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Throwback Concert: Guns N’ Roses at XL Center 2017

Throwback Concert: Guns N’ Roses at XL Center 2017

By Drew Carrano

The Guns N’ Roses 2020 North American Tour is scheduled to begin in early July in Philadelphia. The summer tour will hit stadiums across the country, including Boston’s Fenway Park and New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. We’ll have to wait and see if these shows will even happen, but while we wait, let’s re-visit the last time they played here in Connecticut.

Today’s Throwback Concert:

Guns N’ Roses

Not In This Lifetime Tour

Monday October 23, 2017

The XL Center – Hartford

 

About The Tour: In late 2015 rumors were swirling across the internet of a possible Guns N’ Roses reunion. It wasn’t until early January 2016 these rumors became reality when Coachella announced a Guns N’ Roses lineup that included Slash and Duff McKagan, along with singer Axl Rose. The “Not In this Lifetime Tour” officially kicked off at the tiny Troubadour (capacity 500) in West Hollywood on April 1, 2016. An April Fools Joke it wasn’t. The band was indeed back together and ready to take over the world again.

The tour would visit nearly 160 cities over a three-and-a-half year period. Many of the show, like in Hartford, were three hours long. Fans were treated to classic GNR anthems like Welcome To The Jungle and Paradise City, to fan favorites like Civil War and Yesterdays, to fantastic covers like AC/DC’s Whole Lotta Rosie (which in Hartford Axl dedicated to the late George Young, who passed away the day before) and The Who’s The Seeker.

According to Pollstar, Guns N’ Roses had the highest grossing global tour of 2017. Not a bad way to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Appetite For Destruction!

 

Setlist*

  1. It’s So Easy
  2. Mr. Brownstone
  3. Chinese Democracy
  4. Welcome To The Jungle
  5. Double Talkin’ Jive
  6. Better
  7. Estranged
  8. Live and Let Die
  9. Rocket Queen
  10. You Could Be Mine
  11. New Rose (The Damned cover)
  12. This I Love
  13. Prostitute
  14. Civil War
  15. Yesterdays
  16. Coma
  17. Slash Guitar Solo
  18. Speak Softly Love (Love Theme From The Godfather) (Nino Rota cover)
  19. Sweet Child O’ Mine
  20. Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb cover)
  21. Use To Love Her
  22. My Michelle
  23. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd cover)
  24. November Rain
  25. Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden cover)
  26. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan cover)
  27. Nightrain
  28. Madagascar (encore)
  29. Patience (encore)
  30. Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC cover) (encore)
  31. Don’t Cry (encore)
  32. The Seeker (The Who cover) (encore)
  33. Paradise City (encore)

*source: setlist.fm

 

Watch: Guns N’ Roses at XL Center

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Wednesday, April 15: How to Wear Masks, Unemployment Laws with Bob Mitchell, Yale’s Dr. Choi on COVID-19 Antibody Treatment

Wednesday, April 15: How to Wear Masks, Unemployment Laws with Bob Mitchell, Yale’s Dr. Choi on COVID-19 Antibody Treatment

Chaz’s fiancee Jennifer is a nurse, and called in this morning to explain how people are improperly wearing their masks in public. (0:00)

Can you clean and reuse masks? Chaz and AJ had a clip from a questionable source, and AJ maybe doesn’t know what an N-95 mask looks like. (5:16)

Employment Attorney Bob Mitchell was on the phone to explain how you can still lose your job, even if you are just trying to protect yourself or your family from COVID-19. (8:03)

Tribe member Richie called in to explain another part of the quarantine and self-isolation that might be lost on some families. He hasn’t been able to see his son for almost a month, because of divorce. (19:34)

Dr. Choi was on with Chaz and AJ to talk about the first day off he’s had from Yale in six weeks, and how the next step towards fighting COVID-19 is antibody treatment from people who have already recovered from the virus. (24:00)

In Dumb Ass News, AJ received a scam call about Coronavirus, and a woman in England is in love with chandeliers. (41:29)

Patrick from Parker Eatery and Bar was on to talk about their menu, curbside and take-out availability, and the cake the Chaz can’t stop talking about. (48:04)

The Local Bands Show – 4/19/20

The Local Bands Show – 4/19/20

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….

  • Buzzbaby – Ants Nest
  • Tip – Fives Become Sevens
  • Balkun Brothers – Here Comes The End of The World
  • Nick Depuy & The Big Fly – So We Love
  • Borrowed Books featuring Mister Ray Neal – Comes Around
  • Tom “The Suit” Forst featuring Christine Ohlman – Everything Is Falling
  • The Grand Factor – Monsters

Support your Local Bands!

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  • New England Brewing – 175 Amity Road, Woodbridge
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Melissa Remembers Her Brother, Dan Spano

Melissa Remembers Her Brother, Dan Spano

Melissa was on with Chaz and AJ to talk about her brother, Dan. Dan was 30 years old, tremendously healthy with no underlying conditions, a gym owner and trainer in Norwalk, and died of COVID-19. Melissa told us how quickly the virus affected him, what the doctors told them about why a healthy person like Dan would be so affected, and how difficult it was to say goodbye.

Throwback Concert: Candlebox at The Webster 2012

Throwback Concert: Candlebox at The Webster 2012

By Drew Carrano

Some great bands emerged from Seattle’s grunge scene in the early to mid 1990s. Among those bands was Candlebox, who found immediate success with their self-titled debut album in 1993. Today we look back at an intimate show they did in Hartford in 2012.

Today’s Throwback Concert:

Candlebox

Opening Acts: Sugar Red Drive and Acidic

Underground Stage: Hatchet Harry, Lentner, Civil Drone, and Idle Tree

Friday May 4, 2012

The Webster Theater – Hartford

 

About The Tour: Candlebox hit the road in 2012 in support of its fifth studio album, Love Stories & Other Musings. The first leg of the 29-city tour started in Shreveport, LA in early April and played in mostly clubs along the east coast. The new album was released just a month before the Webster Theater show. Love Stories & Other Musings featured nine new tracks (five of which were played at the Webster Theater show) and five bonus tracks – including re-records of past hits “Far Behind,” “Cover Me,” and “Simple Lessons.”

 

Setlist*

  1. Don’t You
  2. Believe In It
  3. Underneath It All
  4. Bitches Brewin’
  5. Simple Lessons
  6. She Come Over Me
  7. Breathe Me In
  8. Arrow
  9. Stand
  10. Change
  11. Baby Love Me
  12. Sweet Summertime
  13. Miss You
  14. Cover Me
  15. You
  16. Far Behind (encore)
  17. Lifelike Song (encore)

*source: setlist.fm

 

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