels Band – May 18, 1979
Nazareth and Jay Ferguson — May 31, 1979
Edgar Winter Group and Montrose
Cheap Trick and the Romantics — July 19, 1979
The Platters, the Shirelles, Freddie Cannon and Danny & the Juniors — Sept. 22, 1979

Van Halen and Screams — Sept. 25, 1979
Doc Watson — Oct. 5, 1979

Kiss and John Cougar (Judas Priest failed to appear) — Oct. 6, 1979
ZZ Top and the Rockets — March 3, 1980
John Denver — June 4, 1980
Ted Nugent — June 7, 1980

Waylon Jennings & the Waylors, the Original Crickets, and the Joe Ely Band — June 8, 1980
The Beach Boys — July 1980
Molly Hatchett and Michael Schenker Group — Dec. 1980

Ted Nugent — June 26, 1981
Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band — Aug. 28, 1981
Barry Manilow
Ozzy Osbourne and Starfighters — Jan. 17, 1982
Loverboy and Quarterflash — Feb. 15, 1982
Bobby Vee, Del Shannon, Tommy Roe, the Crystals, the Regents and Freddie “Boom Boom” Cannon — May 23, 1982
John Denver — Aug. 7, 1982
B.B. King — Sept. 26, 1982
Pat Benatar — Nov. 16, 1982
The Charlie Daniels Band — Nov. 21, 1982
Judas Priest — Jan. 30, 1983
Hall & Oates — April 19, 1983
Sammy Hagar — April 29, 1983
The Oak Ridge Boys and Lacy J. Dalton — July 17, 1983
Loverboy and Quiet Riot — July 27, 1983
The Tubes and the Romantics — Oct. 8, 1983
The Statler Brothers and Charly McClain — Nov. 19, 1983

Ricky Skaggs and the Whites — Jan. 29, 1984
Conway Twitty and Ronnie McDowell — Feb. 19, 1984
Gordon Lightfoot — April 21, 1984

Ozzy Osbourne Duluth

Ozzy Osbourne and Ratt — April 22, 1984

Ted Nugent and Pat Travers — May 5, 1984
38 Special and Eddie Money — June 22, 1984
Huey Lewis & the News — July 22, 1984
Sammy Hagar and Krokus — Oct. 7, 1984
Kiss — March 13, 1985
Bryan Adams and Kim Mitchell — July 19, 1985
Krokus and Dokken — 1985
Motley Crue and Autograph — Nov. 5, 1985
Kiss and King Kobra — March 15, 1986
Loverboy and the Hooters — March 30, 1986
Robert Palmer and Bourgeois Tagg — May 1986
Starship — Aug. 12, 1986
The Monkees — Nov. 8, 1986

David Lee Roth and Tesla — Feb. 7, 1987

The Johnny Cash Show — Mar. 13, 1987
Bryan Adams and the Hooters — July 26, 1987
Whitesnake and Great White — Nov. 11, 1987
INXS and Steel Pulse — May 18, 1988

REO Speedwagon — July 27, 1988

Poison and Britny Fox — Nov. 6, 1988
Stryper and White Lion

Metallica and the Cult — June 8, 1989
Cinderella, Winger and Bulletboys — July 12, 1989
George Thorogood and Zen Identity — Aug. 6, 1989
Motley Crue and Faster Pussycat — March 11, 1990
Richard Marx — March 31, 1990
Kiss, Slaughter and Faster Pussycat — May 27, 1990
Randy Travis
Bad Company and Damn Yankees — Feb. 27, 1991
Warrant, Trixter and Firehouse — Jun. 2, 1991
ZZ Top — Aug. 21, 1991
Metallica — Nov. 9, 1991
Skid Row and Love/Hate — May 24, 1992
M.C. Hammer
Tesla and Firehouse — Aug. 11, 1992
Def Leppard — Nov. 14, 1992
Damn Yankees, Slaughter and Jackyl — Dec. 9, 1992
Queensryche and Suicidal Tendencies
Billy Ray Cyrus
Alan Jackson
Brooks & Dunn

