B.B. King at Palace Theatre — March 16, 2003
On this day in 2003, B.B. King brought Lucille to the Palace Theatre in Albany. The King of the Blues was a regular in the Capital Region — and every…
Willie Nelson at Glens Falls Civic Center — March 16, 1989
Willie Nelson at the Glens Falls Civic Center — the Red Headed Stranger bringing outlaw country to the Adirondack foothills.
Livingston Taylor / Aztec Two-Step at Campus Center Ballroom (SUNYA) — March 16, 1975
Livingston Taylor (James Taylor’s brother) and local favorites Aztec Two-Step at the SUNYA Campus Center Ballroom.
Fall Out Boy at Pepsi Arena — March 15, 2006
Fall Out Boy on the Black Clouds and Underdogs tour at the Pepsi Arena. Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz were at the peak of the mid-2000s pop-punk explosion, and “Sugar,…
*NSYNC at Pepsi Arena — March 15, 1999
*NSYNC on the Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now tour at the Pepsi Arena — peak boy-band mania. Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, and the rest were at the height of their…
Metallica (w/ Queensryche) at RPI Field House — March 15, 1989
Metallica on the Damaged Justice tour with Queensryche opening (on the Operation: Mindcrime tour) at RPI Field House. Two of the greatest metal albums of the ’80s represented on one…
Stevie Ray Vaughan at Radio City, Scotia — March 15, 1984
Stevie Ray Vaughan at Radio City in Scotia — before he was a household name. SRV was still building his reputation in 1984, touring behind “Texas Flood” and blowing minds…
Styx at Palace Theatre — March 15, 1978
Styx on The Grand Illusion tour at the Palace Theatre — the album that broke them wide open. “Come Sail Away” was on the radio, and Styx was transforming from…
Weezer / Pixies at Times Union Center — March 14, 2019
Weezer and Pixies on a co-headlining bill at the Times Union Center — two of the most influential alternative rock bands of all time sharing a stage. The Pixies invented…
Ani DiFranco at Palace Theatre — March 14, 1997
Buffalo’s own Ani DiFranco at the Palace Theatre — the fiercely independent artist who built Righteous Babe Records from nothing was one of upstate New York’s most important musical exports….