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60th Anniversary of the Assembly Hall (Sat. March 4)
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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1868398" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>JC Mellencamp (Fall '85), Stevie Wonder in the round (Fall '86), R.E.M. (Fall '87). Each a fantastic show. Didn't get tickets for Peter Gabriel or U2 my junior year in '86-'87 but heard they were spectacular. Also Eddie Murphy in (IIRC) '85.</p><p></p><p>My girlfriend's cousin ran the lighting console for R.E.M. on its '87 <em>Document </em>tour. I'd seen them in Foellinger Auditorium in Nov '85 on their previous tour with 10,000 Maniacs opening for them. We got soundcheck access, great floor seats, and backstage passes. I'll never forget meeting the band in an AH conference room after the show (a Saturday night in Nov. '87 IIRC.) Guitarist Peter Buck was a complete ladies man on the make, bassist Mike Mills was carrying a biography of western film star from the '30s, Tom Mix. Lead singer Michael Stipe had smoky kohl eye shadow and seemed to be the most socially awkward introvert I'd ever met. (I felt badly that his management subjected him to meeting random fans like us.) Drummer Bill Berry, however, was completely normal and we had a nice chat with him. I got out of there quickly, however, because I was afraid Buck was going to hit on my girlfriend! ("Penniless student over here, millionaire rock star over there. Hmmm. How to choose?!")</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1868398, member: 2886"] JC Mellencamp (Fall '85), Stevie Wonder in the round (Fall '86), R.E.M. (Fall '87). Each a fantastic show. Didn't get tickets for Peter Gabriel or U2 my junior year in '86-'87 but heard they were spectacular. Also Eddie Murphy in (IIRC) '85. My girlfriend's cousin ran the lighting console for R.E.M. on its '87 [I]Document [/I]tour. I'd seen them in Foellinger Auditorium in Nov '85 on their previous tour with 10,000 Maniacs opening for them. We got soundcheck access, great floor seats, and backstage passes. I'll never forget meeting the band in an AH conference room after the show (a Saturday night in Nov. '87 IIRC.) Guitarist Peter Buck was a complete ladies man on the make, bassist Mike Mills was carrying a biography of western film star from the '30s, Tom Mix. Lead singer Michael Stipe had smoky kohl eye shadow and seemed to be the most socially awkward introvert I'd ever met. (I felt badly that his management subjected him to meeting random fans like us.) Drummer Bill Berry, however, was completely normal and we had a nice chat with him. I got out of there quickly, however, because I was afraid Buck was going to hit on my girlfriend! ("Penniless student over here, millionaire rock star over there. Hmmm. How to choose?!") [/QUOTE]
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