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EXTENSIONS OF MAN CONCERTS

In August of 1970 Media Five originates as a booking agency with band management included shortly after. Nine months after the company's founding a third phase begins: concert promotion. Extensions of Man debuts with a summer series of Sunday night dance concerts at Saylor's Lake Pavilion, a lakeside and former big band ballroom in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains. An immediate success, the Saylor's Lake Dance Series confirms the need for creative concert promotion in addition to booking and artist management.

Deciding to move to the next level, Extensions of Man finds a suitable venue in a historic site scheduled for demolition. On December 30, 1971 Woodstock performers and nationally known act Sha Na Na performs at Easton PA's Boyd Theater. Tickets are $4.

Concerts by emerging and established national artists follow including Billy Joel, Electric Light Orchestra, Mott the Hoople, Aerosmith, Blue Oyster Cult and others (see below). This is a list of national acts and does not include the countless regional and local bands also promoted.

So what brings a concert company with a successful run of shows to an end? Circumstance. People. Fortune and misfortune. Fate. Competition from near by big city promoters, late and non-appearing acts, vocalists with laryngitis and egos that can no longer fit into even the largest of halls also conspire against continuing the concert series.

Gaining confidence from the Extensions of Man experience, the agency decides to find and develop its own acts for national stardom. Having had a concert promotion arm with now established national agency relationships also provides opportunities to deliver national acts to booking agency clients.

Aerosmith
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October 29, 1973, Johnston Hall, Moravian College, Bethlehem PA
(Opened for Mott the Hoople)

October 6, 1974, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem PA
Today is the 46th anniversary of when boston rock band, Aerosmith performed at Northampton Community College in bethlehem, PENNSYLVANIA. The group, consisting of Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford had to fly FROM boston to allentown for the October 6, 1974 show. Things began to go awry when Guitar player, Brad WHITFORD insisted his guitar be on the seat next to him, even though he didn?t pay for the extra seat. Whitford missed his plane twice because of this, and ended up not coming to the show at all.
Things got even crazier at the venue- NACC?s gym was only a few years old and had fire sensors in the ceiling. Aerosmith insisted on using their pyro, but the school administration and student activities director had extensive conversations with their tour manager explaining that if they set off pyro, everyone in the AUDIENCE, the band, and crew would be soaked by the fire sprinkler system. Aerosmith finally relented. They also refused to play their greatest hit "Dream On", because Whitford played a key solo in the song. They eventually gave in on this as well, not wanting to upset or alienate their fans.
The Good Rats opened for them and set the stage from Aerosmith to take. The boston bad boys didn't let anyone down and this probably goies down in the history books as one of the only times they ever played as a 4-piece band.
Roughly 25 years later media five management crossed paths with aerosmith when the band selected the company's client, Fuel, to be their main support for their north american tour.
Just another story on how crazy Rock n Roll can be.
Big City Music Band
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Big City Music Band was a melting pot of big talent that became a top mid-atlantic headliner.

In the history of the band they played 101 major concerts and festivals either as a support act or headliner. Big City Became a highly respected band both by national acts and their huge fanbase throughout the Mid-Atlantic states. .

They shared The stage with acts like Grand Funk, James Gang, Alice Cooper, Van Morrison, Sha Na Na, Jerry Jeff Walker, Livingston Taylor, Delaney Bonnie and friends, Steve Miller, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Edgar Winter band.
Billy Joel
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Having sold more than 100 million records over the course of a career spanning more than 40 years, Billy Joel ranks as one of most popular recording artists and respected entertainers in the world. Extensions of Man Concerts and Media Five Entertainment have a special relationship as his Lehigh Valley promotor starting with his "Piano Man" album tour in 1974. It was at a sound check at their promoted Muhlenberg College concert in 1975 where we first heard parts of the chorus of a song that would later be titled, "Allentown." In 1982, upon the release of the "The Nylon Curtain" album and the single, "Allentown," David Sestak along with local radio station WZZO and the backing of Mayor Joe Daddona, the then mayor of Allentown, spearheaded a campaign to bring Billy Joel back to the Lehigh Valley to perform, "Allentown." There was a controversy over the interpretation of the "Allentown" lyrics within the region and along with the campaign this garnered national attention on syndicated TV, radio, daily newspapers, and major magazines. Billy Joel has often commented that that the early Lehigh Valley shows always had a special place in his heart and he agreed to come back to the area on December 27, 1982 to perform "Allentown" at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem. Efforts continue today for Billy to return to the Lehigh Valley this time to perform "Allentown" in Allentown in their new 10,000 capacity PPL Center.
Blue Oyster Cult
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October 7, 1973, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem PA

