Veterans Memorial Auditorium Event History
Date	Artist/Group	Ticket Price		Date	Artist/Group	Ticket Price
	1956				1975
May 22nd	Elvis Presley	$2.50/$2		Feb. 21st	Helen Reddy
Sept. 11th	Lawrence Welk	$5/4/3/2		March 25th	Joe Walsh	$5.50/6.50
Nov. 19th	Haley's Comets			March 28th	Hank Williams, Jr. (KSO)	Free
	1957			April 8th	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	$6.50/6
March 30th	Gala Spring Variety	$2-$3.50		April 21st	Roger Williams
	1958			May 2nd	Foghat	$5.50
July 4-5	Holiday All-Star Revue	$2.50/$1.75		May 23rd	Conway Twitty w/Loretta Lynn
	1959			July 4th	Alice Cooper
April 14th	Music for America			August 7th	3 Dog Night	$6/5
	1961			Sept. 15th	Blue Oyster Cult	$6.50/5.50
April 3rd	Stars of Welk	$1.50-$3.00		Oct. 13th	Jethro Tull	$6
	1963			Oct. 29th	Jesus Christ Superstar	$8.50/7.50/6.50
May 31st	Sam Cooke	$3/$2.50		Nov. 10th	Marshall Tucker Band
June 22nd	Jackie Wilson	$1.25-$3.00		Dec. 1st	The Who w/Toots and the Maygalls
Nov. 7th	Hootenany	$2.50/$2		Dec. 26th	Black Oak Arkansas
	1965				1976
April 13th	Shindig	$3/$2.50		Jan. 23rd	ZZ Top	$7/6
May 26th	Shower of Stars	$3/$2.50		March 4th	REO Speedwagon w/Bob Segar
	1966			March 31st	Lynard Skynard
May 25th	Jimmy Dean			August 7th	Seals and Crofts	$7.50/6.50
July 12th	Herman's Hermits	$4/$3		Oct. 23rd	Merle Haggard
Sept. 16th	Buck Owens Show	$1.50-$3		Oct. 25th	Bob Hope
Nov. 14th	Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass	$5/4/3		Oct. 28th	Black Sabbath w/Boston	$7/6
	1967			Nov. 15th	Kansas w/Montrose	$7/6
April 16th	Andy Williams- H. Mancini	$3.50-$15.00		Dec. 28th	Foghat
June 19th	Paul Revere				1977
August 6th	The Monkees	$6/5/4		Jan. 21st	KISS	$6.50
	1968			Feb. 21st	Jeff Beck and Santana	$6.50
July 31st	Herman's Hermits	$5/4/3		April 18th	REO and Nazareth	$6.50
August 21st	The Association			May 20th	Ted Nugent	$7
Oct. 3rd	Harry Belafonte			June 12th	Emerson, Lake, and Palmer	$6.50
	1969			June 23rd	Elvis Presley	$15.00
July 2nd	Janis Joplin	$5/4/3		June 25th	The Osmonds	$7
July 30th	The Association			Sept. 20th	Zappa	$6.50
August 7th	Up With People	$4/3/2		Sept 29th	The Emotions/Commodores	$6.75
August 9th	Steppenwolf	$5/4/3		Oct. 14th	Anita Bryant	$5
August 27th	Creedence Clearwater Revival			Oct. 15th	Blue Oyster Cult	$6.25
Sept. 11th	James Brown			Nov. 29th	Kiss	$7
Nov. 20th	Three Dog Night	$5/4/3		Dec. 16th	Ted Nugent	$6.50
Dec. 17th	Steppenwolf	$3.50-$5.50		Dec. 29th	Styx	$6.75
	1970				1978
July 21st	Tom Jones			Feb. 12th	Conway Twitty/Billy Craddock and Sonny James	$7
August 15th	The Association			April 24th	REO	$6.50
Sept. 24th	Three Dog Night	$6		April 27th	Alice Cooper	$6.50
Dec. 31st	Grand Funk	$6		April 28th	Steve Martin	$7.25
	1971			May 1st	Bill Gaither Trio	$5
July 31st	The Association			May 18th	Up With People
Sept. 23rd	The Bee Gees			June 25th	Aerosmith w/Cheap Trick	$6.75
Oct. 2nd	Soul Extravaganza	$4/$3.50		July 18th	Dolly Parton and Norel Felts	$6.25
Oct. 18th	Jesus Christ Superstar	$4.50-$6.50		Dec. 10th	Rush	$7.25
Dec. 4th	Rod Stewart	$5/4		Dec. 27th	REO w/Boyzz	$7.50
Dec. 31st	Buddy Tucker	$2-$5			1979
	1972			April 13th	Bill Gaither Trio	$5
April 27th	Neil Diamond			April 27th	Black Pride, Inc.
