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Throwback Concert: Judas Priest at New Haven Coliseum 1982

Throwback Concert: Judas Priest at New Haven Coliseum 1982

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1982!

That year PLR presented Judas Priest at New Haven Coliseum. Judas Priest was on its “World Vengeance” North American Tour and brought special guest Iron Maiden with them. Judas Priest was supporting its eighth studio album, “Screaming For Vengeance,” which featured the monster hit You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’.

Today we look back at this show…

 

Judas Priest

Tour: World Vengeance

Special Guest: Iron Maiden

Saturday October 9, 1982

New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Ticket Prices: $10.50 and $9.50

Band Lineup: Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, K.K. Downing, Ian Hill and Dave Holland

Setlist*

  1. Electric Eye
  2. Riding on the Wind
  3. Heading Out to the Highway
  4. Metal Gods
  5. Bloodstone
  6. Breaking The Law
  7. Sinner
  8. Desert Plains
  9. The Ripper
  10. Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez cover)
  11. Devil’s Child
  12. Screaming for Vengeance
  13. You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’
  14. Victim of Changes
  15. Living After Midnight (encore)
  16. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown/ Fleetwood Mac cover / encore)
  17. Hell Bent For Leather

*source: setlist.fm

 

Check out these clips from the Live Vengeance 1982 Tour

 

Friday, February 19: The U.S. Is Back On Mars; AJ Regrets His Fun Fact; Flubble Friday Montage

Friday, February 19: The U.S. Is Back On Mars; AJ Regrets His Fun Fact; Flubble Friday Montage

Chaz and AJ talk about NASA’s rover Perseverance successfully landing on Mars, and all of the brain power that went into making that happen. (0:00)

Amy Stefanowski was on to talk about Jimmy Koplik’s Coats for a Cause raising over $88,000 yesterday, which will provide over 700 EMPWR coats to the homeless of Bridgeport. Amy recognized that the original goal was to provide only 25 coats, and how she and Bob made the decision to match all donations for an hour yesterday. (10:28)

During Fun Fact Friday, AJ was very excited to share his, but quickly regretted it. (13:01)

Nick the science guy was on to nerd out about NASA successfully landing the rover on Mars, and talked about the nerd watch party he was a part of as it was happening. (17:53)

Dumb Ass News – The flubble montage! A flubble is a combination of a flub and a mumble, created and introduced to the world by AJ. Each week, Chaz and AJ collect every flubble from every show, and put them in a montage. (30:26)

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99.1 PLR Fantastic Four

99.1 PLR Fantastic Four

Share your favorite music selection of 99.1 PLR’s past 50 years. Send in your four favorite song of the last 50 years and every Friday at 10pm, we’ll play them.

And You Get To Host!

Send your Fantastic Four songs, why you love them and your daytime phone number to [email protected]

Throwback Thursday: The J. Geils Band at Mohegan Sun Arena 2009

Throwback Thursday: The J. Geils Band at Mohegan Sun Arena 2009

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2009!

That year PLR welcomed The J. Geils Band to Mohegan Sun Arena for a very special New Year’s Eve performance. It was the first time in over a decade these Massachusetts rocks had played in Connecticut. The J. Geils Band certainly gave the thousands in attendance a great show on a very cold, snowy night in Uncasville.

Today we look back at that show…

 

The J. Geils Band 

Thursday December 31, 2009

Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut

Tickets: $50

Band Lineup: J. Geils, Danny Klein, Magic Dick, Peter Wolf, Seth Justman

Setlist*

  1. First I Look at the Purse (The Contours cover)
  2. Homework (Otis Rush cover)
  3. Hard Drivin’ Man
  4. Pack Fair and Square (Big Walter & His Thunderbirds cover)
  5. Sanctuary
  6. Night Time (The Stsrangelovers cover)
  7. Way Over Yonder
  8. Cruisin’ for a Love
  9. Freeze-Frame
  10. So Sharp (Dyke & The Blazers cover)
  11. Detroit Breakdown
  12. It Serves You Right to Suffer (John Lee Hooker cover)
  13. Give It To Me
  14. Must of Got Lost
  15. Love Stinks
  16. Lookin’ for a Love (The Valentinos cover)
  17. Whammer Jammer
  18. Ain’t Nothin’ but a House Party (The Show Stoppers cover)
  19. Centerfold – Encore 1
  20. Start All Over – Encore 1
  21. Where Did Our Love Go (The Supremes cover) – Encore 1
  22. Southside Shuffle – Encore 2
  23. Love-itis (Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds cover) – Encore 2

