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Start: 2025-02-27T20:00:00-06:00
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Location: Uptown Theater

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Joe Jackson Tour Coming to Uptown Theater

By Live '80s Kansas City on June 19, 2017 News

Grammy Award-winning English Musician and Singer-Songwriter Joe Jackson Set to Perform Live in Concert at Uptown Theater Here is your chance to catch Joe Jackson live in concert. The English multi-genre musician and singer-songwriter brings his “Fast Forward” tour to Uptown Theater this Friday evening. He started his rise to stardom with a pop rock career in the late ’70s before diverging to the formal conservatory training of his youth and other musical interests. Jackson landed a hit with his very release, “Is She Really Going Out with Him?” in 1979. From there, he followed up with a handful of…

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Shakin’ with the Money Man at Sunset Music Fest

By Live '80s Kansas City on June 1, 2017 News

Eddie Money to Headline Opening Night of Sunset Music Fest 2017 Sunset Music Fest returns to Town Center Plaza in Leawood this summer with its free concert series. Each Thursday night in the month of June starting on the 8th will be a load of family fun in the north parking lot. Kicking off the excitement this year is rock icon Eddie Money along with Kansas City’s own Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds. Come on out and shake with the Money Man and relive such classics as “Baby Hold On,” “Two Tickets to Paradise,” “Take Me Home Tonight” and “Walk on…

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Sprint Center

By Live '80s Kansas City on May 29, 2017 News

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary Tour Coming to the Sprint Center Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers embarked on its 40th anniversary tour this past April and is set to celebrate with Kansas City fans when the group returns to the Sprint Center—for the first time since 2010—this Friday evening with rock musician and former Eagles constituent Joe Walsh. After four decades, the heartland blues rock band still consists of a very classic lineup featuring original members Petty (lead vocals/rhythm guitar), Mike Campbell (lead guitar), Ron Blair (bass/backing vocals) and Benmont Tench (keyboards/backing vocals) plus Scott Thurston (rhythm/lead guitar/backing vocals) and Steve…

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Roger Waters Kicking Off Tour in Kansas City

By Live '80s Kansas City on May 20, 2017 News

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd Set to Kick Off His “Us + Them” Tour at Sprint Center in Kansas City This Friday Roger Waters, the creative genius behind progressive rock band Pink Floyd, kicks off an expansive North American tour this Friday, May 26 at the Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City. The trek is entitled “Us + Them” taken from a track off of the multi-million selling album “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1974). As a co-founder, Waters performed with the band between 1965 and 1985, having served as the co-frontman, bass player, writer and brilliant visionary. The tour…

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George Benson & Kenny G Coming to Kauffman

By Live '80s Kansas City on May 16, 2017 News

Jazz Luminaries George Benson & Kenny G Bring Their “Breezin’ & Breathless” Tour to Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Legendary jazz musicians, guitarist and songwriter George Benson and contemporary saxophonist Kenny G, have teamed up and are amidst a co-headlining excursion entitled the “Breezin’ & Breathless” tour. The trek just kicked off on May 13 at Choctaw Grand Theater in Durant, OK and makes its next stop at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, MO on Wednesday, May 24. It is a celebratory outing, which marks the 40th anniversary of Benson’s Grammy Award-winning “Breezin'” album and the 25th…

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Marty Stuart Making His Way to Folly Theater

By Live '80s Kansas City on May 3, 2017 News

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives Coming to Folly Theater in Support of New Album Five-time Grammy Award-winning country music artist Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives are set to perform live at the Folly Theater in downtown Kansas City on Friday, May 12 in support of the new album “Way Out West.” The living legend produced the record as an acclamation to the mystique promised land, which fascinated him as a child. “Everything that came out of California captivated my kid mind in Mississippi,” Stuart shared. “Way Out West” Track Listing: “Desert Prayer – Part I,” “Mojave,” “Lost on the Desert,” “Way…

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Styx New Music & Classics Coming to The Midland

By Live '80s Kansas City on April 26, 2017 News

Styx Announces First Album in 14 Years, Set to Perform at The Midland Styx has announced the release of its 16th studio album “The Mission” set to launch on June 16. The brand new record comes to us four decades after the band catapulted itself to fame with the title that featured hits such as “Come Sail Away” and “Fooling Yourself.” “In the 40th anniversary of our release of our biggest selling album of all time, ‘Grand Illusion,'” guitarist and founding member James “JY” Young said, “It just seemed truly appropriate to save our new studio album until this year. Needless to say, I’m…

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Kansas City Funk Fest 2017 Hits Providence Amp

By Live '80s Kansas City on April 22, 2017 News

80s Concerts in Kansas City | Kansas City Funk Fest 2017 to Feature 1980s R&B Artists at Providence Amphitheater Magic 107.3 presents Kansas City Funk Fest 2017 at Providence Medical Center Amphitheater starring a myriad of ’80s and early-’90s R&B artists, including Keith Sweat, Bell Biv Devoe, Guy featuring Teddy Riley, Doug E. Fresh, En Vogue and SWV on Saturday, June 17. The concert performance is part of the official Juneteenth Kansas City event returning to the historic 18th & Vine district in celebration of African American culture and heritage. As the oldest known event commemorating the end of slavery,…

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Night Ranger to Play Old Shawnee Days 2017

By Live '80s Kansas City on April 9, 2017 News

80s Concerts in Kansas City | Legendary Rock Band Night Ranger Performs Live at Old Shawnee Days Every year, Old Shawnee Days kicks off the summer season for thousands of families with a carnival and parade, special attractions and an assortment of live music concerts featuring local, regional and national artists. Almost 100,000 people attend annually, and this year patrons will be treated to the quintessential sounds of legendary rock band Night Ranger. A staple of the 1980s, the group is beloved for its highly energetic live performances and classic tunes such as “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me,” “Rock in America,” “When You Close Your Eyes,”…

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Starship featuring Mickey Thomas Hits Ameristar

By Live '80s Kansas City on March 12, 2017 News

80s Concerts in Kansas City | Iconic Rock Band Starship featuring Mickey Thomas to Perform Live in Concert at Amerister Casino Hotel Kansas City Catch the emblematic sounds of Starship featuring Mickey Thomas when the band performs live at Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City on Saturday, June 10. As one of the most iconic bands of the decade, it formed in 1984 with members of Jefferson Starship fronted by Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick. With its change in creative direction to a more pop rock sound, the band bolstered itself to immediate and acclaimed success. Its debut album, “Knee Deep in the Hoopla”…

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