Month July 1985
On July 31, 1985, legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot played to a waterlogged crowd of about 2,600 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center.…
On July 29, 1985, Foreigner supported their most recent release, “Agent Provocateur,” in front of 23,100 fans at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Joe Walsh opened the show, touring in support of “The Confessor.”…
On July 28, 1985, Chuck Mangione and his flugelhorn played the Saratoga Performing Arts Center for the 14th consecutive year.…
On July 24, 1985, about 5,500 jazz fans came to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center to hear singer Al Jarreau and his opening act, saxman David Sanborn.…
On July 23, 1985, the Happy Together Tour brought the Turtles, the Buckinghams, the Grass Roots, and Gary Lewis and the Playboys to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.…
Huey Lewis and the News, still riding the success of “Sports,” released two years previous, returned to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center for the second year in a row. They turned in a workmanlike, if somewhat formulaic, performance. The Neville …
On July 14, 1985, Air Supply brought their Power of Love Tour ’85 to Saratoga Performing Arts Center, in support of their new self-titled album. The duo had last played Saratoga in 1982.
(The Post-Star / Words by John …