This was a great summer of concerts for me and my friends. it is a large, horseshoeshaped. Some friends and I attended this concert. IT WAS HOT AS HELL BUT WHAT A GREAT TIME. It doesn't matter how good we were, you wouldn't recognize it. You showed up to see Yes & Frampton, and you hear something you've never heard before and you don't recognize that it's good. The contact high didn't hurt either. what a show. Naturally they were pelted off-stage. It was hot that day. Philadelphia was the center of the professional football universe at the time; not only did the city host the defending NFL champions, but the league offices were also in town, headed up by NFL commissioner (and Philadelphia native) Bert Bell. In 1976, the United States geared up for a series of boisterous bicentennials celebrations ranging from parades to fireworks to commemorative exhibitions to, of course, concerts. The Rolling Stones. Love those outfits! It was built of concrete, stone, and brick on a 13.5-acre (55,000m2) tract. I know I did not dream this.who else remembers? The Pousette Dart band started it all off. people were trying to clime over the barbed wire and geting cut up only to be kicked out if they did make it over. is buddy allen married. Forgotten Yesterdays 1996-2023. She must have wandered off. I still love Philly crowds. My best friend and I went to the stadium after a party and a few doobs. We ran into some other friends during the Yes set and one of them must of been on some good stuff. Peter Frampton JFK Stadium 1976 The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley also made an appearance in Philly during the summer of '76 at the Spectrum, on June 28th, a little more than a year before he would pass away. Then, the sunburn we all had made our body temperature feel like death. Listen free to The Rolling Stones - 1978-06-17.- JFK Stadium, Philadelphia (LP 1). it was over a women not sitting down and she was blocking the view of the statge. With a group of teens my age that needed a ride back over the bridge. Blondie concluded their Tracks Across America Tour here, on August 21, 1982. Mark NOT from Philly - (At the time anyhow), I scored 8 tickets for $12.00 ea. Wow what a concert. THAT WAS 25,000 PEOPLE MORE THAN THE STADIUM COULD OR SHOULD HAVE HELD. Operation Sail - Wikipedia The parking lot that surrounded JFK stadium was already starting to fill up with 'campers', hopeful on getting a prime spot on the field when the stadium gates open the next morning. A few minutes later several other's started climbing some of the other towers. Live: John F Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia - The Beatles Bible I knew he was soaking up the enrgy. We got there just in time to see yes come on stage. The Bob Welch and Steve Miller sets were marred by PA system problems. This was a truly magical day. The infamous fires which definitely DID occour actually were started twords the end of Yes's set - it did get quite cold in the evening after being a very hot, sunny day. The Roundup: Southern Rock Playlist Paul Altobelli Then Yes came on. Finally the crowd knew a song. On August 28, 29, and 30, 1989, in preparation for opening their 1989 Steel Wheels tour in Philadelphia (Veterans Stadium, August 31, 1989), the Rolling Stones set up their stage inside JFK Stadium for two full dress-rehearsal performances on August 28 and 29, 1989. JFK Stadium hosted Team America's soccer match against England on May 31, 1976, as part of the 1976 U.S.A. It was so damn hot, the roadies took a hose, soaking and showering us with water, like animals. U2 performed at the stadium on September 25, 1987, during their Joshua Tree Tour, in front of a crowd of 86,145 people. A little later as the sun had set, Yes came on. I thought he got the concert going. The girl turned around and the whole crowed saw it, and she said" who through that" then everybody stood up and started to throw the orange drinks at her before you knew it, the whole stadium broke out in a trash fight. Does anyone remember the bonfires in the stands as everyone was freezing after getting sunburned all day? In between acts, time dragged. Great set and at his peak. I attended the Philly mega-show with Frampton etc. My girlfriend, Arlene(wife now), and I will always remember that concert. The stadium had 60,000 seats available, but by this point in their career The Beatles were only able to sell around a third of tickets. I got the ticket through a ticket agency which also hired a bus and drove about 50 of us from Paterson NJ to Philadelphia. U.S. States House of Representatives elections: This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 14:39. My first Dead show, and actually I was there primarily to see the Allman Brothers. Five years later, the Philadelphia Phillies