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Throwback Concert: Queen at The XL Center 1980

Throwback Concert: Queen at The XL Center 1980

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our ninth year on the air: 1980!

That year Queen came to Connecticut and rocked Hartford’s XL Center (then called the Hartford Civic Center).  Queen was supporting its eighth studio album, “The Game,” which featured hit songs “Another One Bites The Dust” (which Queen played live for the first time ever in Hartford in 1980) and “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”

Today we look back at this show…

 

Queen

Tour: The Game

Special Guest: Dakota

Wednesday August 20, 1980

The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut

Ticket Price: $9.50

Setlist*

  1. Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley cover)
  2. WE Will Rock You
  3. Let Me Entertain You
  4. Play The Game
  5. Mustapha
  6. Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)
  7. Killer Queen
  8. I’m in Love With My Car
  9. Get Down, Make Love
  10. You’re My Best Friend
  11. Save Me
  12. Another One Bites The Dust (Live debut)
  13. Now I’m Here
  14. Fat Bottomed Girls
  15. Love of My Life
  16. Keep Yourself Alive
  17. Drum Solo
  18. Guitar Solo
  19. Brighton Rock
  20. Crazy Little thing Called Love
  21. Bohemian Rhapsody
  22. Tie Your Mother Down
  23. Sheer Heart Attack (encore)
  24. We Will Rock You (encore)
  25. We Are The Champions (encore)
  26. Got Save The Queen (traditional cover / encore)

*source: setlist.fm

 

Check out these audio clips from Queen’s show in Hartford

 

 

PODCAST – Wednesday, January 13: Worms in the Brain, Huge Heroin Bust, Massive Lottery Jackpot

PODCAST – Wednesday, January 13: Worms in the Brain, Huge Heroin Bust, Massive Lottery Jackpot

Mike the Neurosurgeon explains how he gets his kids to wash their hands, by using an example of a patient who had worms in the brain. Plus, how fat David Hasselhoff saved the life of one of his buddies’ girlfriends. (0:00)

A $300,000 heroin bust in New Haven, Det. Chris Lyons was on to explain how these busts are researched, investigated and carried out. (16:00)

The Mega Millions jackpot is well over $650 million. Chaz and AJ fantasize about how they would spend a fortune like that, and Francine, who works with the lottery, called in to explain some of the rules on employees. (29:56)

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Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Wednesday, January 13

Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Wednesday, January 13

7:30 – Mike the Neurosurgeon, Tribe Member and Veteran

8:00 – Sgt. Chris Lyons, Former Hartford Detective

8:20 – Movie Critic Joe Meyers

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Podcast available on Spotify: “Now a Major Motion Picture!”

Throwback Concert: Eagles at Yale Bowl 1980

Throwback Concert: Eagles at Yale Bowl 1980

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our ninth year on the air: 1980.

Today we look back at one of the biggest concerts to ever come to Connecticut: Eagles with special guest Heart and Little River Band at Yale Bowl in 1980. Nearly 68,000 people came to The Bowl on a hot summer afternoon and rocked out to the music of the Eagles.

 

Eagles

Tour: The Long Run

Special Guests: Heart and Little River Band

Saturday June 14, 1980

Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut

Ticket Price: $15.50

Setlist*

  1. Hotel California
  2. Already Gone
  3. In The City (Joe Walsh song)
  4. King of Hollywood
  5. The Sad Café
  6. Lyin’ Eyes
  7. I Can’t Tell You Why
  8. Desperado
  9. Those Shoes
  10. Heartache Tonight
  11. One of These Nights
  12. Turn To Stone (Joe Walsh song)
  13. Life’s Been Good (Joe Walsh song)
  14. Life In The Fast Lane
  15. Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh song)
  16. The Geeks Don’t Want No Freaks
  17. Take It Easy
  18. All Night Long (Joe Walsh song)

*source: setlist.fm

 

Check out these past live performances

 

PODCAST – Tuesday, January 12: The Beatles in India, A River Rescue in Danielson, Comedian Kerryn Feehan

PODCAST – Tuesday, January 12: The Beatles in India, A River Rescue in Danielson, Comedian Kerryn Feehan

In Dumb Ass News, a young kid lectures his mom about the meaning of the word “lockdown.” (0:00)

Paul Saltzman got to spend serious time with the Beatles, while they were in India. He briefly recapped how he wound up at the same place at the same time, and then shared some meaningful conversations he had with each of the Beatles. (6:18)

In news, an 87-year-old man was rescued in Danielson after his car went into a river. Deputy Chief Jason Burgess was on to explain the rescue effort. (18:20)

Comedian Kerryn Feehan mixed her matcha latte while talking about her cooking show, her mom’s weed, her colonic “hydra-therapy” and the OnlyFans account. (30:45)

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Throwback Concert: Rush at New Haven Coliseum 1980

Throwback Concert: Rush at New Haven Coliseum 1980

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our ninth year on the air: 1980!