The Moody Blues and Duluth Symphony — March 9, 1994
Barry Manilow — April 12, 1994
Indigo Girls — May 12, 1995
Big Head Todd and the Monsters — Oct. 31, 1995
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill — Dec. 29, 1995
James Brown
The BoDeans
Soul Asylum and Honeydogs — Sept. 4, 1996
Melissa Etheridge — Sept. 30, 1996
Starship and the Outfield — 1996
Hootie and the Blowfish and They Might Be Giants — Nov. 3, 1996
Big Head Todd and the Monsters — March 10, 1997
Collective Soul — July 16, 1997
B. B. King — Nov. 11, 1997
Sammy Hagar — Nov. 23, 1997
Violent Femmes — Feb. 28, 1998
Megadeth, Sevendust and Monstermagnet — June 21, 1998
Yanni
Aerosmith and Seven Mary Three — Nov. 13, 1998
Bob Dylan — Oct. 22, 1998
Motley Crue and Nobody — Nov. 25, 1998
Jonny Lang — Feb. 20, 1999
Lyle Lovett — March 16, 1999
Collective Soul — April 13, 1999
38 Special — July 1 or 2, 1999
Def Leppard — Aug. 7, 1999
Ani DiFranco, Gillian Welch and Greg Brown — March 10, 2000
Indigo Girls — June 25, 2000
George Thorogood — July 4, 2000
“Weird Al” Yankovic — Oct. 16, 2000
Alison Krauss & Union Station — Nov. 19, 2000
Steve Earle & the Dukes with Stacey Earle — Feb. 26, 2001
Violent Femmes and Harmony Riley — April 28, 2001
Ani DiFranco — June 23, 2001
Rod Stewart — Nov. 12, 2001
REO Speedwagon and Styx — March 3, 2002
The Newsboys
Jewel — 2002
Poison — 2002
Anne Murray — 2002
Gordon Lightfoot — 2002
Bonnie Raitt and Lyle Lovett — Aug. 26, 2002
Kenny Chesney — Sept. 18, 2002
Incubus — October 2002
Snoop Dogg — Dec. 4, 2002
James Taylor — 2003
Tori Amos — March 30, 2003
Tom Petty — July 9, 2003
George Jones — March 12, 2004
The Eagles — May 16, 2004
Kid Rock — Aug 19, 2004
Cher — Nov.17, 2004

Nickelback — Jan. 30, 2006
Wilco and the Black-eyed Snakes — July 2, 2006
James Taylor — Aug. 8, 2006
Goo Goo Dolls — Feb 25, 2007
Shawn Colvin — May 4, 2007
“Weird Al” Yankovic — June 24, 2007
Davy Jones — Feb. 7, 2009
Wilco — Feb. 19, 2010
Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper — May 12, 2010

65 Comments

jayinduluth

about 12 years ago

Willie Nelson played in the auditorium a couple years ago.

ms dean

about 12 years ago

There was a Richard Marx show in the '90s (or late '80s?).  

Also, I think it's worth noting that They Might be Giants was the opening act for Hootie.

waferdog

about 12 years ago

Michael Damien performed in the Auditorium with "special guest" Johnny Depp sometime in the fall of 1989 I believe. I do not remember who opened.  I also seem to recall that Tesla played the Arena with Warrant and Firehouse sometime in '89 or '90.  Rob Zombie also played Pioneer Hall a few years before the 2010 show.  Finally, Gordon Lightfoot has played the Auditorium twice more since 2002.

llinmpls

about 12 years ago

Deep Purple and Nazareth played the Arena in the 1970s.

Rij

about 12 years ago

Dug out my vast collection of ticket stubs and found these, which don't appear to have been mentioned yet.  Starship Aug. 12, 1986.  The Monkees Nov. 8, 1986.  Warrant,Trixter and Firehouse Jun. 2, 1991.  Skid Row with Love/Hate May 24, 1992.  Kid Rock Aug 19, 2004.  Cher Nov.17, 2004.  Nickelback Jan. 30, 2006.  Goo Goo Dolls Feb 25, 2007.  Cheryl Crow May 9, 2011.

Rij

about 12 years ago

Forgot to mention that after the arena show, the guys from Warrant, Trixter and Firehouse showed up at the Pacific Club in Superior and and TOTALLY ROCKED!!

Drab T-Shirt

about 12 years ago

Waylon Jennings Arena 6/8/80
Molly Hatchett/Michael Schenker Group Arena Dec 1980
Reel Big Fish Tap Room 4/5/02
Urge Overkill Norshor 11/26/04
Robert Palmer/Bourgeois Tagg 5/86 Auditorium
Zen Identity opened for Thorogood in 89
The Romantics opened for Cheap Trick in 79 and the Tubes in 83
Steel pulse opened for INXS in 88
King Kobra opened for Kiss in 86
Honeydogs opened for Soul Asylum in 96

