On September 16, 2001, Earth, Wind & Fire brought their horn-driven spectacle to the Pepsi Arena in Albany, with a reunited Rufus and Chaka Khan opening — funk and soul royalty sharing one bill, just five days after the September 11 attacks had frozen the country. The tour hadn’t paused; it had rolled straight through the Northeast that week — Philadelphia, Jones Beach, then Albany — bringing a defiant dose of joy to a region still in shock. For Capital Region fans, it was a night that mattered as much for what it represented as for the music itself.
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