won their first World Series on October 21 of that year. the fires and the fireworks at the end. smoking and joking all around. The Who performed at the stadium on September 25, 1982, early into their (then) Farewell Tour which also supported their album It's Hard. Does anybody remember the bathroom wait? [2], Leaders of Philadelphia's sports organizations gathered at the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce in March 1920 and announced their intention to build a 200,000 seat sports stadium to attract national and international sporting events. On This Date, July 3rd, in 1976: Brian Wilson made his first appearance in 11 years with The Beach Boys in concert in Anaheim, CA at Anaheim Stadium. The incredible heat, people getting hosed down, food flying. Opening acts were Journey and George Thorogood & the Destroyers. Saw Pousette Dart open for Yes in 1976 at Hampton, Va and immediately went out and bought their album. Carried in coolers of food, booze and head candy. We came prepared with a huge cooler filled with food, potato salad, fried chicken, drinks and a watermelon spiked with vodka. Listen to the drummer, listen to the bass player, listen to this fuckin' little band, motherfuckers. The event culminates in the Parade of Ships on the Hudson River and in New York Harbor on July 4, Independence Day. We couldnt celebrate YES or Prog Rock without flashing back to one of the largest concerts in Philadelphia history, the 1976 BiCentential Concert at JFK Stadium featuring YES, Peter Frampton & Gary Wright. Same for the pousette dart band. Journey headlined a concert June 4, 1983. Next, after a long delay came da Mummers. The rest of the show was spectacular. I remember going early in the day with several of my older brothers friends in a van,because he couldn't make it.The warm up acts were pretty good and the fact I went the next year when lynyrd Skynyrd played as the lead up band for Frampton MAKES ME MIX UP SOME OF THE ACTS.I believe the first day Dickie Betts played a set and I know the Philadelphia Mummers were booed off the stage,Gary Wright also played,howeveer that may have been the next year.I was only 15 years old at the time of the first concert and was stoned to the bejeezus belt on some very good Columbian Gold.This was before sinsamelia started to arrive on the scene and I also remember taking a rohrer 714,which was the precursor for lemon 714's.Anyway Frampton was incredible and his album Framptom comes alive was relatively new and had only been dropped shortly before this concert.It was about 97 degrees at 4 in the afternoon and I had been pounding these orange drink cartons they were selling all day long,as had everyone around me.Suddely after Frampton in the very late afternoon someone started throwing these orange drink cartons and before you knew it,there were literally hundreds of thousands,if not millions of these cartons flying through the air for at least a half an hour and probably much longer.I wouldn't have been aware of time at this point in the concert and was blown out of my helmet but I'll never forget this awesome site of all of these crushed orange boxes flying through the air throughout JFK stadium and close to 150,000 thousand people all having a blast.Yes played at night and wee awesome aS WELL,HOWEVER IT BEGAN TO GET COLD AFTER SITTING THROUGH THE EXTREME HEAT ALL DAY,BUT I JUST DROPPED ANOTHER QUALLUDE AND ENJOYED THE REST OF THE SHOW.This was definetly in the top 5 concerts of all time for me and probably in ther top 3 along with Led Zeppelin 2 years earliwer when I was really just a kid and Pink Floyd a couple of yers later.Thge trash fight however is something I'll never forget and aS Awesome as the music was,the sight of these orange drink boxes filling the air will never,wever leave my mind.Simply awesome and not any violence or bad vibes,just a good time hurling trash and seeing a sky of these boxes eclipsing the entire stadium and JFK was a really big stadium!!!!!!!!! to get tickets from Ticketron. Just hours before the concert, city inspectors had discovered piles of combustible materials, numerous electrical problems, and crumbling and/or falling concrete. This concert took place on July 4, 1976 and was the day after their show at the Omni in Atlanta, GA on July 3. People don't know what the fuck they're talking about. Making it home to Northern Jersey, while the three passengers slept, along a windy back road. The crowd ate him up. The Wells Fargo Center now stands on the site, which is part of the complex that also includes Lincoln Financial Field and Citizens Bank Park. The original Led Zeppelin never played in the US again, although the surviving members performed at Live Aid. Next, Peter Frampton. he got prety messed up. We were crushed back and for at the