Herzog

about 12 years ago

Hole opened for Nine Inch Nail at one point, I don't know if they made it  to Duluth, in fact, I don't see any Grunge era acts on the bill?  Soundgarden should've played the Norshore. But OMF, what a major cock block of hair metal acts though!  I don't know how I got through the 80's. Guess I should be thankful I did.  CCR played somewhere around the DECC in summer of '69.  I shit you not.  I'll get the exact date from my neighbor as soon as I am able.  I think the Doors played as well, Alice Cooper probably, a whole slew of bands that predated '76.  And by that, I don't mean in a sexual predator way, but then again...

jj

about 12 years ago

Collective Soul came twice to the Auditorium around '96 and '99

Swan

about 12 years ago

I saw ted Nugent at least three times at the DECC in the 1970's. I'll dig for ticket stubs for other missing show. My first show was Black Oak Arkansas and Ted Nugent circa 1976 (pretty cool to a 5th grader back then).

ms dean

about 12 years ago

Now that I'm home with my ticket stubs...

According to my ticket, the 1998 Aerosmith show happened on May 3.

The Tori Amos show was on March 30, not the 31st.

The Hootie show was on Nov. 3

Lyle Lovett, March 16, 1999
Collective Soul, July 16, 1997
Big Head Todd and the Monsters, March 10, 1997
Indigo Girls, May 12, 1995

And apparently I was at that ZZ Top show in '91, though I have no memory of it.

woody

about 12 years ago

My first concert ever was the Kiss Dynasty Tour at the DECC, October 1978.  John Cougar opened up for them.  I remember him getting booed off the stage.  Pretty cool for a sixth grader...

Duluthanasia

about 12 years ago

If anyone has any, I'd be interested in purchasing old hard rock/metal posters from any of these shows.

ms dean

about 12 years ago

Bonnie Raitt and Lyle Lovett was Aug. 26, 2002

Slim Jimmy M

about 12 years ago

Harry Chapin played the Auditorium twice; Oct 1, 1977 and May 11, 1979

Also, that Hall And Oates show at the Arena was April 19, 1983.

Paul Lundgren

about 12 years ago

Aerosmith was originally scheduled to play on May 3, 1998, but Steven Tyler was injured during a show a few days earlier and needed surgery, so the Duluth show was postponed until Nov. 13 -- Friday the 13th, as a matter of fact.

markjoberg

about 12 years ago

MC Hammer played at the DECC in the summer of 1992.  I'm sure of that, because the Skid Row concert in May was my first and MC Hammer went down a couple of months later (August maybe? I know it was before school started...).

Andrew Olson

about 12 years ago



Aug. 1, 2007 - Queens of the Stone Age

They actually named their tour the "Duluth Tour" that year and were focusing on cities similar to this one in size. I interviewed Dean Fertita, who was in QOTSA, Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather about the tour and he said it was his favorite tour. 

The show poster that was created was sent to Duluth, Ga. and never arrived in time for the concert. I found one on eBay a few years ago for $25 from the artist who saved a few.

Andrew Olson

about 12 years ago

Here is the show poster from the Wilco show. It is really amazing to see up close. 



This is a link to a site where you can still purchase it for $25 if any of you are interested.

Touchdown

about 12 years ago

One of the, if not the last official Giljunko show, was opening for Mike Watt and the Secondmen at the NorShor sometime in 2003. A year or two later when I was playing with The Black Labels, we opened for the Skatalites in the main room of the NorShor. Good times. They're no Skid Row, but it was pretty damn cool. I couldn't find posters for either show, so if anybody has any I would love to seem them. Also, please confirm dates for either show. The only record I have of the Mike Watt show is a picture of me and Mike on the couch at the Shaky Ray.

jj

about 12 years ago

Doobie Brothers pre 1980
Rick Springfield with Till Tuesday but Till Tuesday cancelled
Bryan Adams
Scorpions

Touchdown

about 12 years ago

Oh, and sorry. I meant to post that Mike Watt/Skatalites info in the Rock Facts thread...this is about DECC shows.

markryan

about 12 years ago

I can't give exact dates but here's what I remember:

1967 
The Supremes (I worked at the Arena and Diana Ross asked me where the ladies' room was - called me sweetie).
Paul Revere and the Raiders.

1971-74
Creedence Clearwater Revival (I think Tony Joe White opened)
Three Dog Night, two or three times
Johnny Cash
Linda Ronstadt
Grand Funk Railroad
Rare Earth
Chicago
Lawrence Welk (I was shooting for WDIO)
Shawn Phillips

GuyStunning

about 12 years ago

Not sure if this qualifies as "major" or not, but White Lion opened for Stryper at the DECC sometime in 1989. Not so sure it shouldn't have been the other way around...

mnbeerdrinker

about 12 years ago

Eric Clapton was supposed to play here in 1982, but cancelled due to a medical emergency.

