Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York

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 the biggest indoor venues on the tour circuit, and Bon Jovi in 1989 was one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. "Livin' on a Prayer" in a 40,000-seat dome was a religious experience for a generation of Syracuse rock fans.