Memorable Concerts & Shows


Artist/Show Tix Pix Location Date
U2 - 360° Tour
with Muse
Carter-Finley Stadium, NCSU, Raleigh NC October 3, 2009
Alice Cooper - Theatre of Death
with Fifth Avenue Vampires
Durham Performing Arts Center September 30, 2009
Cheech and Chong - Light Up America Durham Performing Arts Center April 3, 2009
Morrissey - Tour of Refusal Durham Performing Arts Center March 11, 2009
Laurie Anderson - Homeland tour   Page Auditorium, Duke Univ., Durham NC September 18, 2008
Regeneration Tour
Naked Eyes, A Flock of Seagulls, ABC, Belinda Carlisle, Human League
Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary NC August 27, 2008
Smashing Pumpkins Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh NC August 17, 2008
Heart Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh NC August 10, 2008
Cheap Trick Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh NC August 10, 2008
The Moody Blues     Hard Rock Park, Myrtle Beach SC June 3, 2008
The Eagles   Hard Rock Park, Myrtle Beach SC June 2, 2008
They Might Be Giants Fletcher Hall, Durham NC October 26, 2007
The B-52s   House of Blues - Myrtle Beach August 3, 2007
Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors House of Blues - Myrtle Beach July 21, 2007
The Romantics - Bud Light Downtown Live   Moore Square, Raleigh NC July 14, 2007
Rush - Snakes & Arrows Tour   Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh NC June 20, 2007
Nine Inch Nails - Live With Teeth 2006, with Bauhaus and TV On The Radio   Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh NC June 9, 2006
Laurie Anderson - End of the Moon tour   Fletcher Hall, Durham NC November 13, 2005
Violent Femmes - Raleigh Downtown Live     Moore Square, Raleigh NC July 16, 2005
Styx w/Peter Frampton   Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh NC June 18, 2004
Liz Phair - 2004 Aquafina On the Bricks   Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta GA May 28, 2004
Blondie   Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh NC August 8, 2002
Rush - Vapor Trails tour   Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh NC July 4, 2002
Village People - NC State Fair     Dorton Arena, Raleigh NC October 21, 2001
GWAR     DragonCon, Atlanta GA September 5, 1998
GWAR     DragonCon, Atlanta GA June 28, 1997
GWAR     DragonCon, Atlanta GA June 22, 1996
Warren Zevon     The New Bar, Raleigh NC February 7, 1996
Lords of Acid w/My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult   Ritz Theatre, Raleigh NC June 17, 1995
Elvis Costello & The Attractions w/Crash Test Dummies   Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh NC June 18, 1994
Pink Floyd   Carter-Finley Stadium, NCSU, Raleigh NC May 10, 1994
Rush   Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill NC March 6, 1994
Blue Oyster Cult     Summit Music Hall, Raleigh NC April 24, 1993
Vanilla Train Wreck     UAB All-Nighter NCSU, Raleigh NC March 8, 1993
Man or Astroman?     Phenomicon, Atlanta GA November 14, 1992
Swinging Love Corpses     Phenomicon, Atlanta GA November 14, 1992
Lollapalooza - Butthole Surfers, Rollins Band, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Nine Inch Nails, Ice T/Body Count, Violent Femmes, Fishbone, Living Colour, Jane's Addiction   Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh NC August 17, 1991
Yes   Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh NC July 10, 1991
George Carlin   Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh NC September 7, 1990
Genesis     Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill NC September 1, 1990
Paul McCartney - World Tour 90   Carter-Finley Stadium, NCSU, Raleigh NC July 22, 1990
The Grateful Dead   Carter-Finley Stadium, NCSU, Raleigh NC July 10, 1990
David Bowie - Sound + Vision tour   Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill NC May 9, 1990
The B-52s   Raleigh Civic Center, Raleigh NC October 27, 1989
The Cure   Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke Univ, Durham NC September 20, 1989
The Rolling Stones   Carter-Finley Stadium, NCSU, Raleigh NC September 16, 1989
The Who   Carter-Finley Stadium, NCSU, Raleigh NC July 27, 1989
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptions   Rialto Theatre, Raleigh NC June 11, 1989
Blue Oyster Cult   Beethoven's, Raleigh NC May 28, 1989
Mojo Nixon / Skid Roper   Rialto Theatre, Raleigh NC May 24, 1989
DEVO   Rialto Theatre, Raleigh NC November 22, 1988
Robert Plant w/Joan Jett   Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill NC November 6, 1988
Midnight Oil   Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh NC June 13, 1988
Thomas Dolby   The Brewery, Raleigh NC June 4, 1988
Echo & The Bunnymen   Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke Univ, Durham NC February 20, 1988
Yes - Big Generator tour   Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill NC February 13, 1988
Where the Rubber Meets the Road - AIDS Benefit - The Ramones, Blondie (as "Tiger Bomb"), Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Husker Dü, William Burroughs   Beacon Theatre, NYC December 16, 1987
David Bowie - Glass Spider tour   Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill NC September 7, 1987
Black Flag - Loose Nut tour     The Brewery, Raleigh NC June 20, 1985
Prince - Purple Rain tour     Greensboro Coliseum (NC) November 16, 1984
Adam Ant w/Scandal     Raleigh Civic Center, Raleigh NC January 30, 1983
Van Halen - Diver Down tour     Reynolds Coliseum, NCSU, Raleigh NC December 5, 1982
The Police - Ghost In the Machine tour     Greensboro Coliseum (NC) January 26, 1982
Rush     Cumberland County Memorial Coliseum - Fayetteville NC December 5, 1981
Styx - Paradise Theatre tour     Greensboro Coliseum (NC) April 11, 1981
Cheap Trick w/UFO     Minges Coliseum, ECU - Greenville NC April 4, 1981
Jimmy Buffett   Myrtle Beach Convention Center June 16, 1980

*** Does anyone have dates for these shows? ----

Billy Idol - Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke Univ. Durham NC 1984/85
The Method Actors - Tate St. bar, Greensboro NC
King Missile - Cat's Cradle, Carrboro NC
King Missile - Hillsborough St. bar, Raleigh - 1990
Ozzy Osbourne - Greensboro Coliseum
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Greensboro Coliseum
The B-52s - UNC-Chapel Hill - opening band was Molly Hatchet!
Mojo Nixon & The Toadliquors - Chapel Hill
Deee-Lite - The Ritz Theatre, Raleigh NC, 1990s
B.B. King - Central Park, NYC 1988? winter


Wayne Aiken
htomc42@hotmail.com
PO Box 30904
Raleigh, NC 27622

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