Wings Stadium

Eddie Van Halen's death brought out the expected tributes on social media, but it also brought back a lot of memories for local Van Halen fans, who had seen the band numerous times at Wings Stadium.

Wings Stadium has hosted many of rock's biggest bands. Peter Gabriel hit the Kalamazoo stage just as 'Shock the Monkey' was blowing up.

You'll be amazed all over again when you hear this restored, high-quality soundboard recording of Randy Rhoads at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo with Ozzy.

From Yes and Queen in the 70s to 80s hair bands like Poison and Bon Jovi, and later, Sir Elton John, Kalamazoo's Wings Stadium has hosted unforgettable concerts.

Even diehard fans of the King of Rock & Roll may not know that he released an album called "Shakin' Up the Great Lakes," recorded in Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Kalamazoo's Wings Stadium hosted Sir Elton John, one of the biggest names in music back in 2012.

Peter Cetera had left the band by then, but Chicago turned in an electrifying performance in May of 1987 at Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo.

Prince made just one concert appearance in Southwest Michigan during his career and it was an event at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo in 1983 during the 1999 Tour.

The fight game might be living in an MMA world now, but long before mixed martial arts became The Next Big Thing, Michigan-founded Toughman competitions featuring amateurs stepping into the ring to prove they were tough enough, were the thing in fighting. Kalamazoo was one of the sports hotbeds.