MECCA Arena Archives - Milwaukee Record

Listen to a 1993 Nirvana show at Milwaukee’s MECCA Auditorium

February 20, 2019

February 20, 2019 would have been Kurt Cobain's 52nd birthday. The Nirvana frontman was born on February 20, 1967; he died on April 5, 1994. In just a few years, he'll be gone longer than he was around.Gloo...

We clearly attended the Bucks’ “Return to the MECCA” game and have the pictures to prove it

Josh Hoppert

October 27, 2017

We were among the lucky few to attend the Milwaukee Bucks return to the historic MECCA Arena Thursday night. Here are some of the highlights we were able to photograph because we were totally there:Coaches...

Listen to Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers rock the MECCA Arena in 1983

Matt Wild

October 24, 2017

When Tom Petty died earlier this month, it was if the last connective tissue in an increasingly divided America had been finally severed. Oodles of tributes from fans poured in. Oodles of tributes from fellow m...

How Tim The Rock ‘N’ Roll Animal brought The Who to Milwaukee

Thomas Michalski

July 31, 2014

//It’s a frustrating situation that has befallen every music-loving Milwaukeean from time to time: you hear your favorite band is going on tour and eagerly scan the list of dates, only to find our fair cit...

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