May 9th	Creedence Clearwater			May 10th	UFO w/ AC-DC	$7.25
June 18th	Johnny Cash			July 8th	Cheap Trick	$7.50
August 19th	Savoy Brown			Sept. 15th	Bad Company w/Carillo	$8
Oct. 15th	The Lettermen	$5/4/3		Oct. 4th	Kiss w/Johnny Cougar	$8
Dec. 1st	Deep Purple			Oct. 18th	Kenny Rogers/ Oakridge	$9.50
Dec. 31st	Porter Wagner	$5/4/3		Dec. 31st	REO	$8.25
	1973				1980
Feb. 2nd	Grand Funk	$6/5		Feb. 15th	Molly Hatchett	$8.25
Feb. 27th	Neil Young	$4.50-$6.50		June 12th	Ted Nugent w/Scorpions	$8.75
April 29th	Loretta Lynn/Twitty	$6/5/4		Sept. 12th	AC-DC w/Blackfoot	$8.25
May 22nd	Humble Pie	$5.50/$4.50		Sept. 26th	Mel Tillis/Don Williams	$10
Sept. 30th	Uriah Heep	$5.50/$4.50		Oct. 16th	Van Halen	$8
Nov. 30th	Emerson, Lake, Palmer			Dec. 5th	Molly Hatchett	$8.25
Dec. 28th	Jonny Winter	$6/5
					1981
	1974			June 13th	Styx	$9
Jan. 21st	Rare Earth	$6/5		Sept. 5th	Second Chapt. Of Acts	N/C
Sat. Feb. 23rd	J. Geils Band			Oct. 16th	Jefferson Starship w/Gracie Stick	$9.50
April 7th	John Denver			Dec. 8th	Foreigner	$9.50
April 9th	Art Linkletter				1982
April 22nd	George Gobel	$4.50/$3.50		Jan. 20th	Ozzy Osbourne	$8.50
June 7th	Porter Wagoner	$5.50/4.50/3.50		May 1st	Keith Green	N/C
June 20th	Elvis Presley	$5-$10		August 4th	Van Halen	$9.25
July 12th	James Brown			August 8th	John Denver	$7
August 26th	Edgar Winter	$6/5		Sept. 2nd	Second Chapt. Of Acts	N/C
Sept. 17th	Andy Williams	$10/7.50		Sept. 8th	Rush w/Rory Gallegher Band	$9.50
Oct. 28th	REO Speedwagon	$6/5		Sept. 12th	Rick Springfield	$9
Nov. 22nd	Doobie Bros.			Nov. 7th	Up With People	$4.25
Dec. 27th	Wishbone Ash	$6/5
Veterans Memorial Auditorium Event History (Contd.)
