97 Rock and Live Nation are celebrating 25 seasons of concerts in the Darien Lake amphitheater. We’ve compiled at list of the Top 25 classic rock concerts from the last 25 years at Darien Lake based on your votes. And just for voting you were eligible to win the grand prize, a pair of pavilion tickets to EVERY DARIEN LAKE AMPHITHEATER CONCERT IN 2017! (See the list of 2017 concerts here.) Congratulations to our grand prize winner- David Traina of Buffalo who was randomly selected following the countdown!
We’ve tabulated the votes and here is the list of the Top 25 Concerts of Darien Lake from the last 25 years based according to 97 Rock listeners:
The Top 25 Concerts at Darien Lake Amphitheater from the last 25 Years
1 Roger Waters July 13, 2007
2 The Eagles July 9, 1994
3 Aerosmith/KISS August 23, 2003
4 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers June 21, 2008
5 Rush June 26, 1997
6 Metallica May 30, 1994
7 Journey July 9, 2016
8 The Allman Brothers Band August 12, 1993
9 Lynyrd Skynyrd June 24, 1995
10 Van Halen August 25, 2015
11 Heart July 27, 2016
12 Motley Crue/KISS September 15, 2012
13 Def Leppard/Styx July 12, 2015
14 Rush July 4, 2007
15 Bruce Springsteen September 20, 2003
16 Judas Priest June 7, 2005
17 Aerosmith July 9, 1997
18 Roger Waters August 14, 1999
19 The Who August 5, 1997
20 Bad Company/Joe Walsh June 7, 2016
21 Ozzy Osbourne June 25, 1996
22 Supertramp July 20, 1997
23 John Mellencamp July 12, 2005
24 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers September 7, 2014
25 The Scorpions July 8, 1994
| 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
| Poison | Metallica | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Moody Blues | Santana |
| Van Halen | Meat Loaf | Alan Parsons Project |
| Bon Jovi | Steve Miller Band | |
| Allman Brothers | Scorpions | |
| Def Leppard | The Eagles | |
| Jethro Tull | Motley Crue | |
| Aerosmith | Santana | |
| Crosby, Still & Nash | ||
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | ||
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Chicago | ZZ Top | Allman Brothers |
| Allman Brothers | Allman Brothers | John Fogerty |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Rush | Metallica |
| Def Leppard | Aerosmith | Rod Stewart |
| Sting | Supertramp | Van Halen |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Lynyrd Skynyrd | |
| Jethro Tull | The Who | |
| Bob Dylan | ||
| Alice Cooper | ||
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| Allman Brothers | REO Speedwagon | Poison |
| Bad Company | Sting | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Tom Petty | Def Leppard | Styx |
| Roger Waters | Allman Brothers | Aerosmith |
| Jethro Tull | Don Henley | Allman Brothers |
| John Mellencamp | ||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Foreigner | Poison | Aerosmith |
| Poison | Santana | Sting |
| Tom Petty | Lynyrd Skynyrd | KISS |
| Rush | Allman Brothers | The Dead |
| Allman Brothers | The Dead | Rush |
| The Guess Who | Ozzy Osbourne | Allman Brothers |
| Supertramp | Ringo Starr | |
| Aerosmith/KISS | ||
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | ||
| Bruce Springsteen | ||
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Judas Priest | Styx | Rush |
| Tom Petty | Sammy Hagar | Roger Waters |
| John Mellencamp | Poison | Meat Loaf |
| Journey | Tom Petty | Bryan Adams |
| Meat Loaf | John Fogerty | Allman Brothers |
| Motley Crue | Aerosmith | Poison |
| Def Leppard | ||
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Tom Petty | Def Leppard | KISS |
| Motley Crue | Journey | Tom Petty |
| Tom Petty #2 | ||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Motley Crue | Allman Brothers | Bob Dylan |
| Journey | Def Leppard | Bon Jovi |
| Def Leppard | KISS/Motley Crue | Allman Brothers |
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Bad Co/Skynyrd | Def Leppard/Styx | Bad Co/Joe Walsh |
| KISS/Def Leppard | Van Halen | Journey |
| Motley Crue | Heart/J. Jett/Cheap Trick | |
| Tom Petty | ZZ Top | |
| Def Leppard/REO |
