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Amen to that. Saw Devo here in 2006 and it was a phenomenal show with a great atmosphere. The sound wasn't superb, though I've heard that the price for a band to book the shell can be expensive for what they get.

I was at that Devo show in 2006 also, was a great show indeed!

I tried to see Butthole Surfers there in 1992, Firehose played thru the rain, STP wouldn't come out at all, and BS was nowhere to be found. FWIW, we had ourselve a good 'ol time in the rain, getting run off by the DPD, and all... I know there's a back-story behind the evenings transgressions, but to this day I still don't know why the two bands didn't play.

Saw REM there in 1984 or '85. Saw David Byrne there in 1990. It is, indeed, the best venue in town (with due respect to the Granada).

Wilonsky -- you should know we can use a venue not owned by a billionaire. Sheesh!

Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe in 1985!

It's a little known secret that the Dallas Wind Symphony offices in the backstage area of that very building. If you're looking for Band Shell advocates, you won't find anyone better: www.dws.org.

Wilonsky -- you need to do a follow-up story on how the City's lease with the operators of Starplex / Smirnoff / YellowPages.com impacts the use of the Band Shell.

I saw/heard Costello,Rem and even Flock of Seagulls(girlfriends idea), there. Its my favorite venue
for the beauty of the sound, and I only have one ear, that barely works. Best concert ever? Rei Momo, hands down, the drinking, toking, singing and dancing was followed afterwards to a large crowd drumming on the hollow pachyderms outside the Museum, followed by a
crowded drunken baptism in the esplanade fountains( wet Tshirts anyone?). The finish?-climbing to the top of the Cotton Bowl and pee-ing over the side. Yee-Haw.......
Fast forward a million years, took the kids to the Holiday Symphony at the Shell, it was pretty crowded, they dug it,
sounded great, we ate cotton candy.

That place even made Tiffany bearable.

Of course I could once again bring up Ann-Margret's show there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y8uaIzt-Wk

I wasn't around but the Band Shell was the site of the Starlight Operettas:

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/MM/xmm1.html

which began in 1942 and eventually became the Dallas Summer Musicals (after a bug flew into Nanette Fabray's mouth)

However I do remember when the Shakespeare Festival was held in the Band Shell.

I was also at that SRV show, John In Wylie. I had successfully blotted out the memory of the wardrobe and dance steps of Duke Jupiter's bass player until your comment.