Rock Super Bowl

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The Rock Super Bowl, often written as Rock Superbowl, was a recurring rock festival held from 1977 to 1983 at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida. [1]

Lineups

Artists are listed in billing order on posters and ticketing, with the headline act shown in bold. [2]

EventDateArtistsAttendanceNotes
Rock Superbowl 1977May 29, 1977 Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke & Return to Forever, Kenny Loggins
Rock Superbowl IIJuly 3, 1977 The Eagles, Hall & Oates, Jimmy Buffett 46,000 [3]
Rock Superbowl IIISeptember 4, 1977 Peter Frampton , Kansas,The J. Geils Band, Rick Derringer
Rock Superbowl 1978July 2, 1978 Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Foreigner, Bob Welch, Toby Beau
Rock Superbowl VAugust 5, 1978 Steve Miller Band , Jimmy Buffett, Little River Band
Rock Superbowl 1979May 27, 1979 AC/DC, The Doobie Brothers, Boston, Poco
Rock Superbowl VIIIApril 5, 1980 Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Molly Hatchet, Nantucket
Rock Superbowl 1980July 5, 1980 ZZ Top , Pat Travers, Rossington Collins Band, Triumph, The Johnny Van Zant Band, Point Blank
Rock Superbowl XApril 18, 1981 Heart, Cheap Trick, Blue Öyster Cult, UFO, Firefall
Rock Superbowl XIJuly 16, 1981 REO Speedwagon , Foghat, Billy Squier, Rossington Collins Band
Rock Superbowl 1981October 24-25, 1981 The Rolling Stones , Van Halen, Henry Paul Band
Rock Superbowl XIVMarch 20, 1982 Foreigner, Pat Travers, UFO, Bryan Adams Ozzy Osbourne was scheduled to perform but cancelled due to the death of Randy Rhoads the previous day. [4]
Rock Superbowl 1982September 4, 1982 Fleetwood Mac, John Mellencamp,Loverboy, LeRoux, John Waite 50,000 [5]
Rock Superbowl XVINovember 27, 1982 The Who , Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The B-52s
Rock Superbowl XVIIApril 23, 1983 Journey, Aerosmith, Bryan Adams, Sammy Hagar
Rock Superbowl 1983May 28, 1983 ZZ Top , Sammy Hagar, Triumph, Foghat
Rock Superbowl 19October 29, 1983 The Police , The Fixx, Eric Burdon and The Animals

References

  1. "No frills Citrus Bowl part of Orlando lore". Orlando Sentinel. 2014-01-29. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. "Concert History of Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Florida, United States | Concert Archives". www.concertarchives.org. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  3. Diana (2024-04-10). "Rock Super Bowl II at Tangerine Bowl in Orlando 1977 Rock Super Bowl II at Tangerine Bowl in Orlando with Hall & Oates, Jimmy Buffett, and Andrew Gold - July 3, 1977 - Randy Meisner Hearts On Fire". randymeisnerheartsonfire.com. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  4. Stanfield, Frank. "The day in 1982 when a plane crash in Leesburg killed Ozzy Osbourne tour's guitarist". Daily Commercial. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  5. Spirduso, Wendy (September 6, 1982). "50,000 rock 'n' roll in the T-Bowl". The Orlando Sentinel . p. 1.