THEY PLAYED IN PEORIA

 

ROBERTSON MEMORIAL FIELDHOUSE

BRADLEY UNIVERSITY

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XX-XX-1964 – Nancy Wilson

XX-XX-1967 – Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons (may have been in 1968)

XX-XX-1969 – The Fifth Dimension (may have been in 1970)

XX-XX-197X – John Sebastian, Friends of Distinction (may have been 1970 or 1971)

XX-XX-197X – Livingston Taylor

XX-XX-197X – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (1971 or 1972)

XX-XX-1971 – Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass

XX-XX-1971 – Ray Charles

​​XX-XX-1972 – Prague Symphony Orchestra

02-XX-1973 – Waylon Jennings, Gordon Lightfoot, Kris Kristofferson

XX-XX-198X – Chicago

​XX-XX-198X – Larry Linville (1986 or 1987)

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05-22-1950 – Jack Benny, Phil Harris, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Vivian Blaine, many others

04-01-1951 – Percy Grainger, Peoria Symphony Orchestra

04-30-1951 – Bradley Singers, Peoria Civic Orchestra

10-10-1951 – "Don Juan In Hell", Charles Laughton, Charles Boyer, Cedric Hardwicke, Agnes Moorhead - First Drama Quartet

11-10-1951 – Chicagoland Band, Claus Indian Family, Palermo Brothers, Burt Hedstrom

12-02-1951 – Peoria Municipal Band, with numerous local choral groups

12-06-1951 – Milton Budd, Ozzie Osborne's Orchestra, Homer & Jethro, others (WMBD Santa's Workshop)

01-15-1952 – The Laubins (Native American dancers)

04-08-1952 – Bradley University Choir, Peoria Civic Orchestra

04-19-1952 – Big Twelve Conference Music Festival

04-24-1952 – Lansing Male Quartet

05-01-1952 – Holiday On Ice, thru 05-05-1952

05-19-1952 – BU Band, BU Singers, Modern Dance Group - Spring Festival

10-02-1952 – Dwight D Eisenhower (Presidential candidate), Berne Scanlon Orchestra

11-24-1952 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

11-30-1952 – Peoria Municipal Band, several Peoria church choirs

12-07-1952 – Wayne West, Ozzie Osbourne Orchestra, Milton Budd, Jean Norman, Dorie Lane, Jimmy Caragher, Betty Philbee,

                      Norma Cullen, Parker Brothers, others

01-22-1953 – "John Brown's Body", Tyrone Power, Raymond Massey, Judith Anderson, others and directed by Charles Laughton
03-25-1953 – "The Tempest", thru 03-27-1953

09-07-1956 – Holiday On Ice, thru 09-11-1956

03-18-1960 – Richard Maltby

​03-14-1964 – Peter, Paul and Mary

02-26-1965 – The Kingston Trio

10-10-1965 – Louis Armstrong

​​02-17-1967 – Beach Boys, The Electric Prunes, The Left Banke, Keith

10-13-1967 – The Lettermen

02-08-1969 – The Temptations

​​11-07-1969 – Bob Hope

11-15-1969 – Blood, Sweat and Tears

05-09-1970 – Chicago, Illinois Speed Press

02-19-1971 – Mountain, R.E.O. Speedwagon

04-22-1971 – Jethro Tull

10-31-1971 – Johnny Cash

11-XX-1971 – Bill Cosby

11-09-1971 – Jethro Tull, Curved Air

04-16-1972 – It's A Beautiful Day, Taj Mahal, Genya Ravan

10-27-1972 – The Carpenters

02-04-1973 – The Association

03-10-1973 – Helen Reddy, Mac Davis

​05-01-1973 – Ten Years After, The Strawbs

09-13-1973 – Styx

09-22-1973 – Cheech and Chong

10-18-1973 – Loggins and Messina (possibly with R.E.O. Speedwagon)

11-15-1973 – The Guess Who

02-09-1974 – Rare Earth (played on top of the basketball court which began to sag)

03-29-1974 – Sly and The Family Stone

05-03-1974 – Leon Russell

03-15-1975 – Muddy Waters, Luther Allison

04-26-1975 – Jimmy Buffet, Gove

01-24-1976 – Kansas

02-11-1976 – Ted Nugent

05-05-1976 – Foghat, Wishbone Ash

09-21-1976 – Charlie Daniels Band

09-28-1976 – Ali vs. Norton, from Yankee Stadium, big screen closed circuit TV

11-21-1976 – Pure Prairie League, The Tommy Bolin Band (an ad poster gives the date as 11-18-1976)

03-12-1977 – Dolly Parton, Mac Davis

03-18-1977 – Jethro Tull

03-27-1977 – Boston, Journey (Boston debut tour with lineup of Tom Scholz, Brad Delp, Barry Goudreau, Fran Sheehan, Sib Hashian.)

