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

Remember the old Pinecrest in Shelton? Sadly the venue no longer exists, but before its closing, many of classic rock’s greatest bands played there. Acts like The Allman Brothers Band, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Journey, Chicago, Meatloaf, Bob Marley and more all performed on the Pinecrest stage.

Today we go back to 1980 when Santana played one of the last major concerts at Pinecrest. Santana was coming off his European summer tour, which included three nights at Wembley Arena. The Pinecrest show was just the fourth stop on the United States leg of the tour. It’s hard to fathom a performer like Carlos Santana would even perform in a small town like Shelton considering in 1980 he was stopping in major cities and venues in Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver, St. Louis and Los Angeles!

Santana

Special Guest: Al Di Meola

Sunday August 3, 1980

Pinecrest Country Club in Shelton, Connecticut

Ticket Price: $9.50

Setlist*

1. All I Ever Wanted
2. Incident at Neshabur
3. Tales of Kilimanjaro
4. Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen
5. Oye Como Va (Tito Puente cover)
6. Europa (Earth’s Cry, Heaven’s Smile)
7. Lightning in the Sky
8. Aqua Marine
9. Savor
10. Jin-go-lo-ba (Babatunde Olatunji cover)
11. Well All Right (Buddy Holly cover)
12. Runnin’
13. Soul Sacrifice
14. Concierto de Aranjuez (Joaquin Rodrigo cover)
15. Open Invitation
16. She’s Not there (The Zombies cover)
17. Transcendance
18. Evil Ways (Willie Bobo cover)
19. Shake Your Moneymaker (Elmore James cover)
20. Samba pa ti

*source: setlist.fm

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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