99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2004! By 2004 there weren’t many options for concerts in New Haven. The Coliseum closed two years earlier and the old Palace Theater on College Street was boarded up. Sure clubs like Café Nine, Rudy’s and BAR were bringing…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2004. WPLR and The Grateful Dead have had a long history together. From the shows at New Haven Coliseum and Yale Bowl right up until Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995, we have been grooving with our fellow Deadheads all…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Happy Birthday Billy Gibbons! The guitarist and vocalist for ZZ Top turns 71 on December 16th! Today we go back to 1986 when “That Little Ol’ Band From Texas” came to New Haven Coliseum on its “Afterburner” Tour. ZZ Top Tour: Afterburner Special Guest: The Smithereens July 7, 1986 New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum…
Happy Birthday Cliff Williams! The longtime bassist for AC/DC turns 71 on December 14th. Today we go back 30 years ago when AC/DC brought its hugely successful “The Razor’s Edge” World Tour to Hartford. AC/DC Tour: The Razors Edge November 4, 1990 The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut Setlist* Thunderstruck Shoot To Thrill Back…
Happy Birthday Ozzy Osbourne! The Prince of Darkness turns 72 on December 3rd. Today we look back at when Ozzy celebrated his birthday in New Haven in 1988. Ozzy, along with special guest Anthrax, rocked New Haven Coliseum on his “No Rest For The Wicked” World Tour. Let me see your cigarette lighters! Ozzy…