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, Bob Marley and more all performed on the Pinecrest stage.
Today we go back to 1980 when Santana played one of the last major concerts at Pinecrest. Santana was coming off his European summer tour, which included three nights at Wembley Arena. The Pinecrest show was just the fourth stop on the United States leg of the tour. It’s hard to fathom a performer like Carlos Santana would even perform in a small town like Shelton considering in 1980 he was stopping in major cities and venues in Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver, St. Louis and Los Angeles!
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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 live for the first time ever in Hartford in 1980) and “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”
Today we look back at this show…
Queen
Tour: The Game
Special Guest: Dakota
Wednesday August 20, 1980
The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut
Ticket Price: $9.50
Setlist*
Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley cover)
WE Will Rock You
Let Me Entertain You
Play The Game
Mustapha
Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)
Killer Queen
I’m in Love With My Car
Get Down, Make Love
You’re My Best Friend
Save Me
Another One Bites The Dust (Live debut)
Now I’m Here
Fat Bottomed Girls
Love of My Life
Keep Yourself Alive
Drum Solo
Guitar Solo
Brighton Rock
Crazy Little thing Called Love
Bohemian Rhapsody
Tie Your Mother Down
Sheer Heart Attack (encore)
We Will Rock You (encore)
We Are The Champions (encore)
Got Save The Queen (traditional cover / encore)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these audio clips from Queen’s show in Hartford
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99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our ninth year on the air: 1980.
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