Iron Maiden fans will have to wait until 2021 to see the remainder of the “Legacy of the Beast” Tour. Those of us here in Connecticut were lucky to see this tour last summer as it came to The XFINITY Theatre.
Today we look back at another Iron Maiden tour from 2000 with Queensryche and Rob Halford.
Iron Maiden
Brave New World Tour
Special Guests: Queensryche and Rob Halford
Tuesday August 8, 2000
The XFINITY Theatre (then known as The Meadows Music Centre)
Setlists*
Iron Maiden
The Wicker Man
Ghost of the Navigator
Brave New World
Wrathchild
2 Minutes to Midnight
Blood Brothers
Sign of the Cross
The Mercenary
The Trooper
Dream of Mirrors
The Clansman
The Evil That Men Do
Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast (encore)
Hallowed Be Thy Name (encore)
Sanctuary (encore)
Happy Birthday To You (sung for Bruce Dickinson, who celebrated his birthday the day before)
As we get ready to celebrate our nation’s 244th birthday, let’s look back at a tour that featured two of America’s badass rock bands: Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kid Rock.
The Rock & Rebels Tour of 2008 brought both the old school (Skynyrd) and new school (Kid Rock) together on one stage and one epic summer tour that visited cities all around the United States, including Hartford.
Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Rock & Rebels Tour 2008
Special Guest: Rev Run
Sunday August 31, 2008
The XFINITY Theatre (then called The New England Dodge Music Center)
Setlist*
Lynyrd Skynyrd
What’s Your Name
Saturday Night Special
I Know a Little
That Smell
Simple Man
Gimme Back My Bullets
Gimme Three Steps
Call Me The Breeze (J.J. Cale cover)
Sweet Home Alabama
Free Bird
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these live videos from Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kid Rock
It’s hard to imagine a summer without Dave Matthews Band at The XFINITY Theatre. Since 1995, there have been only 3 summers that DMB didn’t play in Hartford: 2011, 2017 and 2020.
Today we look back at DMB’s 2001 summer tour that came to The XFINITY Theatre on back-to-back nights in early August. Below is the setlist from their first night in Hartford.
Dave Matthews Band
Summer 2001 Tour
Special Guest: Soulive
Friday August 3, 2001
The XFINITY Theatre (then called The Meadows Music Centre)
Setlist*
Grey Street
Don’t Drink The Water
When The World Ends
So Right
Bartender
Crush
What You Are
Everyday
I Did It
Angel (with Eric Krasno)
#41
Captain
Too Much
Sleep To Dream Her
Grace Is Gone
JTR
Stay (Wasting Time)
Funny How Time Slips Away (Willie Nelson cover) (encore)
A trio of calls from important folks who helped to make last night’s Chaz and AJ Hine Bros. Truck Group Stand Up for Vets a huge success. Donors like Joe from Oxford Lumber and Bob Stefanowski, and then Laurie Hollander, the President of Help Our Military Heroes. (0:00)
Dumb Ass News – Since Chaz and AJ will be on vacation next week, and they cannot celebrate the 4th of July with their usual display, a montage of past “Buttle Rocket” celebrations. (19:06)
Fun Fact! The Tribe was given the green light to call in about anything, as long as they began their call with “Fun Fact.” Learn about the mating habits of octopuses, the testing process for Samsung phones, and boring geography from WPLR Program Director Allan Lamberti. (25:27)
Boss Keith’s Top 5 this week was about “constant arguments” he has with people about things that do not matter, at all. (38:13)
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In 2016 AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson was ordered by his doctors to stop touring immediately or he’d lose his hearing. Pretty serious.
AC/DC was in the middle of its “Rock or Bust World Tour,” and after learning of this news about Brian, the band was forced to postpone the remainder of the tour.
But the postponement didn’t last long as the band recruited a new lead singer: Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses. Axl would finish the remainder of the 2016 tour, which included a show at New York’s Madison Square Garden in September, originally scheduled in April.
AC/DC (featuring Axl Rose on vocals)
Rock or Bust World Tour
Special Guest: Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Wednesday September 14, 2016
Madison Square Garden – New York City
Setlist*
Rock or Bust
Shoot To Thrill
Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be
Back In Black
Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Rock N’ Roll Damnation
Thunderstruck
High Voltage
Rock N’ Roll Train
Hells Bells
Given The Dog A Bone
If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)
Live Wire
Sin City
You Shook Me All Night Long
Shot Down in Flames
Have a Drink on Me
T.N.T.
Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock
Highway To Hell (encore)
Riff Raff (encore)
For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) (encore)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these live AC/DC videos with Axl Rose on vocals