Elton John at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium — April 25, 1993
T. Rex at SUNY Albany — April 23, 1971
Alice Cooper at Rochester War Memorial — April 23, 1972
Alice Cooper was at the peak of shock-rock notoriety on the Killer Tour — boa constrictor, gallows, fake blood, and baby-doll dismemberment. The setlist included “I’m Eighteen,” “Under My Wheels,” “Be My Lover,” and “Dead Babies,” plus a preview of “School’s Out” months before the single would hit No. 7 in the U.S. that summer. […]
Rush at Onondaga War Memorial — April 23, 1977
The Tragically Hip at Northern Lights — April 18, 2007
By 2000, Elton John had been a superstar for three decades and showed no signs of slowing down. The show at Syracuse’s War Memorial at OnCenter came during a stretch where Elton was at peak workload — fresh off an Academy Award for The Lion King, his Aida collaboration headed for Broadway, and still playing […]
The Jimi Hendrix Experience at Troy Armory — April 19, 1968
The Experience played Troy Armory with Soft Machine opening — a show originally scheduled for April 7 but postponed after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Hendrix was at a career peak: Axis: Bold as Love had just charted at No. 3 that February, and Are You Experienced was already a landmark. The seven-song […]
Julian Lennon at Landmark Theatre — April 20, 1985
Sha Na Na at Hudson Valley Civic Center — April 21, 1972
Aerosmith at Glens Falls Civic Center — April 21, 1983
This was the Rock in a Hard Place Tour — the darkest chapter in Aerosmith’s history. Both Joe Perry and Brad Whitford had left the band, replaced by guitarist Jimmy Crespo and rhythm guitarist Rick Dufay. The band was battling substance abuse issues and playing smaller venues like the Glens Falls Civic Center — they […]