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Photographer Lou D has opened his 35mm vault to curate an exclusive showcase featuring images of iconic performances that took place at Exhibition Stadium. Before its demolition in 1999, the stadium stood south of the current BMO Field. It was a popular Toronto concert venue as well as home to the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Argonauts.

Find the exhibit outdoors on the west side of the Enercare Centre

 

Relive the music with us! Check out the set lists below, share your favourite concert moments, and don’t forget to tag your selfies with @explaceto and #80sWereYouThere to be featured on our socials.

 

 

 

Exhibition Stadium Concerts

Bruce Springsteen

The Jacksons

Whitney Houston

David Bowie

Tina Turner

Phil Collins

Madonna

Sting

The Who

Concert Setlists

  • Bruce Springsteen – July 26, 1984

    Born in the USA Tour

    1. Badlands
    2. Out in the Street
    3. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
    4. Atlantic City
    5. My Father's House
    6. Who'll Stop the Rain
    7. Prove It All Night
    8. Glory Days
    9. The Promised Land
    10. Used Cars
    11. My Hometown
    12. Born in the U.S.A.
    13. Thunder Road
    14. Hungry Heart
    15. Dancing in the Dark
    16. Cadillac Ranch
    17. Sherry Darling
    18. No Surrender
    19. Fire
    20. Because the Night
    21. Ramrod
    22. Bobby Jean
    23. Backstreets
    24. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
    25. Jungleland
    26. Born to Run
    27. Detroit Medley
    28. Twist and Shout / Do You Love Me / Twist and Shout

  • The Jacksons – October 5, 1984

    Victory Tour

    1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
    2. Things I Do for You
    3. Off the Wall
    4. Human Nature
    5. This Place Hotel
    6. She's Out of My Life
    7. Let's Get Serious / Dynamite / Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)
    8. I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I'll Be There
    9. Rock With You
    10. Lovely One
    11. Workin' Day and Night
    12. Beat It
    13. Billie Jean
    14. Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)

  • Whitney Houston – August 22, 1986

    The Greatest Love World Tour

    1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
    2. Eternal Love
    3. You Give Good Love
    4. Hold Me
    5. How Will I Know
    6. Take Good Care of My Heart
    7. Nobody Loves Me Like You Do
    8. Saving All My Love for You
    9. Someone for Me
    10. I Am Changing
    11. Heart to Heart
    12. Didn't We Almost Have It All
    13. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
    14. He/I Believe
    15. The Greatest Love of All

  • David Bowie – August 24, 1987

    Glass Spider World Tour

    1. Up the Hill Backwards
    2. Glass Spider
    3. Up the Hill Backwards
    4. Day-In Day-Out
    5. Bang Bang
    6. Absolute Beginners
    7. Loving the Alien
    8. China Girl
    9. Rebel Rebel
    10. Fashion
    11. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
    12. All the Madmen
    13. Never Let Me Down
    14. Big Brother
    15. Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family
    16. '87 and Cry
    17. Heroes
    18. Sons of the Silent Age
    19. Time Will Crawl
    20. Young Americans
    21. The Jean Genie
    22. Let's Dance
    23. Fame
    24. Blue Jean
    25. Modern Love

  • Tina Turner – August 29, 1987

    Break Every Rule World Tour

    1. What You Get Is What You See
    2. Break Every Rule
    3. I Can't Stand the Rain
    4. Typical Male
    5. The Acid Queen
    6. Girls
    7. Two People
    8. Back Where You Started
    9. Better Be Good to Me
    10. Addicted to Love
    11. Private Dancer
    12. We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
    13. What's Love Got to Do With It
    14. Help!
    15. Let's Stay Together
    16. Proud Mary
    17. Show Some Respect
    18. It's Only Love
    19. Overnight Sensation
    20. Nutbush City Limits
    21. Paradise Is Here

  • Phil Collins - June 29, 1985

    The No Jacket Required World Tour

    1. I Don't Care Anymore
    2. Only You Know and I Know
    3. I Cannot Believe It's True
    4. This Must Be Love
    5. Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
    6. Inside Out
    7. Who Said I Would
    8. If Leaving Me Is Easy
    9. Sussudio
    10. Behind the Lines
    11. Don't Lose My Number
    12. The West Side
    13. One More Night
    14. In the Air Tonight
    15. Like China
    16. You Can't Hurry Love
    17. It Don't Matter to Me
    18. Hand in Hand
    19. Take Me Home

    Encore:
    20. People Get Ready
    21. It's All Right

  • Madonna - July 4, 1987

    Who's That Girl Tour

    1. Open Your Heart
    2. Lucky Star
    3. True Blue
    4. Papa Don't Preach
    5. White Heat
    6. Causing a Commotion
    7. The Look of Love
    8. Dress You Up
    9. Material Girl
    10. Like a Virgin
    11. Where's the Party
    12. Live to Tell
    13. Into the Groove
    14. La Isla Bonita
    15. Who's That Girl
    16. Holiday

  • Sting - August 13, 1982

    The Police Picnic

    1. Message in a Bottle
    2. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
    3. Walking on the Moon
    4. Spirits in the Material World
    5. Hungry for You (J'aurais toujours faim de toi)
    6. When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
    7. The Bed's Too Big Without You
    8. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
    9. Demolition Man
    10. Shadows in the Rain
    11. Bring On the Night
    12. Driven to Tears
    13. One World (Not Three)
    14. Invisible Sun
    15. Roxanne
    16. Don't Stand So Close to Me
    17. Can't Stand Losing You / Reggatta de Blanc
    18. So Lonely

  • The Who - June 24, 1989

    The 25th Anniversary Tour

    Set 1:
    1. Overture
    2. It's a Boy
    3. 1921
    4. Amazing Journey
    5. Sparks
    6. The Acid Queen
    7. Pinball Wizard
    8. Do You Think It's Alright?
    9. Fiddle About
    10. I'm Free
    11. Tommy's Holiday Camp
    12. We're Not Gonna Take It
    13. A Friend Is a Friend
    14. A Little Is Enough
    15. I'm a Man
    16. I Can't Explain
    17. Substitute
    18. I Can See for Miles
    19. Trick of the Light
    20. Boris the Spider
    21. Who Are You

    Set 2:
    22. Magic Bus
    23. Mary Anne With the Shaky Hands
    24. Baba O'Riley
    25. My Generation
    26. Let My Love Open the Door
    27. 5:15
    28. Love, Reign O'er Me
    29. Love Hurts
    30. Too Late the Hero
    31. My Wife
    32. Sister Disco
    33. Rough Boys
    34. Join Together
    35. You Better You Bet
    36. Behind Blue Eyes
    37. Won't Get Fooled Again

    Encore:
    38. Hey Joe
    39. Pictures of Lily
    40. Twist and Shout

About the Artist

For over three decades, Lou D has been a vibrant chronicler of pop culture, capturing its electric pulse since the 1980s. Beginning concert photography as a teenager with Queen’s iconic Toronto performance, Lou’s journey exploded into a decade of thrilling coverage across North America and beyond. From the legendary Exhibition Stadium performances to the unforgettable 1990 summer showdown—capped by Knebworth’s epic stage and Roger Waters’ monumental The Wall in Berlin—Lou’s been at the heart of the action, preserving music history.