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1978 Black Sabbath & Grateful Dead concert ads...
1978 Black Sabbath & Grateful Dead concert ads...
Item # 716233
August 14, 1978
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 14, 1978
* Black Sabbath - English heavy metal rock band
* "Never Say Die!" Nassau Coliseum advertisement
* Ozzy Osbourne - Tony Iommi w/ Van Halen concert tour
* Grateful Dead concert at Giants Stadium advertisement
* With opening acts: Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Page 55 has a 3 x 3 inch advertisement for the "Black Sabbath" w/ Van Halen concert at Nassau Coliseum. (Aug. 28)
AI notes: On August 28, 1978, Black Sabbath performed at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, during their "Never Say Die!" tour, with Van Halen as the opening act. The concert is remembered for Van Halen's high-energy performance, which many attendees felt overshadowed Black Sabbath’s set. Fans described Van Halen as loud and electrifying, while some criticized Sabbath's sound as overly loud and less engaging. Though exact setlists are incomplete, Black Sabbath’s typical songs included "War Pigs," "Paranoid," and "Children of the Grave," while Van Halen’s known songs that night included "Runnin’ With the Devil" and "Atomic Punk."
Page 49 has a full page ad for "The Grateful Dead" with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson concert at the Meadowlands. (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete with 104, tabloid-size, one crease across the center, small red library stamp on the front page, nice condition.
Provenance note: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive. Rare as such.
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Category: The 20th Century
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