U2 played JB Scott’s on Albany’s Central Avenue just months after their debut album Boy had introduced the world to Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. The Irish band was still small enough to play 500-seat clubs — the same circuit as Joan Jett, who had played this exact room the night before. JB Scott’s was one of the Capital Region’s premier rock venues of the era, and Albany was getting in on the ground floor of what would become the biggest band in the world.
Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York
