had to fill in on bass guitar. Unbeknownst to the crowd, this was the first time that the rest of Pink Floyd (guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and keyboard player Rick Wright) performed a song live without Waters (they would go on without Waters as of 1986). Waters' experience performing while ill at this venue would be documented on "Comfortably Numb". The Who performed at the Spectrum throughout the 1970s. The 1973 show was documented in a famous audio bootleg of their Quadrophenia performance. A CD has been released of John Entwistle's performance on March 15, 1975, when he opened for Humble Pie. 1978 saw the last tour of the original Black Sabbath lineup. Opening for them was Van Halen. Genesis regularly played the venue during the Phil Collins era from 1977 to 1986 (they would play Veterans Stadium on their 1992 We Can't Dance tour and the Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) on their 2007 Turn it On Again and 2021 The Last Domino? reunion tours). Their three November 1983 performances on the band's Mama Tour were recorded for a US FM radio broadcast and was released as a bootleg entitled "Three Nights in Philly". Collins would play the Spectrum on his own in September 1985, during his No Jacket Required Tour, in a concert rescheduled from May 18 of that year due to an Eastern Conference Finals game between the 76ers and the Boston Celtics. Queen performed at The Spectrum on August 22, 1980, during The Game Tour. The Jacksons performed at The Spectrum on August 15, 1981, during their Triumph Tour. Dio performed at The Spectrum in 1984, with Twisted Sister as opener. This concert was filmed for the video release A Special from the Spectrum. Dio returned to the Spectrum in 1986; this concert was also filmed, for the video release Sacred Heart "The Video". Bon Jovi regularly performed at the Spectrum in the 1980s, playing six shows there during their Slippery When Wet Tour and three concerts on the New Jersey Syndicate Tour. Kid Rock appeared at the arena on May 9, 2002. KISS performed live during the Crazy Nights tour in 1987. The concert can be seen on the 3rd disk of Kissology Volume Two: 1978–1991, although footage is incomplete. N.W.A performed with Eazy E, Public Enemy, Too Short, Kwame on June 25, 1989. Metallica performed here in 1989 with a proshot show during