Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez and The Neville Brothers. Parts of U2's half-live rockumentary Rattle and Hum, came from two concerts filmed in the arena on the third leg of the band's Joshua Tree Tour in November 1987. The recordings notably included Bono's famous "Fuck the revolution!" speech during "Sunday Bloody Sunday", featured in the accompanying film. Jethro Tull played the arena from 1976 to 1980. Def Leppard recorded one of their shows here in February 1988 and released it as Live: In the Round, in Your Face. Pop star Michael Jackson performed 3 consecutive sold-out shows in front of 40,251 people during his Bad World Tour on March 24 and 25, & 26, 1988. Pop star Prince made a stop here on July 3, 1986, while on his Parade Tour. The bonus tracks on Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble's album In Step, including "The House is Rockin’" (Live), "Let Me Love You Baby" (Live), "Texas Flood" (Live), and "Life Without You" (Live) were recorded on November 29, 1989, at McNichols Sports Arena. Depeche Mode held a concert for its Devotional Tour at the arena on November 2, 1993. Following the performance, keyboardist Martin Gore was arrested by local police and fined $50 for disturbing the peace when holding a loud party in his hotel room. The very first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event UFC 1 was held on November 12, 1993. Phish performed and recorded their show, on November 17, 1997, which was later released as a live album, entitled Live Phish Volume 11. ZZ Top performed at the venue's final concert on September 12, 1999. They were also the first rock band to play the arena on August 27, 1975. Steve Miller Band and Bachman-Turner Overdrive played McNichols in 1978. Rush played McNichols a few times, one occasion being March 1, 1980. References American Basketball Association venues Colorado Rockies (NHL) Denver Nuggets venues Sports venues in Denver Defunct National Hockey League venues Defunct indoor arenas in the United States World Hockey Association venues Demolished sports venues in Colorado Demolished music venues in the United States Indoor ice hockey venues in Colorado Defunct indoor soccer venues in the United States Former National Basketball Association venues 1975 establishments in Colorado Sports venues completed in 1975 1999 disestablishments in Colorado Sports venues demolished in 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four venues Colorado Avalanche