99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1994! That spring RUSH brought its Counterparts Tour to Hartford’s XL Center (then called the Hartford Civic Center). Joining them on the tour was an up-and-coming band from Seattle, Candlebox. Today we look back at the show and tour.…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another historic year in our history: 1994! WPLR’s studio at the time was on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden, which was a short drive to New Haven Coliseum. WPLR and The Coliseum had a long history of welcoming some of the biggest rock acts to New…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1994! That year ZZ Top came to Connecticut and rocked Hartford’s XL Center (which was then called the Hartford Civic Center). ZZ Top was supporting its eleventh studio album, “Antenna,” and they brought special guest George Thorogood & The…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another historic year in our history: 1994! WPLR’s studio at the time was on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden, which was a short drive to New Haven Coliseum. WPLR and The Coliseum had a long history of welcoming some of the biggest rock acts to New…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2004! That year we saw YES hit the road to celebrate its 35th Anniversary. We were thrilled to welcome them to Connecticut, not once but TWICE! The band play at Mohegan Sun Arena on May 12, 2004 and then…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2004! In 2004 we saw Van Halen hit the road for the first time since 1998 and saw the return of singer Sammy Hagar, who left the band in 1996 after differences with Eddie Van Halen. The band was…
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…