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. Gil Scott Heron, Brian Jackson and the Midnight Band, Tickets costs $5.25, $6.25, and $7.25. The arena finally opened on September 17, 1961. In the Name of Love, Itchin In My Heart, Endless Love, and a cover of Dylans Forever Young., This was reportedly Johns third performance in Pittsburgh (after 10/9/73 and 11/12/74 shows, both also at the Arena). 1., There were only 3,040 people in attendance. On November 6, 1981, the globally televised World Heavyweight Title was fought at the arena between Larry Holmes and Renaldo Snipes with an undercard bout between Buster Douglas and David Bey. The Canted 800-foot glass wall exterior slopes at 14-degree angle The clerestory lens is 33 feet at highest point, with an overall length of 904 feet Arches soar 292 feet above playing field Each boxed arch is 17 feet wide and 35 feet deep Each arch weighs 3,255 tons Each arch spans quarter-mile in length There were only about 6,500 people in attendance. Chuck Berry, Little Anthony and The Imperials, The Yardbirds, Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, Simon & Garfunkel, Maxine Brown, Lou Christie, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, The Thunderballs. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Songs performed included Youve Got Another Thing Coming, Breaking the Law, Electric Eye, Love Bites, Jaw Breaker, Heavy Duty, Heads Will Roll, Night Comes down, Defenders of the Faith, Metal Gods, Sinner, The Green Manalishi, Desert Plains, Grinder, Victim of Changes, Freewheel Burning, The Sentinal, and Rock Hard, Die Free.. The show was cancelled because Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler became ill. 9, Texas, Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art, Silent Night, and Will the Circle Be Unbroken. Songs performed by Lane included People Like You, Aint No One, Stagecoach, and Stay in Love with You.. Before the concert, Ronnie Milsap did a guest DJ gig at country station WEEP. This show was cancelled two days prior. [5] The Penguins played their first game at PPG Paints Arena October 7, 2010. Songs performed by Seger included Hollywood Nights, Old Time Rock & Roll, Against the Wind, Turn the Page, Night Moves, Her Strut, Get Out of Denver, Weve Got Tonight, The Horizontal Bop, I Feel Like a Number, Betty Lous Gettin Out Tonight, Fire Down Below, Ramblin Gamblin Man, Makin Thunderbirds, Tryin to Live My Life Without You, House Behind a House, Even Now, Mainstreet, Shame on the Moon, Roll Me Away, and a cover of Fortunate Son. Songs performed by The Rockets included Record Machine., Songs performed by Nicks included Gold Dust Woman, Outside the Rain, Dreams, Gold and Braid, I Need to Know, Angel, If Anyone Falls, Leather and Lace, Stand Back, Beauty and the Beast, Gypsy, How Still My Love, Stop Draggin My Heart Around, Edge of Seventeen, and Rhiannon. Songs performed by Walsh included Shadows, Space Age Whiz Kids, The Bomber: Closet Queen/Bolero/Cast Your Fate to the Wind, Lifes Been Good, and Rocky Mountain Way., There were about 8,700 people in attendance. The rate is one of the highest raises we've seen in a very long time. How many concerts have there been at Civic Arena? Song performed by Triumph included Blinding Light Show, Time Canon, Never Surrender, Allied Forces, Lay It on the Line, Killing Time, Fight the Good Fight, Spellbound, Follow Your Heart, Rock & Roll Machine, and Midsummers Daydream., It was a sold out show, with 15,060 people in attendance. Crowley, Shot in the Dark, Bloodbath in Paradise, Sweet Leaf, War Pigs, Tattooed Dancer, Fire in the Sky, Miracle Man, Suicide Solution, Iron Man, and Crazy Train., This date was postponed from 10/13/88 after Stewart became ill. The Arena was reportedly three-fifths full. Songs performed by The New Barbarians included Sweet Little Rock & Roller, Buried Alive, F.U.C. Songs performed by Rogers included Lucille, Greybeard, Coward of the County, The Gambler, I Dont Need You, Lady, Love the World Away, Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, and Ruby Dont Take Your Love to Town. Songs performed by Anton included Somebody Knockin, Angel of the Monring, The Rose, Queen of Hearts, and Killing Time., The Chiffons, Lou Christie, the Skyliners, the Del Vikings, Only a paltry 1,500 (or less) people were in attendance. The show was rescheduled for 4/12/86. Songs performed by Springsteen included My Love Will Not Let You Down, Prove It All Night, Two Hearts, Darkness