By Drew Carrano

Say what you want about Nickelback, but you can’t deny that they will fill the seats of an arena and give you a solid rock n’ roll show. That’s exactly what happened in 2012 when they came to Hartford’s XL Center with special guests Bush, Seether and My Darkest Days.

Today’s Throwback Concert:

Nickelback

Here and Now Tour

Special Guests: Bush, Seether and My Darkest Days

Friday April 27, 2012

The XL Center – Hartford

About The Tour:

In January 2012 Nickelback announced a big 49 city North American arena tour in support of its seventh studio album, Here and Now. Joining Nickelback on the tour are special guests and fellow rockers Bush, Seether and My Darkest Days. The tour kicked off in Moline, Illinois on April 10th and would make a stop in Hartford on April 27th.

The show at The XL Center opened with My Darkest Days, a band from Canada who were first discovered by Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger. Their lead singer, Matt Walst, would go on to be the new lead singer of Three Days Grace in 2013.

Seether took the stage and played an 8-song set that included their hit songs Fine Again, Rise Above This and Remedy. They also played a couple new songs, Tonight and Country Song, off their 2011 album, Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray.

Veteran rockers Bush followed with a heavy dose of 90s hits plus a couple new songs off their 2011 release, The Sea of Memories. Bush’s high energy show got the XL Center crowd ready for the headliner, Nickelback.

Nickelback didn’t waste time in unleashing a new song off Here and Now as they opened their 90-minute set with their new single, This Means War. What followed was barrage of hits performed on two stages, one of which was a rotating stage in the middle of the XL Center floor. Along with the music, the Nickelback stage show also featured a large video screen, flamethrowers and t-shirt cannons, much to the enjoyment of the thousands in attendance.

Setlist*

Nickelback

1. This Means War
2. Something in Your Mouth
3. Never Again
4. Photograph
5. Far Away
6. Bottoms Up
7. Rockstar
8. Someday
9. Animals
10. Lullaby
11. When We Stand Together
12. How You Remind Me
13. Side of a Bullet / Because of You
14. Burn It to the Ground
15. Gotta Be Somebody (encore)
16. Figured You Out (encore)

Bush

1. Machinehead
2. All My Life
3. The Sound of Winter
4. Everything Zen
5. Come Together (The Beatles cover)
6. Little Things
7. Glycerine
8. Comedown

Seether

1. Gasoline
2. Fine Again
3. Broken
4. Tonight
5. Country Song
6. Rise Above This
7. Fake It
8. Remedy

*source: setlist.fm

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By Drew Carrano

Ten years ago Bush reunited after breaking in 2002. The band, led by singer Gavin Rossdale, has since released three studio albums and has another one on the way: The Kingdom, which will be out this summer.

Over the years, Bush has put on some high energy shows. Today we look back at their 2005 show in Port Chester.

Today’s Throwback Concert:

BUSH

Man on the Run Tour

Special Guests: Theory of a Deadman and Stars In Stereo

Wednesday February 25, 2015

The Capitol Theatre – Port Chester, NY

About The Tour: In late 2014 Bush announced a six-week North American tour in support of its sixth studio album, Man on the Run. After a string of December radio festivals, the Man on the Run Tour officially kicked off in San Francisco in late January. Among the stops included The Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford and The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York.

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By Drew Carrano

The Coronavirus has affected a lot of bands, including The Who. They were scheduled to play a handful of shows in the U.K. and Ireland in March, but those dates have been postponed to the spring of 2021.

While the band takes this unexpected touring hiatus, we look back at The Who’s secret rehearsal and soldout show in Bridgeport in 2006.

Today’s Throwback Concert:

The Who

Endless Wire Tour

Special Guest: The Pretenders

Tuesday November 28, 2006

The Arena at Harbor Yard – Bridgeport (now Webster Bank Arena)

About The Tour: The Who embarked on a worldwide concert tour in 2006 in support of their eleventh studio album, Endless Wire. It was their first album and world tour since the death of bassist John Entwistle in 2002. The Endless Wire Tour began with a 24-date European Tour before coming to the United States.

But before their first U.S. show, The Who rehearsed at The Arena at Harbor Yard on September 9-10, 2006. The rehearsals were not only closed to the public, but it wasn’t publicized that the band was rehearsing in Connecticut until after they had left town.

The first leg of the North American Tour kicked off in Philadelphia at The Wachovia Center on September 12th. The band returned to Bridgeport in November for their first show in Connecticut since 1999. Joining them were special guests The Pretenders, who played a strong hour long set before The Who took the stage. The sold out audience at Harbor Yard rocked out to a two-hour Who set that included new songs off Endless Wire and classic songs like The Seeker, Who Are You and My Generation.