Remembering Aerosmith’s Ice Storm Show In Portland

28 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 early days of the Ice Storm of ’98!

Leave it to “pah-tee hah-dee” Maine rockers to brave the elements for a night of live Aerosmith. No way were they missing New England’s favorite band on the Nine Lives Tour.  

Bet those kids in the front, just wearing a t-shirt, were bummin’ when they stepped outside the Civic Center after the show.

You can listen to the entire 2-hour Portland concert here. It opens with the title track of the 1997 album they were touring in support of, and goes all the way to a ridiculously fantastic Sweet Emotion finish that includes a little Zep.