From this Era: Concerts on Campus in the 1980s

The Ramones, May 28, 1983

For just $1, concertgoers caught the punk rockers at Cahn Auditorium as part of the Dillo Day festivities.

Courtesy of The Daily Northwestern

Wynton Marsalis, April 22, 1986

The jazz trumpeter and his band played an eight-song set before a sell-out crowd of 1,100 at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, where he offered a brief lecture on jazz culture before the final song. Marsalis ’09 H returned as Commencement speaker in 2009.

Courtesy of The Syllabus Yearbook

Elvis Costello, April 22, 1989

In a three-hour A&O-sponsored concert at McGaw Hall, Costello thrilled the 6,200 fans in the audience with his hits “Alison,” “Veronica” and “Pump It Up.” But the highlight of the night was a duet with guest performer Nick Lowe.

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