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 […]
The Moody Blues at Proctor’s Theatre — April 5, 2012
Gordon Lightfoot at Palace Theatre — April 5, 2002
10,000 Maniacs at Memorial Chapel, Union College — April 5, 1992
Aerosmith at Glens Falls Civic Center — April 5, 1986
Ozzy Osbourne at Glens Falls Civic Center — April 5, 1983
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” […]