Also, not music, but I do remember going to see Bob Hope with my parents.

Tom

about 12 years ago

The Beach Boys played the first major concert at the DECC on August 13, 1966.  They also came back there in July 1980.

Barrett Chase

about 12 years ago

Davy Jones died this morning. He performed at the DECC on Feb. 7, 2009.

DaVe

about 12 years ago

Argent  -'70s
Redbone- opening for ?  -'70s
Climax Blues Band  -'70s
Maybe Savoy Brown.  So long ago.The false memories may be creeping in.

Rita

about 12 years ago

Randy Travis performed in the Arena, Fall of 1990 I think. Don't recall who opened.

TimK

about 12 years ago

1975 or '76 was a bill with Foghat, Black Oak Arkansas and the headliner was Blue Oyster Cult. I remember because of an awesome section in "Don't Fear the Reaper" where everybody in BOC grabbed a guitar to play the same part in unison. My 16-year-old brain was blown!

Rij

about 12 years ago

A friend of mine told me he saw that Beach Boys show in 1966 and that The Who was the opening act.  Don't know if I believe him.  Can anyone confirm?

jj

about 12 years ago

Confirmed on the Beach Boys with cover band being The Who. I was there! Also in 1966 or 1967, Peter and Gordon were there and Herman's Hermits. I also saw the Byrds and the Ventures but that was at the Curling Club a year or two before the Arena opened.

todobrillante

about 12 years ago

TimK, were there multiple Blue Oyster Cult shows? I have this rock poster that shows a '76 date in Duluth with Rush:

Old Duluth Rock Shows/Posters?

TimK

about 12 years ago

Yes- I believe they played a couple of times. The show I saw must've been '75 (now that I think about it).

ms dean

about 12 years ago

More ticket stubs...

Jonny Lang, Feb. 20, 1999
Collective Soul, April 13, 1999

ms dean

about 12 years ago

Ani DiFranco came back on September 16, 2009 with opening act Gregory Alan Isakov.  They played in the Harbor View Room, I think.

Paul Lundgren

about 12 years ago

Yep. The DiFranco show was originally supposed to be in the auditorium, but she requested about a week before the show that it be moved to the Harborside Ballroom. Apparently she likes to play smaller rooms and the auditorium wasn't going to sell out.

jj

about 12 years ago

Crosby, Stills, and Nash don't remember the year though.

JohnMichaels

about 12 years ago

I have some concert memories from the 1980s and '90s.  To Waferdog: The 'Johnny Depp" at the Michael Damian show turned out to be an imposter.  We were all fooled at the time, and I've talked to Michael about it since then, and always had a good laugh.  Also, I don't remember that the MC Hammer show ever happened.  I recall that one was scheduled, tickets went on sale, etc., but then the show was cancelled, ostensibly because his stage was too big to fit the DECC ... but we figured it was because of a lack of ticket sales.  My memory about that may be faulty, though.  Are we including comedy shows, too?  Because I also remember Jay Leno and Gallagher (separately) playing the DECC auditorium.

Herzog

about 12 years ago

Alice Cooper definitely played around '71 or '72, my neighbor, who just wandered by serendipitously was able to clarify. His brother's friend's dad had access to a hearse, and loaned it out to the band... pictures are in some shoebox in Duluth.

Danny

about 12 years ago

Gallagher was indeed at the auditorium.  I don't remember the year (if I had to guess I would say 1990) but I know for sure that it was on a Halloween, October 31st.

Another recent show to add to the list: Korn on May 13, 2009.

Paul Lundgren

about 12 years ago

Gallagher and George Carlin performed in the auditorium a couple of times. Louie Anderson, Steven Wright, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld ... there have been a bunch of comics at the DECC. It should probably be a separate list.

princelumber

about 12 years ago

That Queensryche/Suicidal show was 89 or 90...

Paul Lundgren

about 12 years ago

Here are photos from Ken Kalligher's MySpace page of Van Halen in Duluth, which Kalligher notes are circa 1979 and "taken w/ a Pentax ME 35mm."









And there's even a Scorpions shot.

antique

about 12 years ago

Emerson Lake and Palmer November 7, 1977

Christine Hanks

about 9 years ago

Doobie Brothers were in Duluth, I am pretty sure, on Thanksgiving in 1978.

Christine Hanks

about 9 years ago

Got it....Doobie Brothers in Duluth November 24, 1977.  I have alot of my ticket stubs and will see if I can find them and have more dates.