June 24, 1974, State Theatre, Easton PA Today is the 47th anniversary of when New York State's Blue Öyster Cult performed at Northampton Community College in bethlehem, PENNSYLVANIA.
Blue Öyster Cult was formed in 1967 as Soft White Underbelly in a communal house at Stony Brook University on Long Island when rock critic Sandy Pearlman overheard a jam session consisting of fellow Stony Brook classmate Donald Roeser and his Friends. Pearlman offered to become the band's manager and creative partner, which the band agreed to. The band's original lineup consisted of guitarist Roeser, drummer Albert Bouchard, keyboardist Allen Lanier, singers Jeff Kagel (aka Krishna Das) and Les Braunstein and bassist Andrew Winters.
Pearlman wanted the group to be the "American Black Sabbath".
Best known for the singles "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Burnin' for You", "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll", and "Godzilla" They have sold 25 million records worldwide.
The band's music videos, especially "Burnin' for You" received heavy rotation on MTV when the music television network premiered in 1981, Lehigh Valley Legendary Band The High Keys was the opening act, where they showcased their original recordings in advance of what was going to be an independent release.
the band cemented themselves and their legacy through contribution to the development and success of the music video in modern popular culture.
Brownsville Station
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May 28, 1972, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg PA

August 5, 1973, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg PA
(Opened for Detroit with Mitch Ryder)

Feb 8, 1974, Grace Hall, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA
(opened for Jo Jo Gunne)
Buzzy Linhart
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March 12, 1975, Memorial Hall, Muhlenburg College, Allentown PA
(Opened for Billy Joel)
Cactus
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June 21, 1973, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg, PA
Chase
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July 28, 1971, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg PA
Dan Fogelberg
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November 13, 1974, Agricultural Hall, Muhlenburg College, Allentown PA
(Opened for Billy Joel)
Delaney and Bonnie & Friends
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April 24, 1970, Koehler Field House, East Stroudsburg State College
(Opened for Steve Miller Band)

c1971, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg PA
Detroit With Mitch Ryder
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May 28, 1972, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg PA
Duke Williams & The Extremes
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July 16, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg PA
Electric Light Orchestra
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December 9, 1973, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem PA
Elf
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December 9, 1973, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem PA
(Opened for Electric Light Orchestra)
Elliot Murphy
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February 10, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem PA
(Opened for Billy Joel)
Fanny
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July 25, 1973, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg, PA
Foghat
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July 22, 1974, State Theatre, Easton PA
Godspell
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October 5, 1979, Grace Hall, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Golden Earring
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July 22 1974, State Theatre, Easton PA
Good Rats
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October 6, 1974, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem PA
(Opened for Aerosmith)
Gun Hill Road
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July 1, 1973, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg PA
Harry Chapin
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April 5, 1974, Grace Hall, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA
Jay & the Techniques
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August 19, 1973, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg, PA

Firehouse Lounge, Easton PA

Phase V Disco, Bethlehem, PA

Jo Jo Gunne
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February 8, 1974, Grace Hall, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA
Little Feat
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October 29, 1975, Memorial Hall, Muhlenberg College, Allentown PA (co-headlined with Renaissance)
Mandrake Memorial
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c1973, Shiver's Dance Concerts, Easton PA
Maynard Ferguson
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October 29, 1977, Symphony Hall, Allentown PA

March 2, 1979, Symphony Hall, Allentown PA

Mott the Hoople
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October 29, 1973, Moravian College, Bethlehem PA
Mountain
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c1971, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg PA

April 4, 1974, Valley Theatre, East Greenville PA
Nazareth
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June 24, 1974, State Theatre, Easton PA
(Opened for Blue Oyster Cult)
Ralph
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Raspberries
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August 27, 1972, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg PA
Renaissance
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October 29, 1975, Memorial Hall, Muhlenberg College, Allentown PA
(Co-Headlined with Little Feat)
Rock Opera Tommy
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August 27, 1972, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg PA
Sha Na Na
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December 30, 1971, Boyd Theatre, Easton PA

State Theatre, Easton PA
Snafu
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July 16, 1974, State Theatre, Easton PA
(Opened for Foghat)
Stan Kenton
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March 12, 1975, Symphony Hall, Muhlenberg College, Allentown PA
Steve Miller Band
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April 24, 1970, Koehler Field House, East Stroudsburg State College
Ted Nugent and Amboy Dukes
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1974, Valley Theatre, East Greenville PA
The Earth Band
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August 6, 1973, Saylors Lake Pavilion, Saylorsburg, PA

May 11, 1974, Williamsport Area Community College, Williamsport PA
The High Keys
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Born out of Johnny and the High Keys when Joey Colarusso joined the band along with Mike "Gino" Schimpf. Later Johnny Dee took on band management and added Terry Bosseler on keyboards. The band continued into the 70s, remaining a fan favorite! The Keys caught the attention of Jim Ienner, renowned producer of bands such as Three Dog Night, Grand Funk Railroad, The Raspberries, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Lighthouse, and Airsupply, who went on to record and produce several songs for the band. The band shifted their touring to become an opening act for such bands as Sly & The Family Stone, Fleetwood Mac, Little Feat, and Blue Oyster Cult along with playing festivals besides major night clubs on the East Coast. The band eventually dropped "The High" of "The High Keys" and remained KEYS.
The New York Dolls
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March 10, 1973, Johnston Hall, Moravian College, Bethlehem PA
ZZ Top
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May 11, 1974, Williamsport Area Community College, Williamsport PA
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