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Month September 1973

Gilbert O’Sullivan / Maureen McGovern / Marty Barris @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 13, 1973)

O’Sullivan Shows Superstar Quality

by Bill Rice, The Times Record, September 14, 1973

U.S. Tour Launched in Area

Pop singer-songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan bounced onto the Saratoga Performing Arts Center stage like a tennis ball Iast evening to begin his first …

September 13, 1973

Gilbert O’Sullivan / Maureen McGovern / Marty Barris @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 13, 1973)

O’Sullivan Thrills Youthful Crowd

by Janet Stone, The Post-Star, September 15, 1973

Gilbert O’Sullivan, making the Saratoga Performing Arts Center the first stop on his American tour, was received enthusiastically Thursday night.

The British singer-composer thrilled the teenagers in …

September 13, 1973

Gilbert O’Sullivan / Maureen McGovern / Marty Barris @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 13, 1973)

Audience hops to O’Sullivan beat

by Jim Kunstler, The Knickerbocker News, September 14, 1973

It was hopping high school madness when Gilbert O’Sullivan, the British product, brought his enormous ensemble to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center last night. Even earlier, …

September 13, 1973

Kris Kristofferson / Rita Coolidge @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 9, 1973)

Photo by Hubbard, Bennington Banner, September 10, 1973

Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, the newest newlyweds in the popular music world, entertained a cold but happy crowd at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Sunday night. The SPAC season closes
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September 9, 1973

Kris Kristofferson / Rita Coolidge @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 9, 1973)

Kristofferson SPAC Show Seen Sloppy

by Bill Rice, The Times Record, September 11, 1973

Singer-songwriter-actor Kris Kristofferson treated over 3,000 frigid fans to the sloppiest concert of the season Sunday evening at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

Kristofferson, backed by …

September 9, 1973

Kris Kristofferson / Rita Coolidge @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 9, 1973)

Country singer warms chilled fans

by Jim Kunstler, The Knickerbocker News, September 10, 1973

It waş a subdued Kris Kristofferson who crooned through the Arctic blasts Sunday night at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center to a huddled crowd of hungry …

September 9, 1973

Hal Holbrook @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 8, 1973)

Holbrook delights SPAC audience as Mark Twain

by Marjorie Feiner, The Knickerbocker News, September 10, 1973

A stooped. white-haired old man, complete with white suit, cracked voice and clouds of cigar smoke curling about him, entertained a large, delighted audience …

September 8, 1973

Crosby & Nash @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 3, 1973)

The Times Record, September 4, 1973

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September 3, 1973

Mac Davis / Anne Murray / Tom Rush @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 2, 1973)

Murray, Davis, Rush Draw 3,000

by Irv Dean, The Post-Star, September 4, 1973

(editor’s note – originally scheduled to be Day Four of a four-day Song Festival that was subsequently canceled)

Three popular singers performed in concert Sunday evening …

September 2, 1973

Jonathan Edwards / Linda Ronstadt @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 1, 1973)

(editor’s note – Bobby Goldsboro was originally on the bill as well, but did not end up performing)

(editor’s note – originally scheduled to be Day Three of a four-day Song Festival that was subsequently canceled)

Photos by Hubbard, Bennington …

September 1, 1973

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