Concerts
On February 27, 1990, Janet Jackson opened her Rhythm Nation World Tour in Pensacola. The tour's dress rehearsal at the Pensacola Civic Center Tickets Issued 7.600 to the public as a benefit to local charity, Which sold out in less than an hour.
KISS was the first band to perform at the arena, and continues to make Pensacola a destination on its North American tours.
Perhaps the biggest concert ever at the Pensacola Bay Center never took place, Michael Jackson used the venue to rehearse for his Bad World Tour for nearly a month in 1987, but did not perform a public concert at the venue. Many other large touring acts, including AC/DC, Page & Plant, David Bowie, Rush & Van Halen have used the arena for pre-tour rehearsals in the past, thanks to the venue's relatively inexpensive rental rates and availability for extended occupation. Unlike Jackson, most acts play a full public show at the venue before continuing with their tours.
On March 9, 1994, the Pensacola Civic Center hosted the largest Rock for Choice concert in history, which was organized by the band L7 and headlined by Pearl Jam.
In March 2000, Britney Spears kicked off her Crazy 2K Tour.
In February 2012, Jeff Dunham appeared performing "Uncontrolled Chaos".
The largest attendance for a concert was over 12,000 for AC/DC in 1988 and Bon Jovi in 1989.
Springfest, an annual music event in downtown Pensacola, used the arena in its final years.
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Famous quotes containing the word concerts:
“The concerts you enjoy together
Neighbors you annoy together
Children you destroy together
That make marriage a joy”
—Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)
“If you love music, hear it; go to operas, concerts and pay fiddlers to play to you; but I insist on your neither piping nor fiddling yourself. It puts a gentleman in a very frivolous, contemptible light.... Few things would mortify me more than to see you bearing a part in a concert, with a fiddle under your chin, or a pipe in your mouth.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)