Songs performed by Seger included Ramblin Gamblin Man, Katmandu, Get Out of Denver, Heavy Music, American Storm, Tryin to Life My Life Without You, Makin Thunderbirds, Old Time Rock & Roll, Miami, The Aftermath, Boomtown Blues, Even Now, Main Street, Its You, Like a Rock, Weve Got tonight, Night Moves, and Turn the Page.. Construction and design The $22 million arena was built for the CLO in 1961. Echo & New Order alternated headlining on this tour, and New Order went last in Pittsburgh. Songs performed by Houston during this sold-out show included Let the Feeling Flow, How Will I Know, You Give Good Love, Love Is a Contact Sport, Just the Lonely Talking Again, Love Will Save the Day, Saving All My Love for You, Youre Still My Man, For the Love of You, He/I Believe, Didnt We Almost Have It All, Sweet Love, Control, Sweet Thing, Stop to Love, I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), and The Greatest Love of All., There were about 14,700 people in attendance. The show was officially cancelled on 8/5/77, four days before the first show was to take place. Songs performed by Ratt included In Your Direction, Sweet Cheater, Round and Round, Lay It Down, Walkin the Dog, Back For More, and Never Use Love. Songs performed by Bon Jovi included Tokyo Road, Only Lonely, Runaway, Breakout, In and Out of Love, and a cover of Southside Johnnys I Dont Want to Go Home., There were 17,300 people in attendance. The show was scheduled to run from 10 AM to 5 PM. The arena's design incorporated 2,950 tons of stainless steel from Pittsburgh. Notable hockey players Aleksei Morozov, Jaromr Jgr and Darius Kasparaitis appeared in the movie. Songs performed by Sinatra included: I Write the Songs, Where or When, Stargazer, The Lady Is a Tramp, Embraceable You, My Funny Valentine, I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes), For Once in My Life, Like a Sad Song, This Is All I Ask, Never Gonna Fall in Love Again, Empty Tables, It Was a Very Good Year, Night and Day, My Way. An hour before the show when a local reporter met Sinatra backstage, the singer asked What happened to my Steelers? (the team had started the season with only one win after 5 games) and wanted infomation about an injury sustained by quarterback Terry Bradshaw in a game against the Cleveland Browns earlier that day. Songs performed by Twisted Sister included Come Out and Play, I Believe in Rock n Roll, Were Not Gonna Take It, You Cant Stop Rock n Roll, I Wanna Rock, and a cover of Leader of the Pack. Songs performed by Dokken included The Hunter and Its Not Love., There were only 6,917 people in attendance. [29], On September 14, 1964, the Beatles played the arena during their first United States tour. There were only about 6,500 people in attendance. Jimmy, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, 2000 Light Years Away, J.A.R. A rare photo of the Civic Arena roof open during a Penguins game. This was a rally and concert at the Arena in support of presidential candidate George McGovern held two days before the election. This show was postponed until 10/7/86 due to routing problems., There were 7,580 people in attendance. Songs performed by Nicks in her 14-song set included Dreams, Leather and Lace, Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You, Beauty and the Beast, I Need to Know, Stop Draggin My Heart Around, No Spoken Word, I Cant Wait, Stand Back, Edge of Seventeen, and Rhiannon. Songs performed by Frampton included Premonition, Lying, Moving a Mountain, and Lines on My Face., Songs performed by Dio included King of Rock and Roll, Like the Beat of a Heart, Dont Talk to Strangers, Hungry for Heaven, The Last in Line, Holy Diver, Heaven and Hell, Sacred Heart, Rock n Roll Children, Long Live Rock n Roll, Man on the Silver Mountain, Stand Up and Shout, and Rainbow in the Dark., Roof opens weather permitting promised advance ads for the show. Songs performed by ZZ Top included Planet of Women, Sleeping Bag, Tell It, Waitin for the Bus, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Ten Foot Pole, Gimme All Your Lovin, Concrete and Steel, My Heads in Mississippi, Manic Mechanic, Heard It on the X, 2000 Blues, Blue Jean Blues, Just Got Paid, Lovething, Got Me Under