Portland Concerts

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35 years ago today, Billy Squier sold out the Civic Center. Listen to the Blimp's longtime buddy, Maine’s King of Comedy Bob Marley tell the story of his very first concert on that fateful night, March 21,1983 to help us remember this one. "Stroke Me, Stroke Me!"

25 years ago today, Guns N’ Roses finally arrived in Blimpville! Their first scheduled appearance here was in August of ’88 opening for Aerosmith. But that didn’t happen.

32 years ago today, Pat Benatar returned to the Civic Center in Portland for the second time.

26 years ago today, the Wherever We May Roam tour made a stop in Portland, Maine. It was a sold-out Thursday night at the CCCC. We're pretty sure if you are able to go into the arena when it's empty and quiet today, you would hear the Enter Sandman riff echoing in the distance ...

29 years ago this weekend (yeah, you read that right), Poison rocked the Cumberland County Civic Center on the Open Up and Say…Ahh! Tour. This was Bret, C.C., Bobby, and Rikki at the height of their hair-metal powers.

18 years ago today, Def Leppard returned to Portland for a sold-out show at the Civic Center to bring us into the new millennium.

25 years ago today, Bon Jovi played a sold out show at the Civic Center. It’s a particularly memorable show for me even though I wasn’t there.

We celebrate an historic beginning this weekend. 40 years ago today, the mighty J. Geils Band rocked the Cumberland County Civic Center for the very first time

Maybe you caught them live in the WBLM Studio yesterday on the Afternoon Express? Everywhere we went last night, Blimpsters told us it sounded amazing! This definitely a fun and faithful presentation. These guys are bringing us back to 1977 with the look and sound of The Eagles in the era of Hotel California.

Over the past 30 years of being part of Blimp air staff, I’ve had the privilege of meeting many iconic figures in the world of rock. None have been more friendly and genuine than Graham Nash.

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

He co-wrote songs with front man Peter Wolf throughout their history and wrote the band’s biggest hit Centerfold from their only number one album, Freeze-Frame. Happy 67th Birthday to Seth Justman, keyboardist and songwriter for the J Geils Band.

The Guitar God has melted Mainers faces live in concert 10 times from 1978 to 2015...Happy 63rd Birthday to Eddie Van Halen!