<P> The Cow Palace twice hosted the Republican National Convention . Republicans gathered at the Cow Palace for the 1956 Republican National Convention to renominate Dwight D. Eisenhower for President and Richard Nixon for Vice President . The ticket won in a landslide . </P> <P> The Republicans came back eight years later for the 1964 Republican National Convention at which Barry Goldwater was nominated for President and William Miller was nominated for Vice President . Both of them would go on to lose to Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, also in a landslide . </P> <Table> Selected musical artists and performances at the Cow Palace <Tr> <Th> Group </Th> <Th> Date (s) </Th> <Th> Concert </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> <Th> Image </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> The Beatles </Th> <Td> August 19, 1964 </Td> <Td> First U.S. Tour </Td> <Td> Opening night </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> The Beatles </Th> <Td> August 31, 1965 </Td> <Td> Second U.S. Tour </Td> <Td> Two shows, final stop </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> The Supremes </Th> <Td> February 25, 1966 </Td> <Td> "I Hear a Symphony" Tour </Td> <Td> Though the group had played the San Francisco Bay Area before, the same titled single was #1 on both pop radio stations, KFRC and KYA! The same titled album had just been released the week before, February 18, 1966 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> The Rolling Stones </Th> <Td> July 26, 1966 </Td> <Td> The Rolling Stones American Tour 1966 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> The Jackson 5 </Th> <Td> June 19, 1970 </Td> <Td> The Jackson 5 First National Tour </Td> <Td> Second concert for the Jackson 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> The Who </Th> <Td> November 20, 1973 </Td> <Td> The Who Tour 1973 </Td> <Td> During the concert, the drummer Keith Moon, passed out from an overdose of horse tranquilizers . A fan of the band, Scot Halpin, completed the group's set that evening . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> The Allman Brothers Band </Th> <Td> December 31, 1973 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Grateful Dead members sat in on the performance </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Grateful Dead </Th> <Td> March 23, 1974 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Recorded Dick's Picks Volume 24 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> The Rolling Stones </Th> <Td> July 15, 1975 & July 16, 1975 </Td> <Td> The Rolling Stones' Tour of the Americas' 75 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Chicago </Th> <Td> March 27, 1975 & March 28, 1975 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 3 days after the release of their album, Chicago VIII </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pink Floyd </Th> <Td> April 13, 1976 </Td> <Td> Wish You Were Here Tour </Td> <Td> The set list included a performance of their entire The Dark Side of the Moon album . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Paul McCartney and Wings </Th> <Td> June 13, 1976 & June 14, 1976 </Td> <Td> Wings Over the World </Td> <Td> Part of the concert, in edited form, appears on the 2013 remaster of Wings over America . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Elvis Presley </Th> <Td> November 28, 1976 & November 29, 1976 </Td> <Td> Fall tour of 1976 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Grateful Dead </Th> <Td> December 31, 1976 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Double bill for the Grateful Dead and Santana . The groups recorded a live album during this performance, released as Live at the Cow Palace . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Santana </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kiss </Th> <Td> August 16, 1977 </Td> <Td> Love Gun Tour </Td> <Td> Kiss dedicated "Rock and Roll All Nite" to Elvis Presley who had died that day . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cheap Trick </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Neil Young & Crazy Horse </Th> <Td> October 22, 1978 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Concert film "Rust Never Sleeps" filmed here and some of the songs on the album, Live Rust were recorded here . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> The Runaways </Th> <Td> December 31, 1978 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Final concert for the group before their break up in April 1979 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Neil Diamond </Th> <Td> February 28, 1979 & March 1, 1979 </Td> <Td> North American Tour 78--79 </Td> <Td> Neil Diamond fell onstage and couldn't get up . Less than two days later, he underwent 14 hours of delicate surgery, to remove a nonmalignant tumor, located dangerously close to his spine . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> The Jacksons </Th> <Td> September 17, 1981 </Td> <Td> Triumph Tour </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ozzy Osbourne </Th> <Td> December 30, 1981 </Td> <Td> Diary of a Madman Tour </Td> <Td> Opening night for the kickoff of the North America leg </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Randy Rhoads </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pat Benatar </Th> <Td> March 19, 1983 </Td> <Td> Get Nervous </Td> <Td> World tour; all dates sold out </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Van Halen </Th> <Td> May 9, 1984 through May 11, 1984 </Td> <Td> 1984 Tour </Td> <Td> 3 sold - out nights; last tour with David Lee Roth until 2007 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prince </Th> <Td> February 27, 1985 through March 5, 1985 </Td> <Td> Purple Rain Tour </Td> <Td> Six sold - out nights; Sheila E. was the opening act . On the tickets it said "Wear Purple". </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> U2 </Th> <Td> March 7, 1985 & March 8, 1985 </Td> <Td> The Unforgettable Fire Tour </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> U2 </Th> <Td> June 4, 1986 </Td> <Td> A Conspiracy of Hope Benefit Concert </Td> <Td> Sponsored by Amnesty International and headlined by U2 and Sting . Other featured performers included Bryan Adams, Jackson Browne, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez, and The Neville Brothers . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Sting </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Van Halen </Th> <Td> October 31, 1986 through November 3, 1986 </Td> <Td> 5150 or 1986 Tour </Td> <Td> Last 5 shows of the first tour with Sammy Hagar </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> U2 </Th> <Td> April 24, 1987 & April 25, 1987 </Td> <Td> The Joshua Tree Tour </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Fleetwood Mac </Th> <Td> December 12, 1987 & December 13, 1987 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Filmed and released on home video in 1988 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nirvana </Th> <Td> December 31, 1991 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> First performance at Cow Palace for Nirvana . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Red Hot Chili Peppers </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pearl Jam </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nirvana </Th> <Td> April 9, 1993 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Benefit concert for Bosnian rape victims, along with several other acts such as The Breeders and L7 . The 1993 concert was one of the few shows Nirvana had played that year where most of the material off their final album, In Utero, were played live and the last time for some older songs, such as "Negative Creep" and "Love Buzz ." As of April 2016, a full video of the concert is on YouTube, along with an interview . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Phish </Th> <Td> November 29, 1996 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> First and only show at the Cow Palace for Phish </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Group </Th> <Th> Date (s) </Th> <Th> Concert </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> <Th> Image </Th> </Tr>

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