42 years ago, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band made their first trip to the Civic Center in Portland. The new album Stranger in Town had only been out for just over a week.
39 years ago, Van Halen returned to Portland for a third time. On May 16, 1981, the ‘Noize Boyz’ "hit the ground runnin" bringing their Fair Warning Tour to Blimpville.
WBLM celebrates a New England rock n’ roll legend and harmonica king. Happy 75th Birthday to Richard Salwitz. We all know him in Blimpville as Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band.
Let's enjoy this little trip through time with Steve Winwood from his days with the Spencer Davis Group as a teenager, to Traffic, to more recent photos with Eric Clapton and Michael J. Fox. We are also proud to present a super quality video of his 2014 performance of The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys in Portland.
Billy Squier was absolutely one of the greatest artists to rock the airwaves of WBLM way back when and still today. On this milestone 70th birthday, we salute him with 5 great performance videos. Thanks for the music, Mistah Squiah.
Alabama Getaway was one of the the 'new' tracks spinning on the Blimp at the time. We imagine it started up the show with a roar for 8,000ish Deadheads at the Cumberland County Civic Center.
Happy Birthday to singer-songwriter and all-around working man's rock star, Bob Seger! The legend turns 75 today. How many times has he played in Maine?
On May 4, 1988, AC/DC rocked Portland on the Blow Up Your Video tour for night two. Just like the first night, the show opened with a missile rising out of the stage and Angus Young jumping out of it as he started rippin’ the opening licks to Heatseeker.
We count 6 Maine shows with the classic Kiss lineup over the years...four at the Civic Center, one in Bangor and one in Augusta. Did you get see any with Ace, Peter, Paul, and Gene?
34 years ago today, Aerosmith rocked a sold out show at the Civic Center. The tour was to support their comeback album Done With Mirrors which marked the return of Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.
The Police released their fourth album in 1981 featuring the hit singles Spirits in the Material World and Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic. They brought it to us live at the Cumberland County Civic Center on April 15, 1982.