Experience Hendrix at Palace Theatre — April 3, 2019
Mountain at Palace Theatre — April 4, 1971
Rush at Rochester War Memorial — April 4, 1979
Rush brought the Hemispheres Tour to Rochester on a Wednesday night, deep into a grueling run that stretched from October 1978 through June 1979 in support of their landmark album. The setlist was a prog-rock endurance test — the full “Cygnus X-1 / Hemispheres” suite, “Xanadu,” “La Villa Strangiato,” and “The Trees” — showcasing the […]
Elvis Presley at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium — April 5, 1972
Elvis opened his Spring 1972 tour at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, drawing a record-shattering crowd of 17,360 — the largest concert attendance the venue had ever seen. An MGM camera crew was on hand studying Elvis’s stage movements as pre-production for what would become Elvis on Tour, the Golden Globe-winning documentary. The tour debuted “Burning Love” […]
Aerosmith at Glens Falls Civic Center — April 5, 1986
10,000 Maniacs at Memorial Chapel, Union College — April 5, 1992
The Moody Blues at Proctor’s Theatre — April 5, 2012
Peter Frampton at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium — April 7, 1976
Peter Frampton took the stage at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium as the opening act for J. Geils Band — but only barely. Frampton Comes Alive! had been released in January 1976 and was climbing the Billboard 200 like a freight train. Three days after this Buffalo show, the album hit No. 1 for the first time. […]