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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Bruce Springsteen and Steve van Zandt

Stevie Nicks

Bryan Adams

Tina Turner

From 1979 through 1991, The Raymond Theatre was known as the live music venue, Perkins Palace. It presented many memorable concerts through the years, and left its mark on popular music history. The list below is a sampling of some of the artists who played the theatre during the Perkins Palace era.

Phil Collins
Tina Turner
Red Hot Chili Peppers
David Lee Roth
Fleetwood Mac
The Pretenders
Lords of the New Church
Metallica
Oingo Boingo
Emmeylou Harris
Motley Crue
Weather Report
Simple Minds
Smokey Robinson
GBH
Laurie Anderson
Black Flag
Thompson Twins
Devo
Poco
Temptations
Suburban Lawns
The Plimsouls
The Tubes
Johnny Winter
Missing Persons
Joan Jett
Kim Carnes
New Order
The Romantics
King Crimson
Tierra
Gary Myrick
Wall of Voodoo
The Go Go's
Circle Jerks
Alcatraz
The Cramps
Ronnie Laws
Modern English
Smile
Dave Mason
Roberta Flack
UFO
Steeler
George Throgood
Adam & The Ants
Air Supply
Toto
Joe Cocker
The Plasmatics
Romeo Void
Skid Row
Joe Walsh
Stryper
Spyro Gyra
The Cure
Poison
Angela Bofill
The Ramones
David Lindley
The Tubes
Van Halen
Pointer Sisters
Blue Oyster Cult
The Plimsouls
W.A.S.P.
Ratt
Armored Saint
Rickie Lee Jones
Great White
Krokus
Jon Anderson
Human Legue
Survivor
Willie Nelson
INXS
Keel
The Jam
Bow Wow Wow
Marshall Crenshaw
Chaka Kahn
Nazareth
Megadeth
Gary Newman
Riot
Gang of Four
Talking Heads
The Eurythmics
Warrant
Foo Fighters
Hall & Oates
Jimmy Buffett
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Peggy Lee
The Jam
Edgar Winter
Leon Russell
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Depeche Mode
Paul Stanley of KISS
PIL
The Cars
Moterhead
Flock of Seagulls
Graham Parsons
Modern English
White Lion
Rick Wakeman
Siouxsie & The Banshees

Show promoters:

Perkins Perkins & Garagos

Wolf & Rissmiller

Avalon Attractions

Zamparelli Productions

Goldenvoice

Pacificoncerts

Folgner Productions

Perkins Palace was also the backdrop for many movies and music videos and had its own television show "Rock N' Roll Tonight, Live from Perkins Palace."