American Idol Audtions Next Month @ The Forum

In 1985 Prince played there and they bathed the place in purple lights. Nirvana played there with the Butthole Surfers and someone threw a shoe at Kurt that almost hit him. Eminem played there with Mix Master Mike opening as snowboarders had an indoor exhibition.

Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, and Kareem played there.

Chick and the Laker Girls performed there.

Paula Abdul got famous there.

And now you can try to get famous there too.

American Idol is holding its auditions at the Fabulous Forum August 8th.

And yes, LAist will be there too.

Because Gretzky played there

Hendrix played there

Zeppelin played there, the Dead, the Stones

Marvin Gaye sang the national anthem there...

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