Date	Artist/Group	Ticket Price		Date	Artist/Group	Ticket Price
	1983				1993
Feb. 1st	Judas Priest	$9		Jan. 1st	Damn Yankees w/Jackel	$12.75
March 1st	Triumph w/Molly Hatchet	$9.25		April 20th	Micheal W. Smith w/ D.C. Talk	$23/18
April 7th	Journey w/Brian Adams	$12		April 22nd	Oldies-Andy Childs, Lou Christie, Leslie Gore	$13.50
July 15th	Hank Williams, Jr.	$9		May 23rd	Poison/Damn Yankees/Firehouse	$25/20
August 2nd	Lover Boy w/Quiet Riot	$10.25		July 2nd	Lynard Skynard	$20/18
Nov. 4th	Rock 'n Roll Revival	$10		Oct. 8th	Moody Blues/DM Symphony	$35/27
	1984			Oct. 25th	Eddie Rabbit/Andy Childs	$13.50
Jan. 15th	Quiet Riot w/Saga and Girlschool	$11		Dec.3rd	Reba McEntire	$21
	1985			Dec. 13th	Country Show-Leroy Van Dyke/B. Small and Festival	$13.50
March 17th	KISS	$14			1994
June 13th	Dallas Holm and Praise	N/C		April 19th	Oldies Show-Tokens Coasters/Shangri-La	$13.50
June 26th	Iron Maiden	$12-13		April 30th	Rap Concert
July 5th	Bryan Adams	$13.50		July 15th	Janet Jackson	$48/30
July 31st	Rick Springfield	$13.50		July 16th	Crosby, Stilles and Nash w/Fleetwood Mac	$38/26/13
August 26th	Nightranger	$13.50		July 21st	Country Show- Christy Lane/Branson/Small, Etc.
Sept. 20th	Ratt w/Bon Jovi	$13.50		Oct. 17th	Lee Greenwood
Oct. 6th	AC-DC	$14.50		Nov. 30th	Country Christmas
Nov. 2nd	Amy Grant w/Bob Henderson	$12.50		Dec. 1st	Oakridge Boys	$16
Nov. 15th	Conway Twitty w/The Whites	$12.50			1995
	1986			May 22nd	Tim McGraw	$25/20
Jan. 31st	Janie Fricke	$12.50		Sept. 28th	Country Music Show- John Anderson/Amie Comeaux	$21
March 4th	Tom Jones	$17.50		Nov. 8th	Sons of Pioneers	$15
March 16th	Kiss w/King Cobra	$14			1996
March 23rd	Lover Boy w/The Hooters	$14		April 3rd	Oldies Concert	$15
April 20th	The Kendalls/Vern Gosdin Ronnie Robbins	N/C		April 16th	Immature Concert	$18.50/15.50
May 9th	Marlboro Country Music Tour- Skaggs/Haggard/Hank Williams Jr.	$12/14		Dec. 20th	IA State Troopers-Jett Williams, Nilly Walker, Hank Thompson, Leroy Van Dyke	$20
May 10th	Sandi Patti	$10.50			1997
May 20th	Dallas Holm and Praise	N/C		April 9th	3 Dog Night/Kingsmen	$15
May 26th	Van Halen	$15.75		June 17th	Moody Blues/DM Symphony	$50/37/27/21
Sept. 30th	FFA Country Music Show-Bellamy Bros./Sawyer Browm	$12		Oct. 16th	Billy Dean/Crystal Bernard	$15
Oct. 23rd	Anne Murray	$15.75		Nov. 22nd	Motley Crue/Cheap Trick	$32.75/25.25
Nov. 19th	George Jones w/John Anderson	$13.75		Dec. 15th	IA State Troopers Country-Johnny Russell/Tom Bresh	$20
	1987				1998
	Alice Cooper w/Megadeath	$15.75		April 7th	Kingsman/Paul Revere and Raiders	$15
Feb. 6th	Marty Haggard/Dottie West/B.J. Thomas	N/C		Oct. 9th	Charlie Daniels and Andy Childs	$15
April 12th	REO w/Georgia Satellites	$16.25			1999
April 13th	Wayne Newton	$16.50		Jan. 2nd	Mannheim Steamroller w/DM Symphony	$38.50/$18.50
May 4th	Mike Warnke Concert	N/C		April 12th	Oldies Concert	$15
