Portland Concerts

Nearly a year after their first appearance in Portland opening for Black Sabbath, Eddie, Alex, Mike, and Dave returned to the Civic Center on August 10, 1979! This time they were the headliners.

34 years ago this week, Kansas returned to the Portland with a new lead singer.

33 years ago, the Talking Heads came to the Civic Center in Portland on their Speaking in Tongues tour.

35 years ago today, Ozzy Osbourne rocked the Civic Center with the late, great Randy Rhoads. Sadly, he was gone less than a year later in that tragic plane crash.

33 years ago today, Jackson Browne returned for his 4th appearance at the Civic Center.

Happy Birthday to the son of a rock legend who also has a pretty impressive resume of his own.

Remember that time when the singer from Led Zeppelin came to Portland, Maine?

The band that melded Southern Fried Rock with Arena Rock in the Eighties played at the Civic Center in Portland 30 years ago today.

34 years ago, Loverboy sold out the Civic Center. The Get Lucky tour was the first appearance there for the Canadians from Calgary.

After a lengthy hiatus during the Blimp’s A to Z, here comes the return this week of the WBLM Mini-Concert!  It's the Big Red Love Van taking us to another historic Civic Center show. 35 years ago, Joe Walsh rocked the CCCC.

29 years ago, Heart played the Civic Center. On June 26, 1987, the lovely Wilson sisters returned to Portland for the 6th time.

After going through an intense battle with alcoholism and checking into rehab early in 1982, Eric Clapton returned to the Civic Center for a second time.

39 years ago tonight, the classic line-up of Lynyrd Skynyrd played the Civic Center for the first and last time.

32 years ago tonight, the Scorpions returned to Portland for their first headlining show at the Civic Center.

What do you do to follow up the biggest hit album of your career? Umm, try to replicate it, right?

38 years ago this weekend, WBLM welcomed a night of southern-fried rock to the Civic Center in Portland.