on the Edge of Town, The Promised Land, Mansion on the Hill, The River, Youngstown, Murder Incorporated, Badlands, Out in the Street, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Human Touch, Shes the One, The Ghost of Tom Joad, Backstreets, Light of Day, Idiots Delight, Ramrod, Bobby Jean, Born to Run, Thunder Road, If I Should Fall Behind, and Land of Hope and Dreams. Joe Grushecky joined the band to perform his song Idiots Delight.. One thing that was not steady through the Arenas existence is its name. Songs performed by Nugent included Hard As Nails, Jail Bait, Scream Dream, Free-For-All, Put Up or Shut Up, My Love Is Like a Tire Iron, Great White Buffalo, Cat Scratch Fever, Land of 1000 Dances, Wang Dang Sweet Poontang. During Cat Scratch Fever the Arena roof opened a bit, reportedly for the first time in years. [20] Vice President Nixon visited for a campaign rally at the arena on October 28, 1968. To make room for the arena, the city used eminent domain to displace 8,000 residents and 400 businesses from the lower Hill District, the cultural center of black life in Pittsburgh. Songs performed during the two and a half hour set included Black Magic Woman, Oye Coma Va, Jingo, Shes Not There, All I Ever Wanted, Primera Invasion, Savor, Across the Sky, Europa, Gypsy Queen, Incident at Neshabur, Soul Sacrifice, Across the Sky, Searchin, Body Surfing, Open Invitation, American Gypsy., Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band, comedian Lonnie Shorr. 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. After the 10/19/86 date sold out, this date was added. Posted on March 29, 2012 by HV-Rob. Before the start The were 14,617 people in attendance. This concert was moved to the Stanley Theater due to poor ticket sales. Songs performed by LL Cool J included I Need Love, Im Bad, and Nitro. Songs performed by Slick Rick included Treat Her Like a Prostitute. Songs performed by De La Soul included Me, Myself and I., Canned Heat, John Sebastian, Buddy Miles & Ricky Hendrix. Songs performed by CSN&Y included Eight Miles High, Carry On, Southern Man, Heartland, Faith in Me, Stand and Be Counted, Slowpoke, Marrakesh Express, Almost Cut My Hair, Cinnamon Girl, Helplessly Hoping, Our House, Teach Your Children, Dream For Him, Guinnevere, Old Man, Looking Forward, After the Gold Rush, Woodstock, Ohio, and Rockin in the Free World., Songs performed by Creed included Ode, Torn, Are You Ready?, Beautiful, Say I, Wash Away Those Years, My Own Prison, What If, Unforgiven, Illusion, Faceless Man, With Arms Wide Open, Whats This Life For?, One, and Higher., The show was sold out. Songs performed by Queensryche included Resistance, Walk in the Shadows, Best I Can, The Thin Line, Jet City Woman, Roads to Madness, Empire, Anarchy-X, Revolution Calling, Operation: Mindcrime, Speak, Spreading the Disease, The Mission, Suite Sister Mary, The Needle Lies, Electric Requiem, Breaking the Silence, I Dont Believe in Love, Waiting for 22, My Empty Room, Eyes of a Stranger, Take Hold of the Flame, and Silent Lucidity., There were 7,028 people in attendance. Wine, Cheese and Chocolate, Darling! Songs performed by Sinatra included Summer Wind, At Long Last Love, Day In, Day Out, The Shadow of Your Smile, Moonlight in Vermont, A Foggy Day, This Is All I Ask, Fly Me to the Moon, Ive Got You Under My Skin, Nancy (With the Laughing Face), Youre Nobody Till Somebody Loves You, Ol Man River, Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars, My Kind of Town, Thats Life, Strangers in the Night, The Lady Is a Tramp, and Thats Life., The Who, The Blues Magoos, The Racket Squad, Martha and the Vandellas, Peaches and Herb, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Lou Christie, The Groov-U, Robert Knight, The Esquires, Sly & The Family Stone, The Delphonics, Billy Vera & Judy Clay, and The Entertainers, Jan Howard, Bill Anderson, Jim Ed Brown, Grandpa jones, Billy Walker, Don Bowman, Hugh X. Lewis. Brownstone, Live and Let Die, Knockin on Heavens Door, Think About You, You Could Be Mine, Sweet Child O Mine, Out Ta Get Me, Madagascar, November Rain, Rocket Queen, Street of Dreams, Patience, Chinese Democracy, Nightrain, and Paradise City., There were 10,274 people in attendance. Later, Mayor Sophie Masloff said that the bands fans shouldnt be welcome back to the city, calling them Deadenders erroneously. K-Ci and Jojo were scheduled to perform but they did not appear. The arena kept the name after Mellon merged with The