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Ticket Stub Time Travels

Fondly remembering pre-pandemic days of attending concerts, festivals, games and special events. We want our lifestyle back! We will attempt to recall history and great memories by finding and posting ticket stubs from past events we attended for all 365 days of the calendar year. Is this possible?

11/22/1997 Hall & Oates, Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ

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November 23, 2021

24 years ago...

November 22, 1997 - Phoenix, AZ

Hall & Oates performed in concert at Celebrity Theatre.

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7/10/21 Super Bowl of Rock: Ted Nugent, Lynyrd Skynyrd, REO Speedwagon, Journey, .38 Special, Soldier Field, Chicago, IL

July 10, 2021

44 years ago today... July 10, 1977 - Chicago, IL The "Super Bowl of Rock" headlined by Ted Nugent and Lynyrd Skynyrd was held at Soldier Field. The day opened with a then-relatively unknown .38 Special followed by a new version of Journey and one of the first ever appearances by Steve Perry. Regional favorites REO Speedwagon came on next and then Skynyrd, at their live show peak and the best band of the day. Ted Nugent, also arguably at his career peak performance-wise, closed the festival. In this pre-bottled water era, each of the 60K+ in attendance at Soldier Field could bring in a gallon jug. When Nugent took the stage, the empty jugs were thrown from the back and upper levels of the stadium down to the main floor and toward the stage. Jugs were tossed at the band with Nuge egging it on. So many gallon jugs accumulated on stage the show was stopped and staff with push brooms worked to clear the area.

5/4/1979 Allman Brothers Band, Freedom Hall, Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center, Louisville, KY

May 04, 2021

42 years ago today... May 4, 1979 - Louisville, KY Following a three-year breakup, the Allman Brothers Band reunited to headline the Derby Eve Jam at Freedom Hall at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center. As its name suggests, the Derby Eve Jam is an annual concert held on the Friday night before the running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Firefall opened the show, but everyone was there to see Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts after mending fences and releasing a new studio album titled "Enlightened Rogues." My pal and I returned to Louisville and the Run For The Roses for a second-straight year, upgrading our lodging from sleeping bags in the back of my El Camino to a youth hostel tent campus. We arrived at the concert in a significantly altered state. Although we sat high in the rafters of Freedom Hall, we were laser-focused on the stage and these kings of Southern Rock. When the show ended, my friend and I looked at each other clearly ready for more. Chec...

12/30/2017 Penn State vs. Washington, PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, AZ

January 03, 2022

4 years ago... December 30, 2017 - Glendale, AZ In a Big 10 versus Pac 12 matchup, the Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Washington Huskies 35 - 28 in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium. Current NFL running backs Saquon Barkley and Myles Gaskin each had two rushing touchdowns.

Ticket Stub Time Travels

Fondly remembering pre-pandemic days of attending concerts, festivals, games and special events. We want our lifestyle back! We will attempt to recall history and great memories by finding and posting ticket stubs from past events we attended for all 365 days of the calendar year. Is this possible?

Rod Smith: Phoenix, Arizona, United States; As a life long sports fan and lover of live entertainment, I have been attending concerts, ball games, festivals and special events since the late 1960s. I started visiting Cactus League Spring Training at age 10, and have witnessed hundreds of contests including Final Fours, National College Football Championships, The Masters, US Opens, a World Series, a Super Bowl, MLB All Star Game, NFL Pro Bowl, NBA Playoffs and a World Series. My love of concerts also started early when my dad agreed to drop me off to see Stevie Wonder and Rufus bring Motown to the Great Corn Desert of central Illinois. That started a love affair of live music that extends from shows at huge stadia and arenas, amphitheaters and historic theatres to blues bars, juke joints and honky-tonks. The pandemic quickly put a halt to our event-oriented lifestyle. Rather than sulk about what we are missing, we decided to look back at great events of the past that stir great memories and remind us of what awaits when we gain control of the virus and its impact. Our goal is to locate and post a ticket stub from a past event we attended that relates to all 365 days of the calendar. Is this even possible?

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