Pressure, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Sharp Dressed Man, Give It Up, Legs, Tube Snake Boogie, La Grange, and Tush. Songs performed by the Black Crowes included She Talks to Angels., Songs performed by ZZ Top included Tell It, Waitin for the Bus, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Ten Foot Pole, Gimme All Your Lovin, Concrete and Steel, My Heads in Mississippi, Manic Mechanic, Heard It on the X, 2000 Blues, Blue Jean Blues, Just Got Paid, Lovething, Got Me Under Pressure, Sharp Dressed Man, Give It Up, Legs, Tube Snake Boogie, La Grange, and Tush., There were about 8,000 people in attendance. The Moody Blues equipment was held up crossing the border from Montreal, so the show did not begin until two hours and 45 minutes after the scheduled start time of 8 PM. Songs performed by Lewis inclduded The Power of Love, Do You Believe in Love, If This Is It, Heart and Soul, The Heart of Rock n Roll, I Want a New Drug, Trouble in Paradise, Change of Heart, Only One, Walking on a Thin Line, Finally Found a Home, Workin For a Livin, Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do, So in Love, Bad Is Bad, Flip, Flop and Fly, and Take Me to the River. Songs performed by The Nevilles included Midnight Key, Tell It Like It Is, New Suit, and Big Chief. The Nevilles joined Lewis onstage for the 7+ minute-long show-closing performance of Take Me to the River., John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, Flash Kahan. Songs by Rusted Root included Ecstasy and All Along the Watchtower. Songs performed by Iris included Ah! Songs performed included Didnt I (Blow Your Mind), Ill Be There, My Favorite Girl, and You Got It (The Right Stuff).. Songs performed by Marilyn Manson included The Reflecting God, Great Big White World, Get Your Gunn, Mechanical Animals, The Speed of Pain, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Rock Is Dead, The Dope Show, Lunchbox, I Dont Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me), Irresponsible Hate Anthem, Antichrist Superstar, and The Beautiful People. James Iha of Smashing Puimpkins was reported to have been in the audience. According to the script, the protagonist, Danila Borgov, arrived in the United States to help his friend's brother, Penguins player Dmitry Gromov (though events of the film take place in Chicago). Rapper Heavy D, who was performing with Salt-n-Pepa at the show, was arrested at the show after he encouraged audience members to set paper on fire. This show was postponed to 1/24/80 after Steven Tyler collapsed onstage at a 12/6/79 concert in Portland, Maine. During the concert, unruly fans ripped a sink from the wall in a mens room. Gregg Allman performed while wearing a Steelers jersey. There were 14,001 people in attendance. There were 12,042 people in attendance. Songs performed included Dont Worry, Baby, Blue Skies, Disney Girls, California Girls, Fun, Fun, Fun, Darling, Wouldnt It Be Nice, Little Surfer Girl, Good Vibrations, Help Me, Rhonda, Barbara Ann, Little Duece Coupe, Little Old Lady From Pasadena, Shtudown, 409, Little GTO, and I Get Around., Songs performed by Adams during the near-sellout concert included Cuts Like a Knife, This Time, Hearts on Fire, Heat of the Night, Run to You, Kids Wanna Rock, Only the Strong Survive, and Another Day. Songs performed by The Hooters included Nervous Night, All You Zombies, Where Do the Children Go, Satellite, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, Karla With a K, and And We Danced., There were about 15,000 people in attendance. Again, the Civic Arena name stayed. Reviews said that Humble Pies Steve Marriott was the worst display of vulgar language in Pittsburghs rock history. You could see the orange upper seats from outside. Songs performed by Madonna included Burning Up, Material Girl, Angel, Everybody, Borderline, Lucky star, Like a Virgin, Gambler, Over and Over, and Crazy for You. The Beastie Boys played for a half-hour and were described in one newspaper review as talentless urchins., There were 7,485 people in attendance. Songs performed included Vesti La Giubba., Songs performed by Clapton included Mothers Children Have a Hard Time, Malted Milk, How Long Blues, Kid Man