Concerts

The great George Lopez is coming to Portland's Merrill Auditorium on Saturday, September 28th. George is an American treasure and we can't wait to have him in town! We found this old clip of a young Mr. Lopez on the old Arsenio Hall Show. This is from sometime in the 90's.

41 years ago today, Styx rocked a sold-out show at the Civic Center in Portland. Their second Maine appearance was surrounded by the excitement of their mega-album, The Grand Illusion and an upcoming new album.

He has already had quite a birthday week of celebrating leading up to today. This past Wednesday night, Steve Gorman played with the ageless and superb, Ringo Starr at the Met in Philadelphia.

On August 16,1983 it was the second of three Loverboy shows during the 80s at Portland’s largest venue and all of them sellouts.

42 years ago today, Yes arrived for the first time at the still pretty much brand-new Civic Center in support of their album Going For The One.

From what I've read on social media recently, residents are literally up in arms about the new concert venue, Rock Row.

Check out these great photos of Alice with staff and golfers at beautiful Spring Meadows before his sold-out show at Rock Row in Westbrook on Saturday!

Van Halen was sold-out that night and would continue to sell ALL the tickets every time they came back, up to and including their final Portland performance with Sammy Hagar in 1991.

On August 9, 1995, just before the WBLM Classic Lunch Hour, I went into the Blimp Studio to let Tommy C know that Jerry passed. He offered his condolences with an expression that you would give someone who just lost a family member. For Deadheads, we had.

What a summer for live rock and roll! Just last week we had TWO Heart shows, Steve Miller and Joe Bonamassa in Blimpville. And as we round the corner into August, the rock just keeps getting better, WBLM will have tickets to ALL these shows plus lots more special stuff, like Celeste's 30th Ann…