Blimp Time-Hop: The First Bob Seger Concert At The Civic Center
Stranger in Town had only been out for just over a week.
Major classics like Hollywood Nights and Old Time Rock N’ Roll were brand-spankin new songs on the set-list.
This was his second studio album with the Silver Bullet Band.
According to the RIAA, it went platinum within a month of it being released. That’s ONE MILLION copies sold inside just 30 days…unbelievable!
So, it’s really no surprise that Blimpsters sold-out the CCCC for his first appearance there on May 17, 1978. It was surely had to be a night of rock-n-roll ecstasy that Portland, Maine will never forget.
28 years ago today,
Guns N’ Roses finally arrived in Blimpville. They were scheduled to be here about four years earlier. That was in August of 1988 as the openers for Aerosmith. But, that didn’t happen. G N R were so huge by the time that summer rolled around, they started headlining and were replaced by a new Boston band called
Guns N’ Roses made it right with their dedicated fans, when they played their only Portland show ever on March 8, 1993. It was of course a
sold-out night at the
Skin N’ Bones Tour.
And as if Axl, Slash, and Duff weren’t enough, the legendary
Blimp Time-Hop: George Thorogood Rocks Portland At CCCC In 1988
George Thorogood brought the live boogie back to Portland with the Destroyers on the
Born to Be Bad tour on March 7, 1988.
With 7 trips to Maine over the years from 1981 to 2016, this was his first of two appearances at the
His second and last show there was on the Boogie People tour in 1991.
The first George Thorogood concert in Portland happened at the Expo on April 4, 1985. George s earliest trip to Maine was to Saco back in November of 1981 on his
I remember having the honor of being allowed going onstage to welcome the thousands of people before the first ever performance at the CCCC from George and the Destroyers.