Van Halen played Hilton Coliseum at ISU the night before, then Diamond Dave led the Hawkeye marching band at halftime during the Iowa-ISU game at Iowa's Kinnick Stadium. VH played Cedar Rapids that night. /1
This still pisses me off because it reminds me how Iowa State (the supposed cow college) actually got good campus concerts, the latest MTV hair metal bands and New Wave groups, while Iowa (the supposed bohemian party school) didn't. /2
The problem was Iowa's concert committee was dominated by a cabal of No Nukes / Us Festival hippie dopes who refused to schedule anything but 70s Yacht Rock garbage. Imagine a human face being crushed by Jackson Browne forever. /3
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

Dan Fogelberg. In a 16,000 seat college basketball arena. In 1984. jfc

/4


Me: How about booking David Bowie?

UI Concert Committee: sorry no can do, we spent the whole budget on Dan Fogelberg, Christopher Cross, and the Starland Vocal Band

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