Fu Manchu Masks and Drug Busts at Nassau Coliseum
1974-01-28/9, Nassau County Coliseum, Nassau, NY
Today, Tour ’74 enters its brightest spotlight to date: New York City. Bob Dylan and The Band eased in with two shows at Nassau Coliseum out on Long Island, before three at Madison Square Garden.
While no doubt many actual Long Islanders attended, no shortage of NYC types made the short trip out from the city (it’s not far—I saw Dylan at Nassau Coliseum myself in 2017 and was back home in Brooklyn an hour after it ended). On night one, Cher, Carlos Santana, and Joni Mitchell were spotted in the audience. Long Island’s favorite son Billy Joel was on tour himself, or he surely woulda been there too. Here’s Joni backstage:
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