tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394476818637298070.post3172565058274238507..comments2023-04-15T21:27:56.843-06:00Comments on Holland's Comet: Concert Trek--Episode 2Brian Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15093201252403779991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394476818637298070.post-17690059952346873362008-02-13T20:59:00.000-06:002008-02-13T20:59:00.000-06:00I was there the night Kemper re-opened--it was a K...I was there the night Kemper re-opened--it was a Kings basketball game on February 20, 1980--and I believe you're right about Rush "re-christening" Kemper, concer-wise, but that would've been on their 'Permanent Waves' tour, and the show I attended was about a year later.<BR/><BR/>What can I say about my memory? It's truly a gift (and sometimes a curse!), but it also helps that I kept all my ticket stubs from these concerts!Brian Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093201252403779991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394476818637298070.post-45093585038160162112008-02-13T20:27:00.000-06:002008-02-13T20:27:00.000-06:00OK, I have brain rot. I thought that Rush was the ...OK, I have brain rot. I thought that Rush was the very first show back in Kemper Arena after the ceiling fell in. Maybe that was in 1979. If I remember right, the opening band for Rush was a band called Roadmaster. I have a picture from backstage at that Styx show that I will post soon on my blog. I have a very strange story that I will put in my book about Dusty Hill, a whip, a woman and a DJ who opened the wrong door at the wrong time. Yeah, that show.<BR/>I don't know how you remember all this shit.RRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912747683861405707noreply@blogger.com