Bon Jovi (w/ Skid Row) at Carrier Dome — March 3, 1989
Bon Jovi brought the New Jersey Syndicate tour to the Carrier Dome with Skid Row — featuring former Bon Jovi collaborator Sebastian Bach — opening. The Dome was one of…
Bon Jovi (w/ Goo Goo Dolls) at Pepsi Arena — March 3, 2003
Bon Jovi’s Bounce tour filled the Pepsi Arena with the Goo Goo Dolls opening — a double bill of radio-rock heavyweights. “Bounce” was Bon Jovi’s post-9/11 album, and the tour…
Talking Heads at Hullabaloo — March 4, 1978
Talking Heads at the Hullabaloo in Rensselaer on the ’77 tour — David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison were still a scrappy four-piece, just months after releasing…
Daryl Hall & John Oates at Palace Theatre — March 4, 2003
The best-selling duo in music history brought their catalog of hits to the Palace Theatre. “Rich Girl,” “Kiss on My List,” “Maneater,” “I Can’t Go for That” — Hall &…
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem at Troy Armory — March 5, 1965
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem at the Troy Armory — the godfathers of the Irish folk revival in America. Their matching Aran sweaters and rousing pub songs made them…
Aerosmith at Palace Theatre — March 5, 1978
Aerosmith on the Draw the Line tour at the Palace Theatre. This was the raw, dangerous, pre-comeback Aerosmith — Tyler and Perry still together but barely, the band running on…
U2 (w/ Mission of Burma) at JB Scott’s — March 5, 1981
U2 at JB Scott’s in Albany on the Boy tour — before they were the biggest band in the world. Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. were…
Weezer at Recreation and Convocation Center (SUNYA) — March 6, 2001
Weezer on the Yahoo! Outloud Tour hit UAlbany’s Rec Center. Rivers Cuomo and company were back after a five-year hiatus, riding the massive comeback single “Hash Pipe.” The Green Album…
Shinedown (w/ Halestorm, Black Stone Cherry) at Northern Lights — March 6, 2009
Before Halestorm and Black Stone Cherry were headliners in their own right, they were opening for Shinedown at Northern Lights. The Sound of Madness tour packed the Clifton Park venue…
Warren Zevon at Saratoga Winners — March 1, 1996
Warren Zevon at Saratoga Winners — the kind of intimate, slightly rough-around-the-edges club show that Zevon thrived in. The “Werewolves of Wall Street” songwriter was deep into his cult-hero era,…