1981 (Houston Show July 18):
* REO Speedwagon
* Heart
* Blue Öyster Cult
* Foghat
* The Rockets
Note: Savvy was originally scheduled to open but was bumped by REO Speedwagon's management (same management as The Eagles in 1980). Show lineup confirmed by Steve Jones of Savvy.
1982 (Dallas-June 12, Houston-June 13):
* Journey
* Santana
* Sammy Hagar
* Joan Jett
* Point Blank Band
Sammy Hagar had a guita
… Morer stolen backstage at the Cotton Bowl show, it was returned later that day. However, Hagar vowed to never play it again after it had been handled by someone else and lit it on fire on stage the next day at the Houston show.
1983 (Dallas - June 18, Houston - June 19):
* Styx (Kilroy Was Here tour)
* Sammy Hagar
* Triumph
* Ted Nugent
* Uriah Heep
Trivia: Ted Nugent and Rik Emmett joined Sammy Hagar on stage in Dallas for their version of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love." Tommy Shaw recalls these shows as being some of the worst of his career. He claims to have feared for his life as his band was performing a play after some of the best hard rock bands of the day had performed.
1984 (June 10):
* Rush (Grace Under Pressure tour)
* .38 Special (Tour de Force tour)
* Ozzy Osbourne (Bark at the Moon tour)
* Bryan Adams (Cuts Like A Knife tour)
* Gary Moore (Victims of the Future tour)
Trivia: Bryan Adam's drummer for this show was Matt Frenette of Loverboy.
1985 (August 24): Cotton Bowl in Dallas
* Deep Purple (Perfect Strangers tour)
* Scorpions
* Night Ranger
* Bon Jovi
* Grim Reaper
* Victory
1986 (June 19):
* Van Halen
* Loverboy
* Dio
* Krokus
* Keel
* Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Trivia: Leslie West joined BTO on stage to perform Mountain's "Mississippi Queen."
1987 (June 20): Cotton Bowl in Dallas
* Boston
* Aerosmith
* Whitesnake
* Poison
* Tesla
* Fahrenheit
Trivia: The live concert footage for the video "I Won't Forget You" was filmed at this performance. Also, Poison was joined onstage by Paul Stanley for their performance of KISS's "Strutter".
1988 (a.k.a. "The Monsters of Rock", July 3):
* Van Halen
* Scorpions
* Dokken
* Metallica
* Kingdom Come
This was the show where Sammy Hagar lost his voice after only a couple of songs and then he promised to play a free show in Dallas. A few years later they did just that at Dallas' West End.
Although he was never scheduled to play, Ted Nugent showed up every year and joined in.
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