Ramones at The Class — October 6, 1991
On October 6, 1991, the Ramones brought their two-minute blitz to The Class in Middletown, a Sunday-night club date wedged between Philadelphia’s Chestnut Cabaret the night before and Pearl Street in Northampton, Massachusetts, the night after. This was the Joey, Johnny, Marky and C.J. lineup, the band seven months removed from the March 1991 Barcelona […]
Talking Heads at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena — October 5, 1983
On October 5, 1983, Talking Heads brought the Speaking in Tongues tour to the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, a Wednesday-night general-admission show at $10.50 a ticket, wedged between the Providence Civic Center the night before and Rochester’s War Memorial the night after. The band was riding “Burning Down the House,” their first […]
Neil Young & Crazy Horse at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium — October 4, 1986
On October 4, 1986, Neil Young & Crazy Horse brought their Live in a Rusted Out Garage tour into Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, one night after a stop at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens. Young, Frank Sampedro, Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina worked through two long sets that ran from “Mr. Soul” and “Cinnamon Girl” to “Cortez […]
Pink Floyd at the Carrier Dome — October 3, 1987
On October 3, 1987, Pink Floyd brought the A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour to Syracuse’s Carrier Dome — the band’s first tour without Roger Waters, and proof that David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright could still fill a stadium on their own terms. The night opened with “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” worked […]
Stevie Wonder at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena — October 2, 1986
On October 2, 1986, Stevie Wonder brought the In Square Circle tour to the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, the middle of a New York swing that ran from Syracuse to two sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden, Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium the night before, and RPI’s Fieldhouse in Troy two nights after. He […]
Def Leppard at the Glens Falls Civic Center — October 1, 1987
On October 1, 1987, Def Leppard opened the North American leg of the Hysteria tour at the Glens Falls Civic Center, unveiling the In the Round stage they had spent days rehearsing inside the building, a center-floor production with Rick Allen’s drum riser rotating to face every side of the arena. With Tesla opening, the […]
3 Doors Down at Utica Memorial Auditorium — September 30, 2001
On September 30, 2001, 3 Doors Down brought The Better Life Tour to the Utica Memorial Auditorium, riding high on “Kryptonite” and the multi-platinum success of their debut album. The show landed less than three weeks after September 11th, part of a tour that kept rolling through a country still finding its footing. Twenty-five years […]
Billy Joel at Glens Falls Civic Center — September 29, 1986
On September 29, 1986, Billy Joel kicked off his sprawling 150-show Bridge Tour at, of all places, the Glens Falls Civic Center — a hometown-sized barn in the Adirondack foothills chosen to open a run that would eventually take him across North America, Australia, Japan, and six shows behind the Iron Curtain in the Soviet […]
Goo Goo Dolls at Marine Midland Arena — September 28, 1996
On September 28, 1996, the Goo Goo Dolls — Buffalo’s own — became the first act ever booked into the brand-new Marine Midland Arena, with fellow up-and-comers Barenaked Ladies opening. It was a genuine hometown-boys-make-good moment: a band that had spent years grinding it out at the old Aud now headlining a 20,000-capacity arena in […]
Grateful Dead at Rochester Community War Memorial — September 27, 1976
On September 27, 1976, the Grateful Dead brought their return-to-the-road tour to the Community War Memorial in Rochester, deep into a second-set run — Help on the Way > Slipknot! > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower — that deadheads still trade tapes over. The band had spent much of […]