RUNNERS-UP: R.E.M. (Opera House, 9/18); Los Lobos (Soap Creek, 2/29); Sonny Okosun (Liberty Lunch, 5/20); Laurie Anderson (Paramount, 5/27); Neil Young (Opera House, 6/23); Echo and the Bunnymen (Opera House, 8/31); Allan Holdsworth (Liberty Lunch, 10/18); Elvis Costello (Erwin Center, 9/5); Crosby, Stills & Nash (South Park Meadows, 8/29)

This article appears in March 8 • 1985.

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