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Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
27 years ago today, ZZ Top played the second of two sold-out nights at the Civic Center in Portland. They were here on the Recycler tour and the song My Head’s in Mississippi was rockin’ the airwaves of WBLM!
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
If he were still with us, Ronald Wayne Van Zant the legendary lead singer and songwriter for Lynyrd Skynyrd would’ve turned 70 today.
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
34 years ago today, Ozzy Osbourne kicked off his Bark at The Moon tour right here at the Cumberland County Civic Center with Motley Crue!
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
He was a singer, a songwriter, a record producer, an arranger, an actor and a painter born David Jones in Brixton, London, England on January 8, 1947. Was there anything this guy couldn't do?
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
28 years ago today, the Dr. Feelgood World Tour made a stop in Portland, Maine. On December 14, 1989, it was a sold-out show at the Civic Center.
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
When Aerosmith came to Portland on December 6, 1979, Steven Tyler passed out onstage which brought the show to a halt. It was a Thursday night in front of a sold-out crowd at the Cumberland County Civic Center.
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
40 years ago, Jethro Tull played their first show at the newly opened Civic Center. This was on the Songs from the Wood tour, blending folk rock and hard rock for a sold-out Portland crowd.
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
This weekend, we remember one of the last shows of the Seventies with the original line-up of Aerosmith and a show without Brad Whitford and Joe Perry. Both were on a November 19th at the Civic Center. Sadly, heavy drug use and bad vibes seemed to dominate this period.
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today we celebrate the legendary guitar powerhouse who brought together rock, blues, and jazz to create an unmistakable signature sound. The late great Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble made their first and only appearance at the Civic Center, 32 years ago.
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
27 years ago, ‘The Thundah from Down Undah’ came back to Portland for their 6th sold-out night since their first concert at the CCCC in 1985.
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
Today’s Blimp Time-Hop
37 years ago, the Audio-Visions tour came to Portland, Maine. This second appearance by Kansas at the Civic Center was also their second sold-out show there.

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