07-16-1977 – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Little River Band (moved from Glen Oak Amphitheater due to rain)

09-23-1977 – Harry Chapin

10-02-1977 – Foreigner, Red Ryder

11-16-1977 – Steve Martin, John Sebastian

12-03-1977 – Waylon Jennings, Jessie Colter

02-18-1978 – Wolverines Class Jazz Orchestra

03-23-1978 – Jimmy Buffet

04-05-1978 – R.E.O. Speedwagon

05-28-1978 – Cheap Trick, Foreigner

03-15-1979 – Wayne Newton (2 shows)

04-05-1979 – Peoria Symphony Orchestra Youth Concert - 3 shows

06-04-1979 – AC/DC, UFO – If You Want Blood tour

09-07-1979 – Conway Twitty, Billie Jo Spears, Stan Chase, J.D. Walters, Doug Grieves, others

10-13-1979 – Henry Mancini, thru 10-14-1979

​04-27-1980 – Pat Travers Band

05-02-1980 – R.E.O. Speedwagon

10-11-1980 – Suzanne Somers

04-14-1981 – Rodney Dangerfield

10-12-1981 – The Beach Boys

11-14-1981 – Red Skelton

12-07-1981 – "Pippin"

02-02-1982 – Mirecourt Trio

03-16-1982 – Missouri Concert Ballet

05-04-1982 – Mainly Mime

05-08-1982 – Quarterflash, Prism

10-23-1982 – Phyllis Diller

10-13-1983 – The Tubes

10-22-1983 – Glenn Miller Orchestra, Michael Davis

04-11-1983 – Constellation II (laser light show)

04-28-1984 – Doc Severinsen, Xebron, Steve Landesberg

02-XX-1985 – Coretta Scott King

​04-16-1985 – Krokus

11-06-1986 – Carman

10-31-1990 – The Smithereens, Carry Nation

11-23-1991 – Brand Nubian, Prince Akeem Muhammad

12-04-1991 – Howie Mandel

02-22-1992 – Paula Poundstone

04-24-1992 – Petra

05-04-1992 – The BoDeans (might be 05-04-1993)

02-20-1993 – Steven Wright

04-21-1993 – Chris Rock

05-01-1993 – The Freddy Jones Band

05-04-1993 – The BoDeans

10-16-1993 – Sandra Bernhard

10-30-1993 – Scarface, Too Much Trouble

02-18-1994 – Kevin Pollack

04-24-1994 – They Might Be Giants

11-06-1994 – Dennis Miller (cancelled)

12-04-1994 – Dennis Miller (rescheduled from 11-06-1994)

04-10-1995 – Phil Keaggy, Twila Paris, Chris Eaton

04-22-1995 – Bill Bellamy

10-12-1995 – Matthew Sweet, Dog's Eye View

02-10-1996 – Ellen Cleghorne

10-07-1996 – The Gin Blossoms

10-20-1996 – The Freddy Jones Band

11-03-1996 – De La Soul

02-08-1997 – Kevin Nealon

10-08-1997 – Carrot Top

04-28-1998 – Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers

11-06-1998 – Blues Traveler, Royal Fingerbowl

04-10-1999 – Goo Goo Dolls, The Gufs

03-25-2000 – D. L. Hughley, Chocolate

04-30-2000 – Live, Tracy Bonham

11-28-2000 – Wayne Brady

04-29-2001 – Vertical Horizon, Five For Fighting

10-20-2001 – Bill Cosby (2 shows)

03-10-2002 – Sugar Ray

11-10-2002 – Everclear

04-13-2003 – Ludacris

10-25-2003 – Darrell Hammond

11-07-2004 – Black Eyed Peas, Golden

04-24-2005 – Guster

08-27-2005 – The Hush Sound

10-22-2005 – Wanda Sykes

04-23-2006 – Dashboard Confessional

04-27-2006 – Emerson Drive

09-03-2006 – Saving Jane

11-19-2006 – Common

04-15-2007 – Motion City Soundtrack, Starting Line

02-10-2008 – Jack's Mannequin, Treaty of Paris, Northern Room – Last music concert at the Fieldhouse