1979 THE RAMONES CENTRAL PARK NEW YORK CITY CONCERT TICKET STUB ROAD TO RUIN TOU

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YOU ARE BIDDING ON AN
ORIGINAL
DR. PEPPER CENTRAL PARK
MUSIC FESTIVAL
THE RAMONES
CONCERT TICKET STUB
ROAD TO RUIN TOUR
ON AUGUST 6, 1979
AT THE WOLLMAN SKATING RINK IN CENTRAL PARK
IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
I HAVE ALSO ADDED AN EXAMLE PICTURE
OF THE OTHER SIDE
OF ANOTHER 1979 FESTIVAL TICKET
THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AUCTION
FESTIVAL  HISTORY
The festival was sponsored by Rheingold Breweries until 1968, when the task was handled by F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company. The cost of the annual music festival was about 0,000, and admissions, at per person in 1968, were expected to bring in 0,000 to 0,000 for the summer program, leaving a deficit, picked up by Schaefer, of more than 0,000. "Until Schaefer decided to assume sponsorship, the prospect was that the ticket price [from 1967] would have to be doubled. The , [Commissioner of Parks August Heckscher] said, would have been 'too expensive for a lot of New Yorkers.'"
In the 1960s, before the rise of corporate concert organizers and ticket agents, top rated bands would often play for free (especially in San Francisco) or for amounts that resulted in reasonable concert ticket prices. Just before the Schaefer Music Festival kicked off in the summer of 1968 a free concert was given in Central Park featuring the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, three of the top acts at that time. 6,000 people "jammed into the bandstand near the [Central Park] Mall while thousands more sprawled out on the grass and under the trees."
Club owner and musician Hilly Kristal co-founded the series with producer and concert promoter Ron Delsener. Over the years a Who's Who of superstars of the popular music scene performed there. Inexpensive tickets, which started at in 1967 and rose to only by 1976, further contributed to the event's popularity. While the capacity of the Wollman Rink was usually limited to about 6,000 to 7,000 people, it is reported that Bob Marley's performance in 1975 had attracted about 15,000 people.
In 1976, Dr. Pepper assumed sponsorship of a Central Park concert series, renamed the
Dr. Pepper Central Park Music Festival
. Due to residential noise complaints, this series was moved to Pier 84 on the West Side in 1981. In 1983 Miller Brewing Company took over sponsorship with the name "Miller Time Concert on the Pier" until 1988.
SET LIST:
Blitzkrieg Bop
Teenage Lobotomy
Rockaway Beach
I Don't Want You
Go Mental
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Rock 'N' Roll High School
I Wanna Be Sedated
I Just Want to Have Something to Do
She's the One
I'm Against It
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Havana Affair
Commando
Needles and Pins
(Jackie DeShannon cover)
I Want You Around
Surfin' Bird
(The Trashmen cover)
Cretin Hop
All the Way
California Sun
(Joe Jones cover)
I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World
Pinhead
Encore:
Do You Wanna Dance?
(Bobby Freeman cover)
Suzy Is a Headbanger
Let's Dance
(Chris Montez cover)
Chinese Rocks
(The Heartbreakers cover)
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
We're a Happy Family
I Wanted Everything
Judy Is a Punk
THE TICKET STUB SHOWS WEAR,
BUT WOULD LOOK AWESOME
FRAMED WITH PHOTOS OR OTHER MEMORBILIA.
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