Days On The Green
Day On The Green was the name of a concert series in Oakland, California, presented by promoter Bill Graham and his company Bill Graham Presents. Held at the Oakland Coliseum Stadium, these events began in 1973 and continued into the early 1990s. The last Day On The Green overseen by Graham took place the same month as his death in a helicopter crash in 1991. There were a series of Day On The Green shows the following year in the wake of Graham's death, but no more have been promoted since then. There were other shows in 1994-97 at the Oakland Coliseum Stadium - namely U2, Pink Floyd, and the Rolling Stones -but these were not "Days On The Green" by definition because they occurred at night and also because Bill Graham had passed so "Days on the Green" had become a thing of the past.
Currently, there are no announced plans to bring Day On The Green back to Oakland, however, rumors began to circulate on the Internet across music-related message boards that Bill Graham Presents would be bringing the concert series back to the Oakland Coliseum Stadium in September 2008.
A list of some of these events can be viewed below.
Read more about Days On The Green: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
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