How many of us have gone to a show at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, looked at the artist on stage and wished they could be up there?
It’s a seemingly impossible dream, making the jump from concertgoer to concert draw at a venue that can hold up to 25,000 people. But for a select few Capital Region talents, that dream became a reality.
Last September, Albany post-punk/hardcore outfit Drug Church played there in front of 20,000 concertgoers as support for pop-punk legends Blink-182. In This Moment, led by Capital Region native Maria Brink, headlined a show at SPAC in 2024 and made its debut there in 2012 as part of the heavy metal Uproar Festival. And before hitting it big on the charts with a single featured in the “Minecraft” movie, Dirty Honey — a glam-blues-rock outfit fronted by Niskayuna native Marc LaBelle — provided support for The Black Crowes’ 2021 reunion tour as well as a sold-out Guns N’ Roses concert in 2023…