Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York

Little Richard at Union College — April 30, 1965

Little Richard / The Shirelles / Gary U.S. Bonds newspaper ad — Union College Field House Schenectady, April 30 1965, tickets $2.50

Little Richard was in the middle of his mid-1960s rock ‘n’ roll comeback after retiring for religious ministry in 1957. He had recently signed with Vee-Jay Records for the comeback album Little Richard Is Back, and during this period had a young Jimi Hendrix as a guitarist in his Upsetters band. College shows like Union […]

Pearl Jam at Pepsi Arena — April 29, 2003

Pearl Jam — On This Day

Pearl Jam brought the Riot Act Tour to the Pepsi Arena — the band’s first-ever show in Albany proper. This was Pearl Jam at their most committed, touring behind 2002’s Riot Act with the intensity they’d maintained since the beginning. The encore included covers of Patti Smith and The Who. Fan accounts describe it as […]