REO Speedwagon at Broome County Arena — April 10, 1981
The Dr. Feelgood Tour was Motley Crue at maximum volume. On April 10, 1990, they brought the whole circus to Binghamton’s Broome County Arena — the only number-one album of their career, a stage production built around Tommy Lee’s rotating drum cage and enough pyrotechnics to light up the Southern Tier sky, and a band […]
Bon Jovi at RPI Fieldhouse — April 10, 1987
Motley Crue at Broome County Arena — April 10, 1990
Santana at Times Union Center — April 10, 2008
Van Morrison at RPI — April 11, 1970
By April 1989, R.E.M. had just made the leap that changes everything — from cult-beloved college rock band to genuine mainstream force. Green, their first album for Warner Bros., had gone multi-platinum on the strength of “Stand,” “Orange Crush,” and “Pop Song 89.” The Green World Tour was R.E.M.’s first real arena-scale run, and the […]
The Tubes at Palace Theatre — April 11, 1978
The Clash at Palace Theatre — April 11, 1984
By April 1984, the Clash were a different band. Mick Jones had been fired the previous September, and Joe Strummer was leading a retooled five-piece on the Out of Control Tour. The Albany Palace Theatre show came during the sessions that would produce Cut the Crap, the widely disowned final album. This was punk’s most […]