1977 Lakeland Civic Center Florida Concert History

QUEEN
February 20, 1977 Featuring Queen and Thin Lizzy.

BOSTON
April 7, 1977 Featuring Boston and Starbuck.

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
November 5, 1977 Featuring The Doobie Brothers and Pablo Cruise.

THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND
November 30, 1977 Featuring The Marshall Tucker Band and .38 Special.

STYX
December 3, 1977 Featuring Styx and UFO.

THE GRATEFUL DEAD
April 15, 1977 Featuring The Grateful Dead.

THE BEACH BOYS
January 7, 1977 Featuring The Beach Boys.

LYNYRD SKYNYRD
October 18, 1977 Featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Little River Band.

KANSAS
February 12, 1977 Featuring Kansas, Styx and Supa.

Lakeland Civic Center ) and gained its current name The Lakeland Center in June 1994.
It was here where KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley was nearly electrocuted, during a concert on December 12, 1976.
The Grateful Dead performed at the arena on May 21, 1977. The show makes up half of the archival live album, Dick's Picks Volume 29.
Some amazing concerts took place there: Aerosmith two nights on the Toys in the Attic tour, Van Halen on the Van Halen II tour, Foreigner with the Cars
opening in 1978, Queen on the Jazz tour, Journey with the Babys opening in 1980, Black Sabbath on the Heaven & Hell tour with Riot opening, Saxon
opening for Rush, Van Halen on the Fair Warning tour, AC/DC on the For Those About to Rock tour, Cheap Trick on the All Shook Up tour with Pete
Comita on bass, the Plasmatics opening for KISS on the Creatures of the Night tour with Vinnie in the ankh make-up, Def Leppard on the Pyromania
tour, Iron Maiden on the Number of the Beast tour, Ozzy Osbourne touring for Bark at the Moon with Jake E. Lee on guitar, Judas Priest on the
Defenders of the Faith tour, Twisted Sister and Ratt less than a week apart in October 1984, Dokken opening for Dio on the The Last In Line tour,
W.A.S.P. opening for Quiet Riot on the Condition Critical tour, Twisted Sister again opening for Iron Maiden on the World Slavery Tour, Dio again with
Ruff Cutt opening, Yngwie Malmsteen opening for AC/DC, Dokken opening for Judas Priest, Cinderella opening for David Lee Roth two nights in 1986,
Yngwie again opening for Maiden, Guns N' Roses opening for Motley Crue two nights on the Girls Girls Girls tour, Queensryche with Def Leppard,
Cinderella with Judas Priest, Queensryche with Metallica, Kix opening for Ratt.

KANSAS
October 28, 1977 Featuring Kansas.

THE BEACH BOYS
October 1, 1977 Featuring The Beach Boys and Chicago.

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