2016 Challenge, How Many of These Capital Region Concerts Did You Attend?

Take a look back at these 10 Capital Region concerts from 2016. The current social media trend  is the 2016 Challenge. People from around the world are sharing pictures, and memories from what life was like 10 years ago. Why not look back at concerts that took place in 2016.

Scroll through the gallery below to see some of the artists, from a variety of genres, that made their way to Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, the Times Union Center and more.

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Before we get to the concerts of 2016, let's take a look at what was happening in America a decade ago.

• Top Movies - Moonlight, La La Land, Deadpool, and Zootopia to name a few
• Top Television - Big Bang Theory, NCIS, This Is Us
• The Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108-years
• The Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers to win Super Bowl 50
• Coldplay, Beyonce, and Bruno Mars performed the Super Bowl halftime show

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As for 2016 in the Capital Region of New York, today's MVP Arena in Albany was known as the Times Union Center, Upstate Concert Hall was still in a strip mall in Clifton Park, and Mayor Kathy Sheehan was 3 years into her time as Mayor of Albany.

So, which concerts did you attend in 2016? Did you see a new artist, such as a 17-year-old Sabrina Carpenter, perform at The Hollow on Peral Street in Albany? Perhaps you were fortunate to see the last Capital Region performance by the late Chris Cornell at the Palace theatre? Let's take a look at these shows and more from 2016.