Portland Civic Center
Portland, ME — (Performance note: first Throwing Stones)
After driving to Maine from DC with my buddy, Roger, there were just no tickets to be had outside the Civic Center.
We knew our backstage friend, Frank, was inside the venue and went to the backstage entrance to try to find him. We eventually found him, and he got us in. This was another great 1982 show.
By 1982, primarily on the east coast, if you didn’t have a ticket you always had to worry about not getting in unless paying exorbitant scalper prices, finding that nice couple or group with an extra, or finding that “miracle” ticket.