Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York

Rush at Rochester War Memorial — April 4, 1979

Rush performing live on the Hemispheres Tour, 1979 — same tour as the April 4 Rochester show

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 […]

Red Hot Chili Peppers at Pepsi Arena — April 3, 2000

Red Hot Chili Peppers / Foo Fighters concert ticket, Pepsi Arena Albany, April 3, 2000 — GA admission, $32.50

The Red Hot Chili Peppers brought the Californication Tour to a sold-out Pepsi Arena with a stacked triple bill: Muse opened, followed by the Foo Fighters, before RHCP hit the stage. The setlist leaned hard on Californication — “Around the World,” “Scar Tissue,” and “Otherside” — alongside classics like “Give It Away” and “Under the […]

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