re: A look back at the concert history of the PMAC

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Saw Metallica there in ‘92.

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Saw the Rolling Stones in Baton Rouge June 1, 1975. Won tickets from an AM radio station in Port Allen. I wasn't even old enough to drive so I convinced my dad to take me. On the way home I remember him saying that all of the smoke in there got him high and that he really enjoyed Billy Preston.

You know how hard or lucky you had to be to win tickets being the 14th caller dialing from a rotary phone without redial capability .... LOL

I saw the Guns show, they were about an hour late and the natives were getting restless. Saw Buffet.

It’s not listed but saw REM for Green tour and Metallica there for the Black album.

Beaver Productions presented Bush, Toadies, and Hum there in 95 or 96.

A very skinny 14 year old me got destroyed in the pit by the LSU football team. Dont ask why there was a “pit” for Bush.

The 3 6 Mafia pit at Groovin’ on the Grounds years later was more welcoming.

Add-On: the school forced a second viewing of Hells Bells on us in Bible class when administration found out a few of us were attending rock concerts.

Def Leppard played the PMAC in '88.

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Beaver Productions presented Bush, Toadies, and Hum there in 95 or 96. A very skinny 14 year old me got destroyed in the pit by the LSU football team. Dont ask why there was a “pit” for Bush.

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I was there and 17 at the time, probably pretty close to you. I was against the the front barricade center right. That’s where I heard Hum for the first time, still one my favorites.

Elton John in 1974 - Elton comes out in this huge feathery hat. I go into a mushroom induced paranoia and can’t stop staring at his hat for the rest of the concert

Led Zeppelin in 1975 - I party heavily that afternoon leading up to the concert. Get inside the Assembly Center and sit down in the concourse area to rest before the concert . Pass out and wake up when the show is over and everyone is leaving.

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1978-Aerosmith

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This show was in the Centroplex and was absolutely horrible. Joe and Steven were so loaded they could hardly perform and the sound quality was atrocious.

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1984-Bruce Springsteen

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BS also played there in 1978 and 1980.

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1977-Led Zeppelin

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Also in '75.

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1982-Fleetwood Mac

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Centroplex. There was such a crowd at the front gate that my friend and I just walked in w/o a ticket and were mere feet from the stage.

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1975-The Who

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1980, too.

Some of the other shows you listed were in the Centrolplex as well, but your list gives a good indication of the cool shows that used to pass through BR back in the day. I'll also add that REM played at The Bayou on Chimes Street in 1982.

Bachman Turner Overdrive (w/The Climax Blues Band) played at the Assembly Center in 1975.

Foghat played there in 1978.

Styx (w/Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush) played there when I was in high school (not sure of the exact year).

Blondie, Bad Company, and Peter Frampton played there in '79.

I think MC Hammer played there or maybe it was the Centroplex but he definitely played in BR in the early 90's.

John Denver tried to bang my mom’s college friend after that 78 concert and then kind of stalked her the rest of his life. CSB