Bank of New York to form The Bank of New York Mellon in 2007 and didn't go through with the "BNY Mellon" rebranding like other buildings bearing the Bank of New York or Mellon name such as One Mellon Center. Songs performed included Our House, Teach Your Children, For What Its Worth, Guinnevere, Deja Vu, Long Time Coming, Wooden Ships, Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Wind on the Water, Not Fade Away, Crossroads, Preroad Downs, I Give It to You Blind, Calypso, Save the Whales, Turn Back, Shadow Captain, Just a Song Before I Go, Cathedral, and For Free. Stills was reportedly nearly electrocuted during the show. Mathis was backed by a 26 piece orchestra. Songs performed included Something In the Way She Moves, Lookin For Love on Broadway, Riding on a Railroad, Everyday, Sweet Potato Pie, First of May, Sun on the Moon, Country Road, Steamroller, Shower the People, Youve Got a Friend, How Sweet It Is, Fire and Rain, and One Man Dog. Though the roof was scheduled to be open, it was kept closed thanks to windy conditions outside. I present the sky! Just four pylons, each set out from the edge of the building, was used as supports, providing a 13.7 m long cantilevered perimeter. What had been constructed was one of the most unique structures of its time, a giant dome that retracted. Famous for having the first retractable roof in a major arena, Civic Arena would later be famous for being the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins which led to its nickname of "The Igloo." On September 17, 1961, the arena finally opened after over three years of construction with an ice skating exhibition. It was breezy enough that a wind-whipped tropical-imagery backdrop behind the stage had to be taken down partway through Buffetts set. The last concert at Civic Arena was on June 23, 2006. Songs performed by Ross included Im Coming Out, Mirror, Mirror, Fool for Your Love, Upside Down, Its My Turn, Reach Out and Touch (Somebodys Hand), Touch Me in the Morning, I Cried for You, My Man, Good Morning Heartache, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where Youre Going To), Aint No Mountain High Enough, Muscles, TAint Nobodys Bizness If I Do, and Work That Body.. There were 12,603 people in attendance (some sources said 12,392). During the concert, unruly fans ripped a sink from the wall in a mens room. Songs performed by Estefan in her two-hour, 15-minute set included Conga, Live for Loving You, Get on Your Feet, Anything for You, Dont Wanna Lose You, Destiny, Here We Are, Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, Oye Mi Canto, Steal Your Heart, Along Came You (A Song for Emily), Dont Leave Me This Way/Lady Marmelade/Papa Was a Rolling Stone/Oye Como Va, Mi Tierra, Con Los Aos Que Me Quedan, Tradicin, Everlasting Love, Cuts Both Ways, I See Your Smile, Words Get in the Way, Cant Stay Away From You, Always Tomorrow, Coming Out of the Dark, Abriendo Puertas, Youll Be Mine (Party Time), Turn the Beat Around, Dr. The show was a seven-hour long benefit concert for the Variety Clubs Fund for Handicapped Children in the Tri-State. The show was billed as a Rock n Roll Caravan, and a surprisingly small 5,400 were in attendance. Walcott Medicine Show, and Willie and the Hand Jive., There were 9,222 people in attendance. On July 11, 1971, the world's first "authorized" production of Jesus Christ Superstar opened at the Civic Arena. Songs performed during her 90-minute set included Its My Turn, Reach Out and Touch, Touch Me in the Morning, Missing You, Lets Go Up, Touch By Touch, Swept Away, You Cant Hurry Love, Mirror Mirror, Im Coming Out, Upside Down, Aint No Mountain High Enough, Muscles, Rescue Me, So Close, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Baby Love, Stop! Songs performed by U2 included 11 OClock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, Seconds, MLK, The Unforgettable Fire, Wire, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Electric Co., A Sort Of Homecoming, Bad, October, New Years Day, Pride, Party Girl, Gloria, and 40. Songs performed by Lone Justice included Sweet Sweet Baby, You Are the Light, Train Song, and a cover of Fortunate Son., George Thorogood & The Delaware Destroyers, There were 6,408 people in attendance. Alpert performed songs including Whipped Cream, Mame, The Lonely Bull, Tijuana Taxi, This Guys In Love With You, What Now My Love, Getting Sentimental Over You, A Taste of Honey, Zorbas Dance. The Checkmates opened with a 40-minute set and played songs including Sunny and Baby, I Need Your Loving., Hugh Masekela, Thelonious Monk, Gary Burton, Cannonball Adderly, Herbie Mann. 1865 to 1929. Although briefly mentioned in early September 2001 in a listing for Pittsburgh, this show actually took place at Bryce Jordan Center in State College, PA. [26], The Pittsburgh Spirit Major Indoor Soccer League team also hosted matches at the Arena.