Dan Anderson

I remember seeing this show in '79 with my brother. Yes played it "in the round," a round stage that slowly rotated in the center of the old Spokane Coliseum. The show was excellent, with 12,000 hardcore Yesheads in attendance, and the place blue with pot smoke. Had a lump in my throat several times during the show. Saw the band members walking to the stage, and saw them get into their limos after the show. I remember thinking how small those guys were, except for Wakeman.

Robert Schoenberg

Sunday, August 25, 2024 6:58 PM

1979 Gig List: Spokane Memorial Coliseum

May 27, 2013

By Robert Schoenberg

Date - Band - Attendance
March 2 - Phoebe Snow - Opera House
March 9 - Marshall Tucker/Firefall - na
April 2 - Styx - 8,523
April 14 - Van Halen - 7,445
April 15 - Super Tramp - 4,714
April 20 - Country Music Hall of Fame - 4,232
April 25 - Kenny Rodgers/Dottie West - 7,218
May 6 - Yes - 5,419
June 1 - Triumph - 2,873
June 23 - Eric Clapton - 5,994
July 23 - Ted Nugent - na
July 7 - Nazareth - 3,939
July 13 - Kansas - 6,728
August 9 - Blue Oyster Cult - 8,517
September 9 - The Cars - 8,500
November 7 - The Knack - 2,237
November 28 - Earth Wind & Fire - 7,699

Top grossing show, Earth Wind & Fire with $73,140; Blue Oyster Cult grossed $69,477; and The Cars put $68,000 in the trunk before heading out.

Source: Spokane Arena Office Binder: “Coliseum Concerts” typed, handwritten and word processor documents 1975 to 1994. 14 Jan., 2011.