Elton John & Billy Joel at Times Union Center — March 11, 2010
The Face to Face tour brought two of the greatest piano men in rock history to the same stage at the Times Union Center. Elton John and Billy Joel trading…
Pantera (w/ Sacred Reich) at Palace Theatre — March 12, 1993
Pantera at the Palace Theatre on the Vulgar Display of Power tour — Dimebag Darrell, Vinnie Paul, Phil Anselmo, and Rex Brown at their absolute heaviest. This was the band…
The Allman Brothers Band at Mid-Hudson Civic Center — March 7, 1992
The Allman Brothers Band at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie on March 7, 1992 — just days before their now-legendary first extended run at New York City’s Beacon Theatre,…
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Blue Cross Arena (War Memorial) — March 7, 2008
The Boss brought the Magic tour to Rochester’s Blue Cross Arena on March 6, 2008 — a sold-out, 12,428-capacity show. Springsteen delivered a 25-song set including a tour debut of…
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at HSBC Arena (now KeyBank Center) — March 7, 2008
The night after Rochester, Springsteen and the E Street Band crossed upstate to Buffalo’s HSBC Arena on March 7, 2008 — another sellout at 18,875. The Magic tour was the…
St. Vincent at Upstate Concert Hall — March 7, 2015
Annie Clark — St. Vincent — brought her critically acclaimed art-rock to Upstate Concert Hall. Fresh off her self-titled album that won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album, this…
Maroon 5 at Times Union Center — March 7, 2017
Adam Levine and Maroon 5 brought the M5 On The Road tour to the Times Union Center. Love them or hate them, Maroon 5 was one of the biggest pop…
Aerosmith at Alive at Five / Albany area venue — March 8, 1980
Aerosmith on the Night in the Ruts tour — this was the band at their most combustible. Joe Perry had just left, Jimmy Crespo was in. The archive places them…
Cheap Trick (w/ UFO) at RPI Field House — March 8, 1981
Cheap Trick and UFO at the RPI Field House — two of the hardest-working live bands of the late ’70s and early ’80s on one bill. Cheap Trick was riding…
The Black Crowes at Palace Theatre — March 8, 1999
The Black Crowes on the Souled Out tour at the Palace Theatre. Chris and Rich Robinson were still firing on all cylinders, delivering the kind of raw, loose, blues-soaked rock…