Blues, County Jail Blues, Forty-Four, Blues All Day Long (Blues Leave Me Alone), Goin Away Baby, Standin Round Crying, Im Your Hoochie Coochie Man, It Hurts Me Too, Blues Before Sunrise, Third Degree, Reconsider Baby, Sinners Prayer, I Cant Judge Nobody, Someday After a While, Im Tore Down, Have You Ever Loved a Woman, Cross Cut Saw Blues, Five Long Years, Born Under a Bad Sign, Groaning the Blues, Crossroads, Taint Nobodys Bizness If I Do, and Sweet Home Chicago., Songs performed by NIN included Mr. There were 16,852 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. However, demolition was finished early as the last panel of the retractable roof fell down on March 31, 2012.[60]. Songs performed by Whitesnake included Judgment Day, Kittens Got Claws, Here I Go Again, Gimme All Your Love, and Fool For Your Loving. Songs performed by Kix during their 40-minute set included Dont Close Your Eyes, Shame, Blow My Fuse, and Cold Blood., There were around 16,300 people in attendance at the sold-out show. Songs performed by Fogelberg included Once Upon a Time, The Innocent Age, Old Tennessee, Hard to Say, To the Morning, Beggars Game, Black Orpheus, Eleanor Rigby, Same Old Lang Syne, Morning Sky, Leader of the Band, Longer, Part of the Plan, and Theres a Place in the World for a Gambler., There were 14,308 people in attendance. When it first opened in 1961, the Mellon Arena, initially titled the Civic Auditorium, had every trait of a world class entertainment facility. The Carpenters performed with a 24-piece orchestra. Several people fainted in the push to get to the ticket windows and six people were arrested. A true marvel to watch and awesome to see a concert with The show was cancelled and did not take place. The Jewels, Swanee Quintette, The Famous Flames, Bobby Byrd, Vicki Anderson, James Crawford, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, Brian Hyland and the Jokers, Sonny James, Webb Pierce, Stonewall Jackson, Tex Ritter, Jan Howard, Warner Mack, David Houston. There were 9,839 people in attendance. Songs performed by The Go-Gos included Head Over Heels, Cool Jerk, Our Lips Are Sealed, Capture the Light, Yes or No, Turn to You, We Got the Beat, Vacation, and Im the Only One. Songs performed by Red Rockers included a cover of Eve of Destruction., There were 8,917 people in attendance. 9, I Dont Wanna Play House, Your Good Girls Gonna Go Bad, D-I-V-O-R-C-E, Til I Can Make It on My Own, Rocky Top, Dueling Banjos, Stand by Your Man, Amazing Grace, and I Saw the Light., There were about 13,200 people in attendance. Songs performed included Paper on Fire, Check It Out, Rain on the Scarecrow, Empty Hands, Down and Out in Paradise, The Real Life, Jack & Diane, Lonely Ol Night, Rumbleseat, Hand to Hold On To, Chain Gang, Small Town, Minutes to Memories, Hotdogs and Hamburgers, Cherry Bomb, R.O.C.K. The day the concert was to have taken place, the entire tour was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Critical Mass B. July 1972, Civic Arena - Legendary "American Tour" in support of Exile on Main Street. Some listings said the Doobie Brothers were opening. The Penguins' new arena will have 18,500 seats, 1,500 more than Mellon Arena. Songs performed by Winter included Keep Playing That Rock and Roll, Free Ride, Do Like Me, Uncomplicated, Easy Street, Rock and Roll Woman, Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo, Teenage Love Affair, Undercover Man, New Orleans/Long Tall Sally and a 13-minute version of Frankenstein. Songs performed by the James Gang included Ride the Wind, Funk 49, It Must Be Love, Stratus, Standing in the Rain, Walk Away, and Wildfire., The roof was open for the concert. Songs performed by Diamond included America, A Mission of Love, Solitary Man, Cherry, Cherry, Red Red Wine, Im a Believer, Play Me, Soolaimon, If You Know What I Mean, Beautiful Noise, Girl, Youll Be a Woman Soon, I Havent Played This Song in Years, You Are the Best Part of Me, Forever in Blue Jeans, Star Flight, Captain Sunshine, Holly Holy, Sweet Caroline, You Dont Bring Me Flowers, Yes I Will, Lady Magdalene, Shilo, He Aint Heavy, Hes My Brother, I Am, I Said, Cracklin Rosie, and Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show., Songs