Bon Jovi at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena — September 9, 1986

On September 9, 1986, Bon Jovi rolled into the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton on the Slippery When Wet tour — just weeks after the album that would turn them from New Jersey hopefuls into the biggest rock band in America hit shelves. “You Give Love a Bad Name” was already climbing the charts, and “Livin’ on a Prayer” was still waiting in the wings to make them inescapable. Binghamton caught the band right at the hinge point — arena-headliner status locked in, global superstardom still a few months away.