8:20 – Pat, Creator of “CT Park Shame” on Instagram
Throwback Concert: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at The XL Center 2007
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2007!
That year PLR welcomed Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band to Hartford’s XL Center. Springsteen kicked off his “Magic Tour” in Hartford, which was his first tour with the E Street Band since 2004. It was one of the biggest tours of the year and it grossed more than $200 million, ranking it second only to Bon Jovi’s Lost Highway Tour.
Bruce was supporting his fifteenth studio album, “Magic,” which was released the week before tour opener in Hartford. The album featured singles Radio Nowhere and Girls in Their Summer Clothes.
Today we look back at Springsteen’s sold out performance in Hartford…
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
Tour: Magic
Tuesday October 2, 2007 (tour opener)
The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut
Ticket Price: $67.25 and $97.25
Band Lineup: Bruce Springsteen, Roy Bittan, Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Gary Tallent, Steven Van Zandt, Max Weinberg. Also featuring Charles Giordano and Soozzie Tyrell.
Setlist*
- Radio Nowhere
- The Ties That Bind
- Lonesome Day
- Gypsy Biker
- Magic
- Reason to Belive
- Night
- She’s The One
- Livin’ in the Future
- The Promised Land
- Town Called Heartbreak (Patti Scialfa cover)
- Darkness on the Edge of Town
- Darlington County
- Devil’s Arcade
- The Rising
- Last to Die
- Long Walk Home
- Badlands
- Girls in Their Summer Clothes (encore)
- Thundercrack (encore)
- Born to Run (encore)
- Waitin’ on a Sunny Day (encore)
- American Land (encore)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these clips of Bruce Springsteen in Hartford
PODCAST – Monday, March 15: Weekend Fires Across The State; Why Erin Stewart Isn’t Running For Governor; Dumb Ass News
Multiple fires broke out across the state over the weekend, with one of the largest in Southbury. Chaz and AJ had Southbury Fire Captain Richard Volpe on the phone to talk about the insane effort to contain the flames, and how fires like this are started despite all of the melting snow. (0:00)
Gianni Russo was on to talk about the fettucine cook-off he had, that completely ruined a celebrity’s dining room after a food fight. (11:54)
New Britain mayor Erin Stewart will not be running for Governor. Chaz and AJ had her on to explain why. (22:23)
Dumb Ass News – A woman on TikTok wanted to surprise her husband, so she put on some lingerie. Too bad he was not the first person to walk through the door. (36:55)
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Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Monday, March 15
5:30 – Monday Sucks Song by Paradox
7:00 – Richard Volpe, Southbury Fire Captain
7:30 – Killer Karaoke with Intern Ben
8:20 – Gianni Russo, Actor and Mobster
Throwback Concert: The Police at Rentschler Field 2007
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2007!
That year 99.1 PLR welcomed The Police “Reunion Tour” to Rentschler Field’s outdoor stadium in East Hartford. The Police hit the road in 2007 for their big worldwide reunion tour to mark the 30th anniversary of the band. Unfortunately the reunion didn’t last long as the band broke up (again) the following year and, sadly, still remain apart.
A sellout crowed over 32,000 saw The Police along with special guest Fiction Plane. This would be the final time we’d see The Police perform live in Connecticut.
Today we revisit The Police at “The Rent”…
The Police
Reunion Tour
Special Guest: Fiction Plane
Tuesday July 31, 2007
Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut
Ticket Price: $228.00
Band Lineup: Sting, Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers
Setlist*
- Message In a Bottle
- Synchronicity II
- Walking on the Moon
- Voices Inside My Head / When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around
- Don’t Stand So Close to Me
- Driven to Tears
- Truth Hits Everybody
- The Bed’s Too Big Without You
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- Wrapped Around Your Finger
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
- Invisible Sun
- Walking In Your Footsteps
- Can’t Stand Losing You
- Roxanne
- King of Pain (encore)
- So Lonely (encore)
- Every Breath You Take (encore)
- Next To You (encore)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these live clips of The Police Reunion Tour
Hummels PLR 99 One-on-One: Megan Doll Interview
Chaz talks with Megan Doll, who was on the air for over 20 years with 99.1 PLR. She started out doing traffic for Smith & Barber and Mike Lapitino before becoming a full part of the morning show. She left in 2013 after being a cherished member of Chaz & AJ in the Morning.
PODCAST – Friday, March 12: How Dirty Is Your Coffee Maker; John Schneider Calls In; Boss Keith’s Top 5 List
Kent Pierce from News 8 was on to share some horrifying information about your coffee machine. Chaz and AJ had him to let the Tribe know how often they should be cleaning those machines, and Ashley realized that she has never cleaned her coffee maker in over five years. (0:00)
John Schneider from The Dukes of Hazzard was on to talk about the injuries he his co-star Tom Wopat endured while getting into the General. Plus, everything he’s been working on recently and where you can catch the debut of his latest project, “One Month Out.” (8:09)
Boss Keith’s Top 5 was about the things he learned in the two weeks since he last saw Chaz and AJ, since they were out on vacation. Turns out, skiing is not his thing, and he really needs help around the house. (20:11)
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Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Friday, March 12
5:30 – King of the Nerds Mitch Hallock, Creator of Terrificon and CT Gamer Con
7:00 – Glenn Lungarini, CIAC
Throwback Concert: Queensrÿche at The XL Center 1991
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1991!
That year PLR welcomed Queensrÿche at Hartford’s XL Center (then called Hartford Civic Center). Queensrÿche hit the road for its “Building Empires” Tour and brought special guest Suicidal Tendencies with them. Queensrÿche was supporting its fourth full-length studio album, “Empire,” which featured a bunch of hits including Empire, Silent Lucidity, Jet City Woman, Another Rainy Night (Without You), Anybody Listening? and Best I Can.
The tour’s setlist consisted of the band performing the album “Operation: Mindcrime” in full. Their show at the XL Center was the final stop on the first leg of the North American Tour and their last show before the big “Monsters of Rock” tour across Europe.
Today we revisit Queensrÿche’s 1991 concert in Hartford…
Queensrÿche
Tour: Building Empires
Special Guest: Suicidal Tendencies
Wednesday July 31, 1991
The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut
Band Lineup: Geoff Tate, Chris DeGarmo, Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield
Setlist*
- Resistance
- Walk in the Shadows
- Best I Can
- Empire
- The Thin Line
- Jet City Woman
- Roads to Madness
- Anarchy-X (beginning of “Operation Mindcrime” set)
- Revolution Calling
- Operation: Mindcrime
- Speak
- Spreading the Disease
- The Mission
- Suite Sister Mary
- The Needle Lies
- Electric Requiem
- Breaking the Silence
- I Don’t Believe in Love
- Waiting for 22
- My Empty Room
- Eyes of a Stranger
- Last Time in Paris (encore)
- Silent Lucidity (encore)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these clips of Queensrÿche performing in 1991
50 Years, 50 Albums 1991: Nirvana ‘Nevermind’
The second album from the Seattle based grunge band that changed the face of music as we know it. Taking a cue from the Pixies while also combining the punk sounds of Black Flag with the pop hooks of the Beatles, Nirvana created an album that famously knocked Michael Jackson out of the number 1 spot on the charts. The album that killed “hair metal” and eventually went on to sell over 10 million copies in the U.S. Featuring the biggest alternative rock song of all time “Smells Like Teen Spirit” plus other 90s mainstays like “Lithium,” “In Bloom” and “Come As You Are”.
Learn more about the album:
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