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Rush’s First American Performance Happened in Lansing, Michigan Our great state of Michigan boasts a lot of music history, and I’m not talking just about the Motown era. A lot of Rock and Roll history has also been made in Michigan from several successful bands that went on to be National and even worldwide success stories. We boast a lot of great Classic Rock artists hailing from our state, like Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, Mitch Ryder, Glenn Frey and so many more. And we’ve had our share of historical performance in our state as well. Many may not remember an event that happened with a Canadian band on the lineup for the first-ever live performance in America, right here in Lansing back on May 18, 1974. It was an event that also created political havoc and officials created new legislation prohibiting events like this due to drug overdoses.

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