Nassau Coliseum

Phish has a storied history at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, one highlighted by Island Tour performances in April 2 and 3, 1998, and one of their most notable performances of the '2.0' era, February 28, 2003. The Uniondale venue has…

Among the many guitars in the cache of Jerry Garcia, "Wolf" stands as the most legendary of them all. "Wolf" was customized by luthier Doug Irwin, and was delivered to Jerry ahead of his appearance at a private show for the Hell's Angels…

On August 4, 2015, Billy Joel played the final show at the original Nassau Coliseum. Billy played for over 3 hours at the 43 year old arena with a setlist that touched on every decade of his career. The thing that made this show special…

We head back to the Island for this week's Jerry Sundays installment with a Grateful Dead show at the legendary Nassau Coliseum from 1979. The band played two shows here earlier that year in January, more than five years after their first…

It was March 29, 1990 when saxophonist Branford Marsalis joined the Grateful Dead at Nassau Coliseum for much of the show. Notably, the version of "Eyes of the World" stands out, as it was released on Without a Net in September 1990, and…

Phish's Fall Tour rolled into Long Island on Sunday with an appearance at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, a building they hadn't played in almost 17 years. While this Sunday Phish show may not have reached the level of the esteemed…

Great news for Elton John fans. The Rocketman singer has announced that he is adding new dates to his final tour, “Farewell Yellow Brick Road.” The tour, a play on his seventh studio album and song of the same name, was originally announced…

Following Phish's cow-funk laden 1997 Fall Tour, Phish embarked on a 4-night 'Island Tour' with two shows each on Long Island and in Providence, Rhode Island. The result was four historic shows that continued the free flowing jams from…

Joining the ever growing line of farewell rock tours, legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, Kiss, have decided to throw their hats, or in their case, boots on the shelf but not before one more long kiss goodbye to fans around the world.…

Music legend Billy Joel will be kicking off the new year with a spectacular performance set for Dec.31 at the NYCB’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Back in his true home of Long Island, this event is Joel’s first performance at this…