WPLR’s studio at the time was on Chapel Street, which was a short drive to New Haven Coliseum. WPLR and The Coliseum had a long history of presenting some of the biggest rock acts to New Haven. In 1980 WPLR presented RUSH at New Haven Coliseum. Rush came to the Coliseum to support their seventh studio album, “Permanent Waves.” which included the hit “The Spirit of Radio.”

Today we look back at that show…

 

Rush

Tour: Permanent Waves

Tuesday May 20, 1980

New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Ticket Price: $7.50

Setlist*

  1. 2112 Part I: Overture
  2. 2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx
  3. 2112 Part III: Discovery
  4. 2112 Part IV: Presentation
  5. 2112 Part VI: Soliloquy
  6. 2112 Part VII: Grand Finale
  7. Freewill
  8. By-Tor & The Snow Dog
  9. Xanadu
  10. The Spirit of Radio
  11. Natural Science
  12. A Passage to Bangkok
  13. The Trees
  14. Cygnus X-1
  15. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part I: Prelude
  16. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part IV: Armageddon
  17. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part V: Cygnus
  18. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part VI: The Sphere
  19. Closer to the Heart
  20. Beneath, Between & Behind
  21. Jacob’s Ladder
  22. Working Man
  23. Finding My Way
  24. Anthem
  25. Bastille Day
  26. In The Mood
  27. Drum Solo
  28. La Villa Strangiato (encore)

*source: setlist.fm

 

Give a listen to these audio clips from the Coliseum show

PODCAST – Monday, January 11: Bobcats and Rabies, A Third Grade Quiz, The Heartbreaking Story of Beau Wise

PODCAST – Monday, January 11: Bobcats and Rabies, A Third Grade Quiz, The Heartbreaking Story of Beau Wise

A bobcat attacked in Southbury, targeting a dog, and then the owner. Trapper Don was on this morning to educate us about bobcats, and rabies. (0:00)

In Dumb Ass News, chickens were terrorizing a drive-thru at a McDonald’s outside Philadelphia, and police had to intervene. (15:26)

AJ vs. Ashley in a third grade quiz, questions administered by a real teacher, Ann. History, English, Science, Geography – all topics you might learn as a third grader. Would you believe the “winner” of this quiz couldn’t explain what causes night and day? (20:27)

Ashley FINALLY got her duet with AJ. Kinda, anyway. During the company holiday Zoom party, Stephen Carlile chose both of them to join him in singing lessons. Stephen plays Scar in the Broadway version of “The Lion King.” (32:38)

Beau Wise and his two brothers all joined the military. Beau was the only one to come back. Chaz and AJ talked to him about the decision to join, and the unbelievable grief of losing both of his brothers. It’s all in his book, “Three Wise Men.” (49:20)

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Throwback Concert: The Cars at New Haven Coliseum 1980

Throwback Concert: The Cars at New Haven Coliseum 1980

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our ninth year on the air: 1980.

WPLR’s studio at the time was on Chapel Street, which was a short drive to New Haven Coliseum. WPLR and The Coliseum had a long history of presenting some of the biggest rock acts to New Haven. In 1980 WPLR presented The Cars at New Haven Coliseum. The Cars came to the Coliseum to support their new studio album “Panorama.”

Today we look back at that show…

 

The Cars

Tour: Panorama

Special Guest: Keith Sykes

November 15, 1980

New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Setlist*

  1. Shoo Be Doo
  2. Let’s Go
  3. Touch and Go
  4. Bye Bye Love
  5. You Wear Those Eyes
  6. Misfit Kid
  7. Panorama
  8. Moving In Stereo
  9. Don’t Tell Me No
  10. Double Life
  11. You’re All I’ve Got Tonight
  12. Candy-O
  13. Just What I Needed
  14. Getting Through (encore)
  15. My Best Friend’s Girl (encore)
  16. Gimme Some Slack (encore)
  17. Dangerous Type (encore)

*source: setlist.fm

 

Check out these past live performances

 

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