Doug Carroll/Daily Nebraskan
Entertainment survives
hot summer solstice
By Mick Dyer
Staff Reporter
Lincoln’s entertainment scene sur
vived the dog days of summer in style.
A rundown of this summer’s events
include:
• Singer Willie Nelson and Chan
cellor Martin Massengale signed a con
tract July 13 to hold FarmAid III in
Memorial Stadium, making the benefit
concert official after months of negotia
ing.
All of the approximately 69,000 gen
eral admission tickets were sold within
two weeks.
Thirty-two acts have committed
themselves so far. They are: Willie
Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Hag
gard, John Conlee, Emmylou Harris,
John Denver, Asleep at the Wheel, Lynn
Anderson, Steve Earl and the Dukes,
Rattlesnake Annie, Lyle Lovett, David
Lynn Jones, Johnny Rodriguez, John
Prine, Exile, Rita Coolidge, Karen
Brooks, Lee Greenwood, Neil Young,
John Mellencamp, The Fabulous Thun
derbirds, Delbert McClinton, Joe Walsh,
John Kay and Steppenwolf, Booker T.
Jones, Roger McGuin, Silent Partners,
The Unforgiven, Bangaloo Doctors,
Cruzados, Bill Carter, Lou Reed, and
Mannheim Steamroller.
• Plans were unveiled Aug. 6 for
“The Harvest,” a 40-acre “crop art” to
be located near the Lincoln Municipal
Airport.
Artist Stan Herd will create an
image of a checkered tablecloth and
the fruit of the plains: a loaf of bread,
an egg, two apples, two ears of com,
and ajug of milk. The crops used will be
oat stubble, milo, soybeans, wheat and
plowed earth.
• Construction on the Lied Center
for Performing Arts continues. Over
3,000 cubic yards of concrete have been
poured, with almost 9,000 cubic yards
to go. The main part of construction
right now is on the main balcony, lobby
and stage walls, according to Jim
Money, construction engineer.
• The Flatwater Festival in June
was a success for the second year in a
row, organizers said. The festival had
live music, theater, films, and a number
of food and crafts booths. Thousands of
people attended the downtown celebra
tion.
• The Lincoln nightclub scene had
some changes over the summer.
The Drumstick, 547 N. 48th, closed
its doors July 30 after 20 years of
providing Lincoln with most of the
underground music brought to the
area.
Mingles replaced Stooges at 9th and
P streets Aug. 11.
• Some national acts also appeared *
in the city. i
Adrian Belew and the Bears per- ‘
formed May 30 at Chesterfields, the
Psychedelic Furs and The Call per
formed Aug. 13 in the Centennial Room
of the Nebraska Union and Aug. 14 the
Meat Puppets performed at the South
west Lincoln Civic Center.
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