mesh gates waiting to be let in, and then thrust into the stadium by the force of crowd behind us. Frampton Back, Plays to 91,000 - The New York Times [19][20][21][22], The 1993 Philadelphia stop for the Lollapalooza music festival was held at the JFK Stadium site on July 18, 1993. Dudley moved the game to Memphis in 1965 where it has been played since. The Eagles concert in Charlotte, NC was earlier on July 1, 1976. And of course, the trash fight which occurred between Peter Frampton and Yes. I remember driving over with Dominic and someone else playing the The Who's Next. (Thats who the 2 Jersey girls were there for). And Yes, Rick Wakeman changed my life in that I became a concert addict. A few dozen fans were allowed to enter the stadium to attend these rehearsals. As for my 23 years as a Yes fan, I can tell you that I've been there for the good and bad. YES 76 gig at JFK so huge that in 2002, The City of Philadelphia declared August 8, 2002 YES Day in Philadelphia. the music, the lasers gleaming off everyone. The actual paid attendance for the home opener was only 13,855, while the paid attendance for the second game was only 6,200and many of those tickets were sold well below face value. The pot has mostly gone by the wayside; Yes has never done so. I will never forget where I was, who I was with, or what I did. After the concert there was a screening of the new Rolling Stones movie "Ladies and Gentlemen.The Rolling Stones". I do remember the Mummers and the water hoses but vaguely remember the shenanigans that other posters mention. YES / Peter Framptom / Gary Wright / Pousette - Dart Band. I still remember it to this day. I was really pretty far back from the stage in the stands - we considered fighting our way down twords the stage on the field but it was obvious there was some very rowdy behavior going on and we thought better of that. never the less i would not have missed this one for anything. luckily the drugs were wearing off and i was back in the drivers seat. Long Distance Runaround [5] The Pennsylvania Railroad and its successors, Penn Central and Conrail, offered game-day service to all Army-Navy games, using a sprawling temporary station constructed each year on the railroad's nearby Greenwich freight yard. I'll just add my personal experiences. [17] In 2010, the concert recording was released on a CD/DVD combination, titled Crimson White & Indigo. We found one of the doors that had no people in front of and sat down waitng for the time when the would open the doors. But she did. The Eagles had a four-season stint as tenants of the stadium before moving to Shibe Park for the 1940 season, although the team did play at Municipal in 1941. JFK was such a cool sight though. That was also the first time with a girl I met, we went into the men's room. I was thoroughly sun-burned and not a little stoned. It also hosted the Notre Dame-Army game in 1957, marking the only time the Cadets have hosted the Fighting Irish outside of New York or New Jersey. We had him sign the back of our T-shirts and went into the bar. today making color copies on my home copier of a pile of original Philadelphia Bulletin and Inquirer articles and carefully mounting all of them (and my tickets) on acid-free cardstock so I can pass the whole collection down to my kids, all before coming across this website.All of the memories on this site were written about in the paper: the full moon, the laser show, the garbage, the "PCP, sun, and water" announcements, the fires, garbage being thrown at the Mummers, etc. the food fight. Also opening the show was Jeff Beck, Bob Seger, & Black Oak Arkansas. John F. Kennedy Stadium - Concerts - LiquiSearch Yes - Solo Album - 1976-06-12 - John F. Kennedy Stadium - Philadelphia Wallenda unfurled a bicentennial and American flag from his balancing bar after doing a headstand midway across the 640-foot span steel cable. In those days, you could bring that stuff into the stadiums. Sadly, I did not go to that concert. 70s, Passes, Rocks Tour Quick On The Draw- March 28, 1978 Boston Music Hall Wbcn-FM broadcast. ~ ~ JUNE 12,1976 Bicentennial Concert at JFK Stadium featuring YES, Peter Frampton & Gary Wright. The sun was brutal.I had a pair of bib overalls on and nearly died. the crowd gave a groop sigh as they realised what was happening. Next came Gary Wright. Yes / Peter Frampton / Gary Wright / the Pucet Dart Band. Where did it go? that concert was fantastic. awesome day- got there - with my friend rob- had to meet some other peeps- they had a pair strawberry boxer underwear on a pole so we could find them in the middle of the field- we never left- until show was over- food fight was awesome- the fire in the stands - oh and the bands- oh and we forgot where we parked-forgot who drove or what car we took-.