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Throwback Concert: Green Day at Webster Theater 1997
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1997! That year PLR welcomed Green Day to Hartford’s Webster Theater. Green Day hit the road in 1997 to support their fifth studio album “Nimrod,” which featured such singles Hitchin’ a Ride, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Redundant…
Throwback Concert: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at New Haven Coliseum 1983
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1983! That year PLR welcomed Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers to New Haven Coliseum. Tom Petty hit the road in 1983 to support his fifth studio album “Long After Dark,” which featured the singles You Got Lucky, Change of…
Throwback Concert: Black Sabbath at New Haven Coliseum 1983
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1983! That year PLR welcomed Black Sabbath to New Haven Coliseum. Black Sabbath, featuring new lead vocalist Ian Gillam, hit the road in 1983 to support their eleventh studio album “Born Again.” Despite the departure of vocalist Ronnie James…
Throwback Thursday: Grateful Dead at New Haven Coliseum 1983
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1983! That year PLR presented The Grateful Dead at New Haven Coliseum for two shows on back-to-back nights. The Dead were on their spring East Coast tour, and by playing back-to-back nights in New Haven, the city was buzzing…
Throwback Concert: U2 at Yale’s Woolsey Hall 1983
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1983! That year PLR presented U2 at Yale’s Woolsey Hall. U2 hit the road in ’83 to support its third studio album “War,” which featured such hit songs as New Year’s Day, Two Hearts Beat as One, Sunday Bloody…
Throwback Concert: AC/DC at New Haven Coliseum 1983
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1983! That year PLR welcomed AC/DC to New Haven Coliseum. AC/DC hit the road in ’83 to support their eighth studio album “Flick of the Switch,” which featured singles like Guns For Hire, Flick of the Switch and Nervous…
Throwback Concert: Jethro Tull at New Haven Arena 1971
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our first year on the air: 1971. That year PLR welcomed Jethro Tull to New Haven Arena on Grove Street. Jethro Tull hit the road in 1971 to support its fourth studio album “Aqualung,” which featured songs like Locomotive Breath and Hymn 43. This was…
Throwback Concert: Grateful Dead at Yale Bowl 1971
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our first year on the air: 1971. That year PLR welcomed The Grateful Dead to New Haven for an outdoor summer show at the Yale Bowl. At the time PLR was just 3 months old and this was the first major rock concert that PLR…
Hummels PLR 99 One-on-One: Drew Carrano
In WPLR’s 50 year history there has only been three marketing directors. Drew Carrano is our third and current Super Hero. He talks about going backstage, meeting KISS, his start at PLR in 1998 and the man who was one of the most important people in his life, PLR legend, Sam T.