[5][27]. Songs performed by Stewart included Hot Legs, Infatuation, Tonights the Night (Gonna Be Alright), Some Guys Have All the Luck, Love Touch, Young Turks, The First Cut Is the Deepest, Youre in My Heart (The Final Acclaim), Sweet Little Rock & Roller, You Wear It Well, Lost in You, Dynamite, Forever Young, People Get Ready, Mandolin Wind, Baby Jane, Da Ya Think Im Sexy?, Crazy About Her, Passion, Reason to Believe, Maggie May, Twistin the Night Away, Tear It Up, and Try a Little Tenderness.. Songs performed by The Pointer Sisters included Im So Excited, Wang Dang Doodle, Slow Hand, Fire, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Fairy Tale, Dare Me, Should I Do It, Lay It On the Line, Baby Come and Get It, Neutron Dance, Jump (For My Love). Songs performed by Shannon included Let the Music Play, Give Me Tonight, and Its You., There were 11,286 people in attendance. On May 2, 1970, The Doors visited Pittsburgh, not long after . in the U.S.A., Crumblin Down, Play Guitar/Gloria, Pink Houses, Hurts So Good, The Authority Song, and a cover of Like a Rolling Stone., This show was moved to 11/16/87 at the Syria Mosque due to a scheduling conflict.. This show was apparently moved to the A.J. There were 12,042 people in attendance. Bo Diddley, Bobby Vee, Jay & the Americans, Little Anthony, Lou Christie, The show was cancelled four days beforehand due to contractual difficuties.. Thousands gathered to watch the roof retract to reveal the skyline. Songs performed by Rogers included The Gambler, Coward of the County, You Turn the Light On, Love Or Something Like It, You Are So Beautiful, Lucille, Lady, Through the Years, and Ruby. Songs performed by B.J. The Civic Arena, formerly the Civic Auditorium and later Mellon Arena, was an arena located in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Big Baboon., Songs performed by R.E.M. Songs included Grandmas Feather Bed, Sunshine on My Shoulders, Deal With the Ladies, Baby You Look Good to Me Tonight, Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio, Today, Looking for Space, Fly Away, How Can I Leave You Again, Singing Skies and Dancing Waters, My Sweet Lady, Annies Song, Druthers, High Sierra, Bet on the Blues, Love Is Everywhere, Take Me Home, Country Roads, Thank God Im a Country Boy, Rocky Mountain High, Back Home Again, Calypso, High Sierra, Poems, Prayers and Promises, I Want to Live.. Songs performed by Joel included Allentown, A Matter of Trust, Pressure, Goodnight Saigon, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, Big Shot, Baby Grand, You May Be Right, Prelude/Angry Young Man, The Ballad of Billy the Kid, Big Man on Mulberry Street, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, and Piano Man., Songs performed by Richie during his hour-and-45-minute set included Hello, Easy, Say You, Say Me, Penny Lover, Running With the Night, All Night Long, Se La, Truly, Endless Love, Dont Stop, and Dancing on the Ceiling. Sheila E. joined Richie onstage to duet on a version of Higher Love and also Love Will Conquer All. Songs performed by Sheila E. during her 45-minute set included Bedtime Story, Erotic City, Love Bizarre, Holly Rock, and Glamorous Life., Songs performed by Gabriel included Sledgehammer, San Jacinto, Big Time, Shock the Monkey, In Your Eyes (with Youssou NDour), Family Snapshot, No Self Control, Mercy Street, This Is The Puctire (Excellent Birds), The Family and the Fishing Net, Lay Your Hands on Me, Biko, Red Rain, I Have the Touch, No Self Control, Dont Give Up, Here Comes the Flood.. "[7], The Civic Arena hosted numerous concerts, the circus, political and religious rallies, roller derbies as well as contests in hockey, basketball, fish tournament weigh-ins, pro tennis, boxing, wrestling, lacrosse, football, ice skating championships, kennel shows, and soccer. Songs performed by Traffic included Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory, Glad, and Roll Right Stones. Songs performed by Martyn included Man Walks Inside, Jelly Roll Baker, and Id Rather Be the Devil.. 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