The 80's

01/29/80 - Aerosmith, 38 Special, Mother's Finest @ Coliseum - Memphis

03/27/80 - Angel, Mother's Finest, Humble Pie, Mahogany Rush @ Coliseum

07/04/80 - The Charlie Daniels Band with Pure Prairie League at the Coliseum

07/10/80 - The Who with Willie Nile at the Coliseum

07/12/80 - Doobie Bros, Molly Hatchet, Atlanta Rhythm Sect - Little Rock, AR

08/01/80 - Van Halen (3) with Cats at the Coliseum

08/05/80 - QUEEN (The Game Tour) at the Coliseum!!

08/30/80 - The Kinks, The Suspicions @ Orpheum - Memphis, TN

10/19/80 - Bob Seger with Barooga Bandits at the Coliseum

10/22/80 - Frank Zappa (VAI) at the Auditorium North Hall

12/19/80 - Keith Sykes with The Breaks at the Orpheum

01/03/81 - ZZ Top with Rick Derringer at the Coliseum

04/01/81 - Circle Jerks, Method Actors @ Pogo's - Mem. (1st punk show)

04/16/81 - Rush with Max Webster at the Coliseum

09/01/81 - Van Halen (4) with G Force at the Coliseum

09/14/81 - Rod Stewart at the Coliseum - Jackson, MS

11/13/81 - KING CRIMSON (1) DISCIPLINE at Agora Ballroom - Atlanta, GA

12/05/81 - The Rolling Stones, Neville Bros, George Thoroughgood - NOLA

03/12/82 - U2 (1) opened for J. Geils Band at Aud. North Hall

03/17/82 - The Police with Joan Jett at the Coliseum

04/02/82 - Rush at the Coliseum - Jackson, MS

04/28/82 - Ozzy Osbourne with Magnum at the Coliseum - Memphis, TN

08/17/82 - The Police with The English Beat at Municipal Aud. - Nashville

09/15/82 - Joyce Cobb on Beale St. - Memphis, TN

10/12/82 - Fleetwood Mac with Glenn Frey at the Coliseum - Memphis, TN

11/12/82 - REM, Peter Holsapple, Barking Dog @ Antenna Club - Memphis

11/25/82 - World Music Fest: The B-52's (1), Rita Marley,The Wailers, Black Uhuru, Gladys Knight & The Pips - Montego Bay, Jamaica

11/26/82 - World Music Fest: Joe Jackson, English Beat, Grateful Dead

11/27/82 - World Music Fest: The Clash, Aretha Franklin,  Rick James, Yellowman 

12/02/82 - Van Halen (5) at the Coliseum - Memphis, TN

12/12/82 - Judas Priest with Uriah Heep at the Coliseum

01/13/83 - Missing Persons with The Brains at Auditorium North Hall

02/11/83 - KISS (3) with The Plasmatics at the Coliseum - Pine Bluff, AR

04/05/83 - The English Beat with REM opening at Vanderbilt Gym - Nashville

04/11/83 - Psychedelic Furs & The Divinyls at Solomon Alfred's - Memphis

05/01/83 - Bow Wow Wow, Barking Dog @ Poet's Music Hall - Memphis, TN

06/17/83 - NEW ORDER at 688 Club - Atlanta, GA

07/12/83 - Neil Young  & The Shocking Pinks at the Coliseum - Memphis, TN

09/02/83 - Elvis Costello, Aztec Camera @ Mud Island Amph. - Memphis, TN

09/16/83 - Robert Plant (Phil Collins Drums) at the Coliseum

10/15/83 - TALKING HEADS Stop Making Sense @ Muni. Aud. - Nashville, TN

10/22/83 - Sweet Honey In The Rock at Bellevue Auditorium - Memphis

01/25/84 - Van Halen (6) with Autograph at the Coliseum

02/04/84 - Adam Ant with The Romantics at Aud. North Hall

02/16/84 - The Police at the Coliseum

03/15/84 - Bad Brains with Nuclear Regulatory Commision at Antenna Club

04/01/84 - The Pretenders with The Alarm at the Orpheum - Memphis

04/11/84 - Eurythmics at Vanderbilt Gym - Nashville, TN

04/24/84 - YES at the Coliseum

05/02/84 - Thomas Dolby with Calculated X at the Orpheum

05/16/84 - Lionel Ritchie with TINA TURNER at the Coliseum

06/13/84 - Black Flag (Henry Rollins) at the Antenna Club - Memphis, TN

07/18/84 - The Go-Go's with INXS at Mud Island

08/15/84 - Eurythmics at Mud Island

08/31/84 - Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe at Mud Island

11/02/84 - Culture Club at the Coliseum - Memphis

11/19/84 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood at Atlanta Civic Center

12/04/84 - Frank Zappa with Tragically Hip at the Orpheum

01/26/85 - PRINCE and the Revolution with Sheila E at the Coliseum

02/12/85 - Hall & Oates with General Public at the Coliseum

04/21/85 - Joyce Cobb on the Riverboat Cruise - Memphis, TN

10/30/85 - Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble, Jason/Scorchers @ Orpheum

12/01/85 - Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Antenna Club - Memphis

03/29/86 - Van Halen (7) with Bachman Turner Overdrive at the Coliseum

08/16/86 - INXS with the Del Fuegos at Mud Island Amphitheater

08/26/86 - David Lee Roth (Steve Vai) with Cinderella at the Coliseum

09/17/86 - The Bears feat. Adrian Belew at the Exit/In - Nashville, TN

11/11/86 - The Bears at the Antenna Club - Memphis, TN

12/12/86 - NEW ORDER at the Fox Theater - Atlanta, GA

01/24/87 - The Pretenders at Aud. North Hall

03/07/87 - CATS at the Wintergarden Theater - New York, NY

05/29/87 - Torch Song Trilogy at Playhouse on the Square - Memphis, TN

07/25/87 - The Cure at UNO Arena - New Orleans, LA

11/15/87 - KISS (4) with White Lion at the Coliseum - Memphis, TN

11/18/87 - U2 (2) with The Pretenders (w/ Johnny Marr) & The Bodeans AND The Dalton Brothers Band at LA Memorial Coliseum - Los Angeles, CA

05/03/88 - David Lee Roth with Steve Vai at the Coliseum

07/09/88 - Monsters of Rock: Van Halen (8) (Hagar) sucked @ Liberty Bowl

08/30/88 - INXS (3), Ziggy Marley & Melody Makers @ Coliseum

11/09/88 - Robert Plant (2) with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts at the Coliseum

11/23/88 - PRINCE(2) Lovesexy Tour at the Coliseum

07/26/89 - Tokyo Roze at the Whisky-a-Go-Go - West Hollywood, CA

07/28/89 - Clan of Xymox with Moev at The Palace - Hollywood, CA

07/29/89 - A,B,W,H (YES) with Tony Levin at Mud Island

08/15/89 - Joe Jackson at the Fox Theater - Atlanta, GA

08/16/89 - Metallica with The Cult at Starwood Amph. - Antioch, TN

09/17/89 - The Cure at UNO Arena - New Orleans, LA

10/30/89 - The B-52's at TPAC - Nashville, TN

11/21/89 - Mr. Big at the New Daisy

11/29/89 - Red Hot Chili Peppers at the New Daisy

 

Total: 87