Bonnie Brown

about 9 years ago

I know that I saw ZZ Top in the DECC somewhere around 1979-1980. They must not have been too well known at the time as there was practically no one there! Everyone fit on the floor with LOTS of elbow room (no seating).

kevinp

about 9 years ago

Any idea when Ted Nugent with the Scorpions played there? I believe it was sometime in 1980. I saw a couple other concerts I attended listed, but cannot see anything on Ted Nugent or the Scorpions around that time. It was Ted Nugents Scream Dream Tour. Thanks for listing these on this site.

Larry Radloff

about 8 years ago

Does anyone remember who opened for Huey Lewis in 1984?  If I remember right, and it was a long time ago, but I thought it was a comedian.....

Paul Lundgren

about 8 years ago

Nugent

This clip from the May 19, 1977 UMD Statesman confirms a Nugent appearance at the Duluth Arena. The show must have been a few days before the publication date.

Thanks to Ron Brochu for maintaining an archive of his time at the Statesman. The caption of the illustration above notes the "photographer didn't show up" and the illustration of Nugent was done by "Pud." Ron informed me that "Pud" is Oddio Nib.

Classic.

Pete Barnett

about 7 years ago

I could have sworn that there was a free concert series in the summer of 99 when they had 38 Special and  George Thorogood. Anyone else remember these concerts?

Paul Lundgren

about 7 years ago

Indeed. The free 38 Special show in the DECC Auditorium was a day or two before the Bob Dylan and Paul Simon show at Bayfront Park in 1999.

The following year, George Thorogood was booked to play FourthFest at Bayfront Park. The forecast was for rain, so the concert was moved to the DECC Auditorium. It ended up not raining that day, but it was too late to move the show back outside.

Gary Plesko

about 6 years ago

Sorry if it was already mentioned, but I don't see Ritchie Blackmore & Rainbow listed.  This would have been about 1976 ?

Tim Hunt

about 6 years ago

George Thorogood and Zen Identity — Aug. 6, 1989 (Was 1988 w/ Brian Setzer)

Starship and the Outfield — 1996 (Was 1986, I remember this because The Outfield made everyone sit before they would continue to play then got booed off the stage 2 songs later.)

Kay Strand

about 5 years ago

Tom Jones played in 1970s.

Paul Lundgren

about 5 years ago

An Italian rock fan and gig collector sent me an email listing U.S. tours of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow:

- November 1975
- June, July, August 1976
- May, June, July, August 1978
- September, October, November, December 1979
- February, March, April, May 1981
- May, June, July, August 1982
- October, November, December 1983
 
Our Italian friend is looking to get in touch with anyone in Duluth who has any kind of memory about the Rainbow gig in Duluth or memorabilia such as "vintage press with concert preview, concert review, gig advert of those days."

Paul Lundgren

about 5 years ago





Gary Androsky sent me these two images. I'm not sure what years they relate to.

Beth Umphress

about 4 years ago

I remember going to the Guess Who in the mid-70s as well as a concert opened by Ruby star, then Peter Frampton, with headliner AC/DC in the mid 70s. I also attended an Edgar Winter band concert in the mid 70s.

Paul Lundgren

about 4 years ago



Year unknown: Charlie Daniels Band and Henry Paul Band, May 18, Duluth Arena.

Jeff Miletich

about 4 years ago

Twin Ports band Grassfire opened for Three Dog Night. In 1970 there was a tour with the Animals and the Zombies. They were not the real bands but fake -- put together by a promoter in Michigan to profit off the Zombie's hit "Time of the Season," which made the charts after the Zombies broke up. Twin Cities band T.C. Atlantic opened.

Mike Chase

about 3 years ago

Jan. 1, 1967. The 7 Sons (Sioux City, Iowa), the Hollies and Herman's Hermits at the Duluth Arena Auditorium. Still have the ticket stub to prove it.

[email protected]

about 3 years ago

Does anyone have any pictures, posters, news clippings from the Jan. 1968 Sonny and Cher Concert at the Duluth Arena. The opening act was The Happy Dayz!             Steve Maurer

Paul Lundgren

about 2 years ago



A DECC Facebook post yielded a few photos from some old shows ...



Alice Cooper in 2010 by Mariah Anderson



Alice Cooper in 2010 by Brittanie Nelimark Lemieux



INXS in 1988 by Sean Pavlich



Rob Zombie in 2010 by Brittanie Nelimark Lemieux



Morton Downey Jr. circa 1990 by Sean Sean

Paul Lundgren

about 6 months ago







Three posters -- Wayne Newton, Misha Dichter and the U.S. Army Field Band. Year of shows unknown.

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