Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York

The Rolling Stones at Carrier Dome, Syracuse — April 17, 1998

Rolling Stones — On This Day

The Rolling Stones brought the Bridges to Babylon Tour to the Carrier Dome — a twice-rescheduled show originally booked for January. Our Lady Peace opened, and the Stones hit the stage at 8:15 and played until 10:40. Fan accounts describe the band as tanned and loose from recent South American dates, with Jagger apologizing for […]

The Police at Carrier Dome, Syracuse — April 16, 1982

The Police — On This Day

The Police brought the Ghost in the Machine Tour to the Carrier Dome with staggering numbers: 32,396 tickets sold for a gross of $320,970 — the highest single-show gross of that entire tour leg. Black Uhuru opened. The band brought a horn section called The Chops to replicate the brass-heavy sound of Ghost in the […]