*source: setlist.fm

 

Check out these clips of The J. Geils Band at Mohegan Sun…

50 Years, 50 Albums 2009: Cage the Elephant ‘Cage the Elephant’

50 Years, 50 Albums 2009: Cage the Elephant ‘Cage the Elephant’

This is the second time a debut album has been voted into the WPLR Hall of Fame; the first was Boston and now we welcome Cage the Elephant’s self-titled debut album. Formed back in 2006 in Bowling Green, Kentucky by brothers Matt and Brad Shultz combining classic rock along with blues, punk rock and alternative rock. Cage the Elephant’s debut album was first released in 2008 in the U.K. where the band relocated to, and then it was released in the U.S. March of 2009 giving these guys a huge following in both the U.S. and England. So far, the band has five albums out and is still active today.

Learn more about the album:

Cage the Elephant: the band of a generation

Shape-Shifting to Groove To: Cage the Elephant Finds Its Rhythm (Again)

Cage the Elephant Aren’t the Dysfunctional Rock Band You Want Them to Be

Essential video:

Listen to the album:

Photos: Jimmy Koplik’s Coats For A Cause Press Conference

Photos: Jimmy Koplik’s Coats For A Cause Press Conference

Chaz and AJ joined the City of Bridgeport for the press conference for Jimmy Koplik’s Coats For A Cause. The press conference was held at the Harbor Yard Amphitheater and featured Mayor Joe Ganim, Bridgeport City Councilwoman Jeanette Herron, Live Nation’s Jimmy Koplik and Howard Saffan from Harbor Yard Amphitheater.

PODCAST – Thursday, February 18: Who’s In The Next Vaccine Round; Freak Accident Stories; The Newest Dumb TikTok Trend – The Hot Wax Challenge

PODCAST – Thursday, February 18: Who’s In The Next Vaccine Round; Freak Accident Stories; The Newest Dumb TikTok Trend – The Hot Wax Challenge

The next round of vaccines are set to go out in Connecticut, but there’s some confusion over who exactly is included in the group. Plus, a collection of serious weather events around the country, but one dude just had to go out to get corn dogs. (0:00)

Freak accident stories. Chaz and AJ saw a story about a barber that stabbed himself with scissors, and asked the Tribe to call in their freak accident stories. (16:31)

Dumb Ass News – The hot wax challenge on TikTok is another dumb trend that has experts worried people will suffocate themselves. (24:49)

Rock photographer Bob Gruen was on to share some stories of working with big time rock bands like AC/DC, and some of his coolest memories from CBGBs. (36:04)

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The Local Bands Show 02/21/21

The Local Bands Show 02/21/21

Join Rick Allison and Frank Critelli every Sunday at 10pm for “The Local Bands Show” on 99.1 PLR!

Send your original music to [email protected] or The Local Bands Show, 70 Quarry Dock Road, Branford, CT 06405

Check out the bands that will be featured this Sunday….

  • The Mill Valley Taters – Unmatchable 3 Piece Suit
  • Heele – A New Friend
  • Jebb – Super Snail
  • Jeffrey Thunders and The Scabs – That’s It. I Quit.
  • BEPW – Hide Away
  • Zoo Front – No Shame In Askin’
  • Solin – Neptune Blue
  • Mitch Linker – Given Everything

Support your Local Bands!

Support Local Businesses who support Local Bands…

New England Brewing – 175 Amity Road, Woodbridge

Brian’s Guitars – 453 W. Main Street, Cheshire

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