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Kansas / Visitor @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 6, 1981)

Kansas, Frampton anticlimactic finale

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, September 8, 1981

When Kansas left the stage Sunday night at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center amid the strains of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” it ended what will probably end …

Peter Frampton / The Ramones @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 5, 1981)

Kansas, Frampton anticlimactic finale

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, September 8, 1981

When Kansas left the stage Sunday night at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center amid the strains of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” it ended what will probably end …

Charlie Daniels Band / Juice Newton @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 4, 1981)

Daniels’ band in top-notch form

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, September 5, 1981

To clearly assess the Charlie Daniels Band’s Friday concert in the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, it makes sense to go back to Daniels’ first show there …

The Beach Boys / Jim Photoglo @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 1, 1981)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Jim Photoglo)

Beach Boys mix good, bad vibes

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, September 2, 1981

The Beach Boys represent such a major part of popular and rock music, youth …

{Canceled} Willie Nelson and Family @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 31, 1981)

The Post-Star, August 31, 1981

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REO Speedwagon / The Rockets @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 30, 1981)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for the Rockets)

REO Speedwagon Draws Big Crowd

by Patrick Hussey and Michael Italia, Rutland Daily Herald, September 2, 1981

As the lights dimmed Sunday, the largest crowd ever to attend …

REO Speedwagon / The Rockets @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 30, 1981)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for the Rockets)

REO Speedwagon draws SPAC’s top crowd for ’81

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, August 31, 1981

Each year, one rock concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center transcends …

Three Dog Night @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 29, 1981)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)

The Post-Star, August 29, 1981

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George Jones @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 28, 1981)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)

The Post-Star, August 28, 1981

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Journey / Johnny Van Zant Band @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 27, 1981)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Johnny Van Zant)

A Journey Into ‘Heavy Metal’

by John Dolan, Rutland Daily Herald, August 29, 1981

More than 20,000 Journey fans flooded into the Saratoga Performing Arts Center to …

Gerry Mulligan / Woody Herman / Pete Fountain @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 26, 1981)

Gerry Mulligan steals thunder from other bands at SPAC

by Matthew Maguire, The Knickerbocker News, August 27, 1981

Baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan doesn’t appear routinely on “The Tonight Show,” as clarinetist Pete Fountain does. And, unlike Woody Herman, he hasn’t …

Little River Band / Pablo Cruise @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 25, 1981)

2 bands bland at Saratoga

by Matthew Maguire, The Knickerbocker News, August 26, 1981

Pablo Cruise and Little River Band, two pop bands whose tunes have gotten steady AM-radio airplay the last several years, delighted 5,000 fans at the Saratoga …

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