Elvis Costello at Palace Theatre — April 7, 1989
Peter Frampton at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium — April 7, 1976
Peter Frampton took the stage at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium as the opening act for J. Geils Band — but only barely. Frampton Comes Alive! had been released in January 1976 and was climbing the Billboard 200 like a freight train. Three days after this Buffalo show, the album hit No. 1 for the first time. […]
Earth, Wind & Fire at SUNY Albany — April 7, 1973
Widespread Panic at Palace Theatre — April 6, 2008
Metallica at Pepsi Arena — April 6, 1997
Metallica rolled into Albany’s Pepsi Arena on the Poor Touring Me tour behind their polarizing 1996 album Load — shorter haircuts, bluesier riffs, and a fanbase still adjusting. Corrosion of Conformity opened. The 18-song set leaned hard on the new material but still delivered the classics: “Creeping Death” opened the night, “Master of Puppets” anchored […]