May 22nd	Hank Williams and Bama Band w/Jeff Stevens	$15.25		April 13th	Steve Miller Band	$25
May 28th	Monkees w/Weird Al Yankovich	$15.75		May 3rd	N'Sync	$27.75
July 11th	Motley Crue w/Whitesnake	$15/16		May 17th	IA State Troopers Concert- Patti Cross	$20
July 12th	Starship w/Cutting Crew	$14.25		Sept. 11th	98 Degrees	$27.75
July 21st	Oakridge Boys w/Bellamy Bros. and Sweethearts of the Rodeo	$16.50		Oct. 5th	Joe Diffy/Heather Miles	$15
Oct. 16th	The Cars w/Brandos	$16			2000
Dec. 2nd	Kiss	$15.50		April 17th	BJ Thomas and Billy Joe Royal	$15
Dec. 4th	1988			Oct. 3rd	Country Concert	$15
	KSO Country Music Show	N/C			2001
April 10th	George Jones w/Conway Twitty	$16.75		April 19th	Beatlemania	$15
May 5th	America/Three Dog Night	$14.50		June 2nd	Bill Gaither	$26.50/18.50
June 10th	30th Anniv. Rock 'n Roll	$14.00		Sept. 28th	Bellamy Bros.	$15
June17th	Cruzzin' American II/ Oldies Show	$12		Oct. 19th	Songs 4 Worship the Tour- Micheal W. Smith
August 5th	Lynard Skynard	$16.50		Dec. 2nd	Ozzy Osbourne w/ Rob Zombie
August 23rd	James Taylor	$17.25			2002
Sept. 4th	Amy Grant/Micheal W. Smith/ Gary Chapman	$15.75		April 14th	Beatlemania	$20
Oct. 18th	1989			June 23rd	3 Faces of Elvis	$42/25
	Carman Ministries	N/C		July 21st	Nelly and St. Lunatics	$33.50
May 19th	Kenny Rogers	$16.75		Sept. 28th	John Anderson, The Larkins	$20
Nov. 3rd	John Denver Christmas	$16.25		Nov. 23rd	John Mellencamp	$47.75/37.75
Dec. 14th	Roger Miller	$14			2003
Dec. 17th	1990			April 11th	Shake, Rattle, & Soul(Freddy "Boom Boom: Cannon, Jay & the Techniques Merrilee Rush)	$20
	Kiss	$17.25		May 30th	Bill Gaither	$29.75/19.75
June 2nd	Milli Vanilli	$19.25		June 7th	Def Leppard	$42.50/32.50
July 4th	Carman Ministries	N/C		August 13th	Cher	$79.76/59.75/39.75
July 23rd	Moe Bandy and Friends	$13			2004
August 28th	Kenny Rogers	$16.75		Sept. 4th	Hall and Oates
Oct. 16th	Robert Plant	$19.25		Oct. 1st	Bill Gaither and Homecoming Friends
Nov. 17th	1991				2005
				April 2nd	Larry the Cable Guy	$37.25
	Red Skeleton	$20.75		April 11th	Motley Crue	$65/45/35
June 1st	Warrant	$16.75			2007
June 7th	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle	$14.50		Nov. 2nd	Ozzy Osbourne w/ Rob Zombie
July 22nd	ZZ Topp	$20		Nov. 15th	Moscow Ballet	$100/75/65/45/25
August 20th	Sandi Patti	$13.75
Oct. 18th	Metallica	$18.75
Nov. 6th	Louise Mandrell	$14
Dec. 17th	1992
	Louise Mandrell	$22.50
April 28th	Oldies- The Association/The Shirilles, A. Childs	$13.50
June 1st	Carman Ministries	N/C
June 2nd	Lee Greenwood (Opp fund)	$10
June 4th	Micheal Bolton	$20.75
July 5th	Natalie Cole	$25
July 19th	Tesla	$17.75
July 31st	Kenny Rogers w/Billy Ray Cyrus	$18.50
Oct. 18th	Ozze Osbourne  (Cancelled-Ozzy sick)
Oct. 30th	Reba McEntire	$19.50
Nov. 5th	Bellamy Bros. w/Paulette Carlson	$13.50
Nov. 10th	Mantovani Christmas	$10
Dec. 12th	Def Leppard	$20.25
Dec. 15th	Wild Rose/ Shower of Stars	$15
Dec. 16th