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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...
photo by Sweaty Hermit who rules times infinity plus one
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Such a cool photo.
I was at that Prince show, it was suggested you wear purple and he also shot water out of his guitar. Crazy! Sheila E started it out with glow-in-the-dark drumsticks. I was like 10.