The Association / The Stone Poneys at Washington Avenue Armory — March 9, 1968
The Association headlined the Washington Avenue Armory with The Stone Poneys opening — featuring a young Linda Ronstadt before her massive solo career. Ronstadt was barely 21 and still a…
B.B. King at Palace Theatre — March 8, 2008
The King of the Blues at the Palace Theatre. B.B. King and Lucille brought decades of blues mastery to Albany’s most storied stage. At 82, King was still touring over…
The Black Crowes at Palace Theatre — March 8, 1999
The Black Crowes on the Souled Out tour at the Palace Theatre. Chris and Rich Robinson were still firing on all cylinders, delivering the kind of raw, loose, blues-soaked rock…
Phish at Aiko’s — March 8, 1990
Phish at Aiko’s in Saratoga Springs during their Winter/Spring 1990 tour. This is deep-cut Phish history — the Vermont jam band was still playing tiny bars and clubs, years before…
Cheap Trick (w/ UFO) at RPI Field House — March 8, 1981
Cheap Trick and UFO at the RPI Field House — two of the hardest-working live bands of the late ’70s and early ’80s on one bill. Cheap Trick was riding…
Aerosmith at Alive at Five / Albany area venue — March 8, 1980
Aerosmith on the Night in the Ruts tour — this was the band at their most combustible. Joe Perry had just left, Jimmy Crespo was in. The archive places them…
Maroon 5 at Times Union Center — March 7, 2017
Adam Levine and Maroon 5 brought the M5 On The Road tour to the Times Union Center. Love them or hate them, Maroon 5 was one of the biggest pop…
St. Vincent at Upstate Concert Hall — March 7, 2015
Annie Clark — St. Vincent — brought her critically acclaimed art-rock to Upstate Concert Hall. Fresh off her self-titled album that won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album, this…
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at HSBC Arena (now KeyBank Center) — March 7, 2008
The night after Rochester, Springsteen and the E Street Band crossed upstate to Buffalo’s HSBC Arena on March 7, 2008 — another sellout at 18,875. The Magic tour was the…
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Blue Cross Arena (War Memorial) — March 7, 2008
The Boss brought the Magic tour to Rochester’s Blue Cross Arena on March 6, 2008 — a sold-out, 12,428-capacity show. Springsteen delivered a 25-song set including a tour debut of…