Al Di Meola at Landmark Theatre — April 5, 1978
Elvis Presley at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium — April 5, 1972
Elvis opened his Spring 1972 tour at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, drawing a record-shattering crowd of 17,360 — the largest concert attendance the venue had ever seen. An MGM camera crew was on hand studying Elvis’s stage movements as pre-production for what would become Elvis on Tour, the Golden Globe-winning documentary. The tour debuted “Burning Love” […]
Don McLean at Caffe Lena — April 5, 1968
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Judas Priest at Onondaga War Memorial — April 4, 1984
Rush at Rochester War Memorial — April 4, 1979
Rush brought the Hemispheres Tour to Rochester on a Wednesday night, deep into a grueling run that stretched from October 1978 through June 1979 in support of their landmark album. The setlist was a prog-rock endurance test — the full “Cygnus X-1 / Hemispheres” suite, “Xanadu,” “La Villa Strangiato,” and “The Trees” — showcasing the […]