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Throwback Concert: Asia at Woolsey Hall 1982

Throwback Concert: Asia at Woolsey Hall 1982

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

Who remembers rock concerts at Yale’s Woolsey Hall? There hasn’t been one there in a quite a while, but back in ’60s, ’70s and ’80s it wasn’t unusual to see bands like The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Steve Miller Band, Cream and U2 play there.

In 1989, 99.1 PLR presented Asia to Woolsey Hall. The English progressive rock supergroup had just released its self-titled debut studio album the month before its show in New Haven. The album featured their biggest hit to date, “Heat of the Moment.” The band grew more and more popular after the Woolsey Hall show. The following year in 1983, Asia returned to New Haven, but this time instead playing back at Woolsey Hall, they headlined the much larger New Haven Coliseum.

Today we look back Asia at Woolsey Hall…

 

Asia

Tour: Asia Tour

Tuesday April 27, 1982

Yale University’s Woolsey Hall in New Haven, Connecticut

Ticket Price: $10.50

Band Lineup: John Wetton, Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer

Setlist*

  1. Time Again
  2. Without You
  3. One Step Closer
  4. Guitar Solo
  5. Midnight Sun
  6. Only Time Will Tell
  7. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
  8. Cutting It Fine
  9. Wildest Dreams
  10. Here Comes The Feeling (with drum solo)
  11. Sole Survivor
  12. Heat of the Moment (encore)

*source: setlist.fm

 

Ticket stub courtesy of Michael Kirven

 

Check out these live clips from Asia’s first tour…

Tuesday, February 23: Astronaut Terry Virts

Tuesday, February 23: Astronaut Terry Virts

Astronaut Terry Virts shares stories from being an astronaut, including why they all wear diapers, how he thinks civilians in space will work, and Wi-Fi. Plus, his thoughts on Space Force, the Mars rover landing, and how different presidencies affect life as an astronaut.

Photo Credit: REUTERS/NASA Handout

Throwback Concert: Queen at New Haven Coliseum 1982

Throwback Concert: Queen 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 Queen at New Haven Coliseum. Queen hit the road for its “Hot Space” Tour and brought special guest Billy Squire with them. Queen was supporting its tenth studio album, “Hot Space,” which featured the 1981 hit with David Bowie, Under Pressure. 

This tour ended up being Queen’s last concerts in North America to feature Freddie Mercury and John Deacon.

Today we revisit Queen’s 1982 concert in New Haven…

 

Queen

Tour: Hot Space

Special Guest: Billy Squier

Tuesday August 10, 1982

New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Ticket Price: $11.50

Band Lineup: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon

Setlist*

  1. Flash
  2. The Hero
  3. We Will Rock You
  4. Action This Day
  5. Play The Game
  6. Now I’m Here
  7. Dragon Attack
  8. Now I’m Here (reprise)
  9. Save Me
  10. Calling All Girls
  11. Get Down, Make Love
  12. Guitar Solo
  13. Body Language
  14. Under Pressure
  15. Live Is Real (Song For Lennon)
  16. Fat Bottomed Girls
  17. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  18. Somebody to Love
  19. Bohemian Rhapsody
  20. Tie Your Mother Down
  21. Another One Bites The Dust (encore)
  22. We Will Rock You (encore)
  23. We Are The Champions (encore)
  24. God Save The Queen (encore / cover)

*source: setlist.fm

 

Ticket stub courtesy of Michael Kirven

 

Check out these Queen clips from New Haven Coliseum

 

 

 

 

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)

Image Credit: 24K-Production / iStock / Getty Images Plus

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.

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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…

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