The Rainbow Music Hall first opened 34 years ago this week with shows from Jerry Jeff Walker

My Dad took me to a comedy benefit show called a Fit of Laughter with Robin Williams, Roseanne Bar, Dennis Miller, and Louis Anderson on 9/30/86. Good times.

First show by the Police, and Tackhead 1989!!!!!

Twisted Sister!!! I remember being there when they filmed all the .38 Special videos. No place ever better to see a show. A friggin Walgreens!!!!

Many great moments, but one cool one... I have a photo I took of Rindy Ross of Quarterflash, taken as she was taking a picture of me, as well as the Polaroid of the photo she took of me while playing "Take Another Picture. ".

Sinead O'Connor. And, I still remember the writing on the bathroom wall.

Peter Murphy solo high as F on X! First and only show I've ever seen there and it was GREAT!!!

[:] Leo Kottke, the Chieftains.

I was there to see Willie Nelson- there was no alchohol allowed but I snuck in a Coors for me and a friend. We popped the top and the next thing we knew an usher was there to take the beer away. It was a great place to see music.

Thanks

I saw so many diverse shows there, Cheap Trick, Rick Deringer, Zebra, Black Flag, Siouxsie and the Banshees, among others. It was a sad day when they closed, seeing the Rainbow sign above the Walgreens one afterwards was always a slap in the face.

Not sure if it was actually the very last show at the Rainbow.  But it was billed that way.

Voivod, Vio-Lence and Aggression.  I think it was Voivod's tour for Dimension Hatröss.