performed by CSN&Y included Carry On, Questions, Military Madness, Goin Home, Wooden Ships, Feed the People, Youre My Girl, I Used to Be a King, Southern Man, Southern Cross, Almost Cut My Hair, Cinnamon Girl, Helplessly Hoping, Our House, Old Man, Guinnevere, The Lee Shore, Harvest Moon, Ole Man Trouble, Half Your Angels, Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Lets Roll, Long Time Gone, Two Old Friends, Woodstock, Eight Miles High, Rockin in the Free World, and Teach Your Children., Songs performed by NSync included Do Your Thing, Bye Bye Bye, Its Gonna Be Me, For the Girl Who Has Everything, (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You, Tearin Up My Heart, Celebrity, Up Against the Wall, She Loves You/I Want to Hold Your Hand/Hey Jude/Twist and Shout, My Girl/The Way You Do The Things You Do/I Cant Get Next to You, Sailing, Tell Me, Tell MeBaby, No Strings Attached, This I Promise You, Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy), I Want You Back, Gone, Girlfriend, and Pop., Songs performed by Incubus included Circles, Nice to Know You, Stellar, Glass, Wish You Were Here, Warning, Vitamin, Make Yourself, Echo, Mexico, Pardon Me, New Skin, Privilege, Are You In?, Just a Phase, Nowhere Fast, Drive, A Certain Shade of Green, The Warmth, and Aqueous Transmission., Songs performed by Korn included Here to Stay, Twist, Good God, A.D.I.D.A.S., Trash, Dead Bodies Everywhere, Blind, Embrace, Divine, Faget, Falling Away From Me, Make Me Bad, Freak on a Leash, Somebody Someone, Thoughtless, Kill You, Shoots and Ladders, and Got the Life., Songs performed by Cher included I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For, (This Is) A Song for the Lonely, A Different Kind of Love Song, All or Nothing, We All Sleep Alone, I Found Someone, Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down), All I Really Want to Do, Half-Breed, Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves, Dark Lady, Take Me Home, The Way of Love, After All, Just Like Jesse James, Heart of Stone, The Shoop Shoop Song (Its in His Kiss), Strong Enough, Save Up All Your Tears, If I Could Turn Back Time, and Believe. Songs performed by Lauper included Shine, Change of Heart, Sisters of Avalon, Madonna Whore, Still with Me, True Colors, All Through the Night, Its Hard to Be Me, Money Changes Everything, Time After Time, and Girls Just Want to Have Fun., Songs performed by Bow Wow included Bounce With Me, Thank You, Basketball, Ghetto Girls, You Make Me Feel So Good, Where My Dogs At, and Take Ya Home. Songs performed by B2K included Why I Love You, Uh-Huh, and Gots Ta Be. Songs performed by IMX included My Very First Time., The show started three hours late. This concert was sold-out, with 14,759 people in attendance. Songs performed by Black Sabbath included Tomorrows Dream, Sweet Leaf, Killing Yourself to Live, Snowblind, War Pigs, A National Acrobat, Cornucopia, Sabbra Cadabra, Sometimes Im Happy, Supernaut, Embryo, Children of the Grave, and Paranoid.. During the summer of 2010, workers removed asbestos from the building while a demolition plan was designed. Songs performed included I Write the Songs, Jump Shout Boogie, Cant Smile without You, Weekend in New England, If I Should Love Again, The Old Songs, Trying to Get the Feeling Again, Even Now, Beautiful Music, I Made It Through the Rain, I Was a Fool, Somewhere Down the Road, Break Down the Door, Whos Been Sleeping in My Bed, Copacabana, Its a Miracle, Daybreak, This Ones For You, Looks Like We Made It, Could It Be Magic, Mandy, Lets Take All night, and One Voice. At one point in the concert, Manilow took off his vest and shirt with puffy silver sleeves to show a Terry Bradshaw jersey underneath, much to the delight of the crowd. [14] The last structure to be demolished was Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, built in 1908. It was crazy looking to me since it drastically changed the appearance of the arena. often. Songs performed included Downtown Life, Say It Aint So, Rich Girl, Kiss on My List, Every Time You Go Away, Possession Obsession, Method of Modern Love, I Cant Go For That (No Can Do), Talkin All Night, Sara Smile, Missed Opprtunity, Shes Gone, Maneater, Adult Education, You Make My Dreams, and a cover of Hot Fun in the Summertime., There were 7,141 in attendance. 