Ticket Stub Time Travels

 Yesterday... December 25, 2021 - Glendale, AZ The Indianapolis Colts defeated the Arizona Cardinals 22-16 on Christmas night at State Farm Stadium.

 16 years ago today... December 24, 2005 - Tempe, AZ  The Arizona Cardinals said goodbye to its college stadium home with a 27-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles at the last NFL regular season game scheduled at Sun Devil Stadium. The Cardinals were promised a new stadium when they bolted St. Louis for the desert. It took 18 years of play at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium and a very close vote at the ballot box before they could move to a modern new facility in Glendale. In this game, Cardinals QB Josh McCown threw TD passes to Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin. Both of the WRs went over 1,300 yards on the season in this game. Former Illini Neil Rackers added two field goals for Arizona. Head Coaches were Andy Reid for the Eagles and Denny "they are who we thought they were and we let 'em off the hook" Green. While this was the last NFL game ever planned to be played at Sun Devil Stadium, loyal readers of TSTT will recall the October 27 post remembe

 10 years ago today... December 23, 2011 - Phoenix, AZ  Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band rocked the US Airways Center. Bob has been a concert favorite of ours since we were introduced to him the summer of 1976 and the debut of "Live Bullet." By 2011, Bob's long hair had turned silver and he played some of the show seated with acoustic guitar. Saxophone player Alto Reed and bassist Chris Campbell were still in the band, a large group with backup vocalists and horns. Here's a link to the setlist: https://www.setlist.fm/.../us-airways-center-phoenix-az...

 34 years ago today... December 20, 1987 - Tempe, AZ  Irish rockers U2 played a concert at Sun Devil Stadium that was filmed and recorded for the movie and album "Rattle and Hum." All tickets were priced at $5 to insure a full house in the stadium. BB King opened the show and is featured in the rockumentary movie. This show was the second of two nights of performances, both of which sold out.

 11 years ago today... December 19, 2010 - Phoenix, AZ  The Judds brought their final farewell tour to US Airways Center. Billed as "The Last Encore Tour," the mother-daughter duo played their career retrospective hits fronting a large band. We were guests of the promoter.

 9 years ago yesterday... December 18, 2012 - Phoenix, AZ For Stray Cat frontman Brian Setzer brought his Christmas Rocks Extravaganza with a full orchestra to Celebrity Theatre. A Setzer show is one of the only times Celebrity Theatre removes the seats in the pit in creating a dance floor. Brian's concerts are a swingin' good time.

 10 years ago today... December 17, 2011 - Phoenix, AZ  An annual fund raising event for the Christian faith-based Solid Rock Foundation, Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding was held at Comerica Theatre. The celebrity headliners on this night included Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, Korn bassist Brian "Head" Welch, Motley Crue singer John Corabi, The Tubes, Kip Winger and Orianthi. A holiday tradition for us, we have attended 14 of the 19 Puddings to date.