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The JB and Sandy Show

The JB and Sandy Show

The Day ZZ Top Nearly Burned Down DKR: A Mattress Fire and $8 Tickets

The JB and Sandy Show · Oct 30, 2026 · 5:41

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How do you sneak an entire mattress into a football stadium?

Noah Kahan is bringing a concert to Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium, and that is a big deal because the place has not hosted a show since the Eagles played there in 1996. The show's historian explains why. Back in 1974, ZZ Top, Santana, Joe Cocker and Bad Company played a 90 degree day with $8 tickets. The food and drinks ran out, fans got sick from the heat, bathroom fixtures got wrecked, and somebody set a mattress on fire in the middle of the AstroTurf.

Nobody can get past the mattress, since today you need a clear bag just to get in. Tricia remembers the Eagles Hell Freezes Over tour as the best concert of her life. Then the crew pictures the pitch to the university president, wonders who could sell out 100,000 seats, and floats a plan to punk George Strait.

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