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.. There were about 13,500 people in attendance. This means the Canadiens both opened and closed the Penguins' career at the arena, handing out defeats at both events. Heavy D And The Boyz, Digital Underground, Kid N Play, Chill Rob G. The artist order was Chill Rob G>Kid N Play>Digital Underground>Heavy D>Public Enemy. Sold-out concert, with 17,506 in attendance. [43], The Pittsburgh Penguins played their final regular season game at the Mellon Arena on April 8, 2010, when they defeated the New York Islanders 73. Campbell performed with 8,060 people in attendance. 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 Fleetwood Mac included Dont Stop, Oh Daddy, The Chain, Tusk, Landslide, World Turning, Sara, Second Hand News, Sisters of the Moon, Say You Love Me, Not That Funny, Im So Afraid, Go Your Own Way, What Makes You Think Youre the One, Angel, Rhiannon, Dreams, and Save Me a Place. Songs performed by Danny Douma & Night Eyes included Hurt to Pride, Love Now, Carnival Boy, and Hate You.. Songs performed by Alabama included The Closer You Get, The Red River, Love in the First Degree, Take Me Down, Country Side of Life, When We Make Love, Dixieland Delight, Roll On, Fire in the Night, Lady Down on Love, Old Flame, Feels So Right, Wildwood Flower, My Homes in Alabama, If Youre Gonna Play in Texas You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band, and Mountain Music. Songs performed by Juice Newton included Angel of the Morning, Sail Away, Heart of the Night, Loves Been a Little Bit Hard on Me, Heading for a Heartache, Cant Wait All Night, Sweetest Thing, See You Later, Alligator, Break It to Me Gently, Little Love, Lets Dance, and Queen of Hearts. Songs perfomed by Bill Medley included Till Your Memory Is Gone, Old Time Rock n Roll, I Still Do, Sometimes When We Touch, I Just Wanna Make Love to You, What I Sat, Jailhouse Rock, Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On, Great Balls of Fire, and Youve Lost That Lovin Feelin., Ready for the World, The Gap Band, Klymaxx, Andre Cymone, There were 5,912 people in attendance for this show, billed as the Body Blast Jam. Songs performed by Heart included If Looks Could Kill, Barracuda, Straight On, Never, These Dreams, Dog & Butterfly, Nobody Home, Shell Shock, Bebe Le Strange, The Wolf, Even It Up, What About Love, Magic Man, Allies, and Crazy on You. Songs performed by Cheap Truck included Baby Loves to Rock, I Want You to Want Me, Little Sister, Need Your Love, Aint That a Shame, Dream Police, and Surrender., There were 6,591 people in attendance. In a 1980 report, this concert was listed as the poorest drawing show ever at the Arena, with only 1,102 people in attendance. This show was apparently moved to the A.J. (Garbage Man), Cradle Rock, Let Me In, Souped-Up Ford, and Bullfrog Blues. Songs performed by Ace included Lazy Day, This Is What You Find, and Sniffin About., There were 11,287 people in attendance. Sons performed by Foreigner included Feels Like the First Time, Waiting For a Girl Like You, Urgent, A Love in Vain, I Want to Know What Love Is, Double Vision, Cold As Ice, Head Games, Blue Morning, Blue Day, Head Games, That Was Yesterday, Reaction to Action, Stranger in My Own House, Tooth and Nails, Dirty White Boy, Hot Blooded, and Juke Box Hero., Ronnie Milsap, Ricky Skaggs, Lee Greenwood, Larry Lee Jones. The concert led County Commissioner Thomas Foester to write a letter to Civic Arena director Charles Strong urgin him to screen rock shows before being allowed at the arena to protect possible 12 and 13-year-olds in the audience. Blues., There were only 5,671 people in attendance. Songs performed included A Cowboys Work Is Never Done., There were a disappointing 9,800 people in attendance. It was Presleys second appearance in Pittsburgh ever (counting a two-night stand in June 1973 as one booking. Songs performed by Fleetwood Mac included In the Back of My Mind, The Chain, Dreams, Isnt It Midnight, Love Is Dangerous, Oh Well, Rhiannon, Stop Messin Around, Save Me, Gold Dust Woman, I Loved Another Woman, Landslide, World