Silverdome Concerts and Music Performances with Featured Artists

The Who	12/06/1975	The Who Toots & the Maytals
Elvis Presley	12/31/1975	Elvis Presley
Aerosmith	05/08/1976	Aerosmith Foghat Ted Nugent Outlaws
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	06/26/1976	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Elvin Bishop Utopia
The Show	07/04/1976	Chaka Khan Labelle The Ohio Players Rufus WAR
Elton John	07/11/1976	Elton John Dave Mason	John Miles
Jethro Tull	07/25/1976	Jethro Tull Rick Derringer Rory Gallagher Robin Trower
1st Annual Kool Jazz Festival	08/06/1976	Donald Byrd Marvin Gaye Smokey Robinson The Spinners The Staple Singers The Stylistics Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
1st Annual Kool Jazz Festival	08/07/1976	Al Green B.B. King The Spinners The Crusaders Joe Simon
Led Zeppelin	04/30/1977	Led Zeppelin
Peter Frampton	06/18/1977	Peter Frampton The Steve Miller Band Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
The Rock Explosion	07/09/1977	Black Oak Arkansas Brownsville Station Frijid Pink Salem Witchcraft Michael Stanley Leslie West
Pontiac Kool Jazz Festival	08/13/1977	The Temptations Natalie Cole The Pointer Sisters Tavares Wild Cherry
ELO	08/12/1978	ELO Heart Trickster
ELO	08/13/1978	ELO Heart Trickster
Boston	08/19/1978	Boston Sammy Hagar Eddie Money U.K.
Ted Nugent	12/28/1978	Ted Nugent The Cars
2nd Annual Country Music Spectacular	03/24/1979	Jerry Lee Lewis Loretta Lynn Johnny Paycheck
World's Greatest Funk Festival	07/01/1979	The Bar-Kays Rick James Bootsey's Rubber Band The Brides of Funkenstein Con Funk Shun The Gap Band Parliament-Funkadelic Parlet
KISS	07/13/1979	KISS Cheap Trick
The Bee Gees	07/28/1979	The Bee Gees
The Who	12/07/1979	The Who Blackfoot
The World's Largest Indoor Country Variety Show	03/22/1980	Bobby Bare Carl Perkins	Don Gibson The Kendalls Minnie Pearl Ernest Tubbs
The Rolling Stones	11/30/1981	The Rolling Stones Iggy Pop Santana
The Rolling Stones	12/01/1981	The Rolling Stones Iggy Pop Santana

The Who	09/30/1982	The Who The Clash Eddie Money
Chuck Berry / Three Dog Night	04/01/1983	Chuck Berry Three Dog Night
Simon & Garfunkel	07/22/1983	Simon & Garfunkel
The Jacksons	08/17/1984	The Jacksons
The Jacksons	08/18/1984	The Jacksons
The Jacksons	08/19/1984	The Jacksons
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band	09/04/1985	Bruce Springsteen
Wham!	09/10/1985	Wham! The Fat Boys Katrina & the Waves
60's Fiesta	11/16/1986	The Monkees Herman's Hermits The Union Gap
U2	04/30/1987	U2 Lone Justice
Madonna	08/07/1987	Madonna
David Bowie	09/12/1987	David Bowie The BoDeans
Pink Floyd	11/10/1987	Pink Floyd
Monsters of Rock	06/17/1988	Van Halen Dokken Kingdom Come Metallica Scorpions
Monsters of Rock	06/18/1988	Van Halen Dokken Kingdom Come Metallica Scorpions
This Country's Rockin'	05/06/1989	Gregg Allman The Band Ronnie Hawkins Etta James The Marshall Tucker Band Ted Nugent Carl Perkins Stephen Stills The Stray Cats
The Who	07/25/1989	The Who
The Rolling Stones	12/09/1989	The Rolling Stones Living Colour
The Rolling Stones	12/10/1989	The Rolling Stones Living Colour
Genesis	05/24/1992	Genesis
Guns N' Roses / Metallica	07/21/1992	Guns N' Roses Metallica Faith No More
U2	09/09/1992	U2 The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Primus
Paul McCartney	06/04/1993	Paul McCartney
Pink Floyd	07/14/1994	Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd	07/15/1994	Pink Floyd

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O.J. Simpson Makes a Pitch for the New Stadium Under Construction - 1974

On April 15, 1974, football star O.J. Simpson along with his first wife Marguerite, made an appearance in Pontiac MI. on behalf of Buffalo Bills owner, resident and local business owner, Ralph Wilson. (see below)

 In 1976, the Buffalo Bills Running Back rushed for a then NFL-record 273 yards at the Silverdome. The Lions defeated Buffalo, 27-14.  

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Led Zeppelin Rocks the Dome

The attendance at Led Zeppelin's Silverdome concert on April 30, 1977 shattered the band's own previous attendance record, a number unmatched by any other group in the past four years prior.

The audience of 77,229 was the largest audience for a single-act concert. 

The previous record was 56,800 set in May 1973 at a Zeppelin show in Tampa Bay.