Grateful Dead at Broome County Arena — April 12, 1983
Motley Crue at Knickerbocker Arena — April 11, 1990
R.E.M. at Onondaga War Memorial — April 11, 1989
The Fabulous Thunderbirds at JB Scott’s — April 11, 1986
Brian Setzer at JB Scott’s — April 11, 1986
The Clash at Palace Theatre — April 11, 1984
By April 1984, the Clash were a different band. Mick Jones had been fired the previous September, and Joe Strummer was leading a retooled five-piece on the Out of Control Tour. The Albany Palace Theatre show came during the sessions that would produce Cut the Crap, the widely disowned final album. This was punk’s most […]
The Tubes at Palace Theatre — April 11, 1978
Van Morrison at RPI — April 11, 1970
By April 1989, R.E.M. had just made the leap that changes everything — from cult-beloved college rock band to genuine mainstream force. Green, their first album for Warner Bros., had gone multi-platinum on the strength of “Stand,” “Orange Crush,” and “Pop Song 89.” The Green World Tour was R.E.M.’s first real arena-scale run, and the […]