Turning, Everywhere, Stand on the Rock, Little Lies, Stand Back, You Make Loving Fun, Go Your Own Way, Tear It Up, Dont Stop, and Songbird., Songs performed by Joel included Storm Front, Allentown, Movin Out (Anthonys Song), Jingle Bells, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, Honesty, Beer Barrel Polka, The Downeaster Alexa, Goodnight Saigon, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, I Go to Extremes, Pressure, My Life, An Innocent Man, Twas the Night Before Christmas, We Didnt Start the Fire, Its Still Rock and Roll to Me, You May Be Right, Only the Good Die Young, A Matter of Trust, Big Shot, Keeping the Faith, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, and Piano Man., There were more than 13,000 people in attendance. The no-longer state-of-the-art Civic Arena was decommissioned almost fifty years later when its successor, the $321,000,000 CONSOL Energy Center facility (since renamed thanks to more ubiquitous corporate sponsorship rights), opened near-by in October 2010. Address: 66 Mario Lemieux Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 412-642-1800 Carmen McRae, Cannonball Adderly, Billy Taylor Trio, The Silhouettes. The show was MCed by Chuck D. of Public Enemy. Songs performed by The Firm included Fortune Hunter, Closer, Make Or Break, Prelude, Money Cant Buy, Satisfaction Guaranteed, Radioactive, Live in Peace, All the Kings Horses, Midnight Moonlight, Spirit of Love, Someone to Love, Cadillac, and a cover of Youve Lost That Lovin Feeling.. Songs performed by Osbourne included I Dont Know, Mr. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Songs performed by the Marshall Tucker Band included Running Like the Wind, Last of the Singing Cowboys, Cant You See, Searchin For a Rainbow, Desert Skies, Heard It in a Love Song, Take the Highway, My Best Friend, Fire on the Mountain, and 24 Hours at a Time. Songs performed by Blackfoot included Train, Train, Highway Song, and Wishing Well., The audience was around 17,000. Bauji's entire family comes under one roof for 13 days after he passes away. Some listings had The Masqueraders instead of Hot Chocolate. Johnny Duncan, Bill Anderson, Jan Howard, Alex Houston, Elmer, Detroit City Emeralds and the Cha-Cha-Chas, Kitty Wells, David Rogers, Johnny Paycheck, Kenny Biggs and the Talismen, Peggy Little, The Four Guys. Songs performed by the Stones included Brown Sugar, Bitch, Rocks Off, Gimme Shelter, Happy, Tumbling Dice, Love in Vain, Sweet Virginia, You Cant Always Get What You Want, All Down the Line, Midnight Rambler, Bye Bye Johnny, Rip This Joint, Jumpin Jack Flash, and Street Fighting Man., James Wesley Jackson, Isley Brothers, Leon Thomas. The PPG Paints Arena is located across the street from the site of Civic Arena and has a higher seating capacity. 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. This show was cancelled and did not take place. The Smithereens / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. He began with Small Town, and other songs performed included Jack & Diane, Lonely Ol Night, Rain on the Scarecrow, Hand To Hold On To, Crumblin Down, R.O.C.K. There were 17,120 people in attendance. Songs performed by Van Halen included Running With the Devil, Jamies Crying, Where Have All the Good Time Gone, Dance the Night Away, Everybody Wants Some, Somebody Get Me a Doctor, Ice Cream Man, Pretty Woman, and You Really Got Me. Songs performed by Whiting included Cant Turn You Loose, Ill Be On My Way, Good Rockin Tonight, Devil With a Blue Dress On, and Good Golly Miss Molly., Songs performed included Allentown, My Life, Prelude/Angry Young Man, Honesty, Dont Ask Me Why, The Stranger, Scandinavian Skies, Movin Out (Anthonys Song), Shes Always a Woman, Pressure, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, Just the Way You Are, Goodnight Saigon, Stiletto, Until the Night, Its Still Rock and Roll to Me, Sometimes a Fantasy, Big Shot, You May Be Right, Only the Good Die Young, Piano Man, and The Entertainer., Songs performed by Aerosmith included Back in the Saddle Again, Sweet Emotion, Walk This Way, Jig Is Up, Jailbait, Bitchs Brew, Same Old Song and Dance, Rock in a Hard Place, Big Ten Inch, Mamma Kin, Train Kept a