Portland Concerts

23 years ago, Bon Jovi played a sold out show at the Civic Center. This was on the Keep the Faith Tour and we are pretty sure this was the last time they came to Portland. It’s a particularly memorable show for me even though I wasn’t there.

Join us in the Big Red Love Van we celebrate an historic beginning. 39 years ago today, the mighty J. Geils Band rocked the Cumberland County Civic Center for the very first time.

27 years ago this week, Whitesnake rocked us in Portland at the Civic Center on their on Slip of the Tongue Tour.

30 years ago today, Billy Joel returned to the Civic Center here in Portland for the third time and a third sold-out show.

26 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!

We’ve got a couple of occasions to celebrate with Kiss today on WBLM. First of all, Happy Birthday to founding member Paul Stanley who turns 65 today.

33 years ago today Ozzy Osbourne kicked off his Bark at The Moon tour right here at the Cumberland County Civic Center!

19 years ago, Aerosmith played a sold out show at the Civic Center in Portland. This wasn’t just any full house rock show in Blimpville, this was in the beginning days of the Ice Storm of ’98!

37 years ago today, Pink Floyd went number one in the UK for the first and only time with the single, Another Brick in the Wall Part II.

27 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.

37 years ago today, WBLM welcomed a sold-out night of southern-fried rock to the Civic Center in Portland.

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.

31 years ago, Rush brought their Power Windows Tour to the Civic Center in Portland.

28 years ago today, WBLM welcomed back Ozzy Osbourne to the Civic Center!

Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience returns to the State Theatre in Portland tonight! Jason and company were here last year and Blimpville has been buzzing about it ever since.

39 years ago, Jethro Tull played their first show at the Civic Center. This was on the Songs from the Wood tour, bringing a marriage of folk rock and hard rock to a sold-out Portland crowd. Mandolins and lutes joined guitars drums and flutes to bring back some ancient magic along with the awesome prog, dude. ...