Rolling, Lick and a Promise, and Lord of Thighs. Songs performed by Travers included I La La La Love You, Id Rather See You Dead, The Fifth, Rockin, Cant Stop the Heartache, Snortin Whiskey and Drinking Cocaine, and Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights).. The Pittsburgh Penguins played their last game in Mellon Arena on May 12, 2010; a 52 defeat at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens to eliminate them from the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. I attended at least three. Songs performed by Stewart included Three Time Loser, Big Bayou, You Wear It Well, Tonights the Night (Gonna Be Alright), Hot Legs, Sweet Little Rock & Roller, This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You), The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II), Maggie May, You Keep Me Hangin On, (I Know) Im Losing You, Stay With Me, Twistin the Night Away, and The First Cut Is the Deepest., There were 11,757 people in attendance. There 16,623 people in attendance. Songs performed by Timberlake included Rock Your Body, Right for Me, Gone, Girlfriend, Seorita, Still on My Brain, Nothin Else, Cry Me a River, Lets Take a Ride, Last Night, Take It from Here, and Like I Love You. Songs performed by Aguilera included Dirrty, Get Mine, Get Yours, The Voice Within, Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You), Genie in a Bottle, Cant Hold Us Down, Make Over, Impossible, At Last, I Prefer You, Lady Marmalade, Contigo En La Distancia/Falsas Esperanzas, Walk Away, Fighter, What a Girl Wants, and Beautiful. Songs performed by the Black Eyed Peas during their 15-minute set included Where Is the Love?, Songs performed by RHCP during their almost 2-hour set included By the Way, Scar Tissue, Around the World, Maybe, Universally Speaking, Parallel Universe, The Zephyr Song, Throw Away Your Television, Havana Affair, Otherside, Purple Stain, Dont Forget Me, Right on Time, I Could Have Lied, Cant Stop, Californication, What Is Soul?, Give It Away, Under the Bridge, and The Power of Equality. Songs performed by QOTSA included No One Knows, The Sky Is Fallin, You Think I Aint Worth a Dollar, and Song for the Dead., Songs performed by the Eagles included Boys of Summer, You Belong to the City, Hole in the World, Peaceful, Easy Feeling, Already Gone, Lyin Eyes, Hotel California, Sunset Grill, Turn to Stone, Lifes Been Good, Rocky Mountain Way, I Cant Tell You Why, Walk Away, Funk 49, Dirty Laundry, Life in the Fast Lane, Take It Easy, and Desperado., Songs performed included Boughs of Holly, 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, The Three Kings and I, A Last Illusion, Mozart/Figaro, A Final Dream, Carmina Burana, Nutrocker, The First Noel, Christmas Canon, Beethoven, Requiem (The Fifth), and Find Our Way Home., Harold Melvins Bluenotes, Speedo & the Cadillacs, Kenny Vance & the Planotones, Willie Winfield & the Harptones, the Cleftones, Johnny of Santo & Johnny, and Eugene Pitt & the Jive Five, Songs performed by Midler included Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Tenderly, I Think Its Going to Rain Today, Shiver Me Timbers, When a Man Loves a Woman, From a Distance, Wind Beneath My Wings, September, and The Rose. She also did a duet with Fred Rogers (via pre-recorded video) on I Like to Be Told., Anthony Burger, Sarah Delane, Jessy Dixon, Jeff & Sheri Easter, The Hoppers, The Isaacs, Taylor Mason, Lynda Randle, Ben Speer, Kevin Williams, Lisa Daggs, The Crabb Family, Songs performed by Jackson included Song For the Life, Drive, Remember When, Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning, Gone Country, Dont Rock the Jukebox, Its 5 OClock Somewhere, Mercury Blues, and Summertime Blues. Songs performed by McBride included Wild Angels, Happy Girl, This Ones For Girls, When God Fearing Women Get the Blues, In My Daughters Eyes, How Far, Relucant Daughter, and Wrong Again., Amy Adams, Camile Velasco, Diana DeGarmo, George Huff, Jasmine Trias, Jennifer Hudson, John Stevens, Jon Peter Lewis, LaToya London, There were 10,481 people in attendance. Imx included my Very first Time., the audience was around 17,000 to take place Boys played a. 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