April 29th: The Biggest Music Headlines

Name: April 29th: The Biggest Music Headlines
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Description: 2023 Metallica's album 72 Seasons debuts at #2 behind Morgan Wallen's One Thing At A Time, in its seventh week at the top. It's the first

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2023
Metallica’s album 72 Seasons debuts at #2 behind Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At A Time, in its seventh week at the top. It’s the first Metallica album since …And Justice for All in 1988 that doesn’t debut at #1.

2022
Dolly Parton appears as an angel in the last episode of the TV series Grace And Frankie, reuniting her with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, her co-stars in the 1980 movie 9 to 5.

Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin

2021
British drummer John Hinch died age 73. He was the drummer in an early line-up of heavy metal band Judas Priest.

2016
Fifteen of Prince’s albums made it into the UK chart as fans rushed to buy his music following his sudden death. Six were in the top 40 with The Very Best Of, Ultimate and Purple Rain at two, three and four.

2014
David Gilmour, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien and Philip Selway all signed an open letter, published by The Guardian, to keep musical instruments available to UK prisoners. Spearheaded by Billy Bragg, the singer-songwriter founded an “independent initiative” called Jail Guitar Doors in 2007 to provide instruments for the rehabilitation of inmates.

2014
Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst publishes Willie’s Bar and Grill, a memoir about the Aussie band’s North American tour post-9/11.

2009
An anonymous Queen fan won a two-hour one-to-one guitar lesson with Brian May, after bidding £7,600 (approximately $11,900) at a private charity auction. The auction, in support of the Action for Brazil’s Children Trust, of which May is a patron, was held at the exclusive Cuckoo Club in London.

2007
Arctic Monkeys started a three week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with their second album ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare.’

2007
Rage Against The Machine reunite to close the Coachella Festival, their first show in seven years.

2005
Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary undergoes a bone marrow transplant to battle leukemia.

2003
A $5 million lawsuit against former Creedence Clearwater Revival leader John Fogerty was dismissed after a personal-injury lawyer claimed that he suffered hearing loss in his left ear from attending a Fogerty concert. The Judge said the plaintiff assumed the risk of hearing damage when he attended the concert in 1997.

2001
Rod Stewart asked for a change in wedding vows bringing them up to-date and to be treated like a dog licence. Stewart said ‘a change is needed because they’ve been in existence for 600 years when people used to live until they were only 35’.

2001
A blue plaque was unveiled at 38 Aubrey Walk, Kensington, London to honor the musical heritage of the address where British singer Dusty Springfield lived between 1968-1972.

1999
Following his reunion with Pamela Anderson Lee, Tommy Lee quits Mötley Crüe to devote time to his new band, Methods of Mayhem, and his family.

1998
Steven Tyler broke his knee at a concert in Anchorage, Alaska delaying Aerosmith’s ‘Nine Lives’ tour and necessitating camera angle adjustments for the filming of the video for ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.’

1997
Boy George was accused of being a ‘professional liar’ by musician singer Kirk Brandon during a London court hearing. Brandon was in court suing the singer over claims in George’s autobiography that pair had slept together.

1997
American bass guitarist Keith Ferguson died of liver failure at the age of 50, due in part to a nearly thirty-year addiction to heroin. He was a member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds who had two hit songs in the 1980s, ‘Tuff Enuff’ and ‘Wrap It Up.’

1997
Lynyrd Skynyrd release the album Twenty, which is titled after the fact that it’s being released 20 years after the plane crash that claimed the lives of three band members. It’s their ninth studio album.

1993
Guitarist, producer, Mick Ronson died of liver cancer aged 46. Ronson recorded and toured with David Bowie from 1970 to 1973. Released the 1974 solo album ‘Slaughter On Tenth Avenue’. Ronson co-produced Lou Reed’s album Transformer, also part of Hunter Ronson Band with Ian Hunter. And worked with Morrissey, Slaughter & The Dogs, The Wildhearts, The Rich Kids, Elton John, Johnny Cougar, T-Bone Burnett.

1990
Floyd Butler of The Friends of Distinction, died of a heart attack at the age of 49. Had the US No.3 single ‘Grazing In The Grass’ in 1969.

1985
Freddie Mercury releases his solo album Mr. Bad Guy. Although it sells okay in the UK, in the US it doesn’t make even the top 150.

1982
Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni are named Songwriters of the Year at the Ivor Novello Awards, while their “Stand And Deliver” is named the best selling single.

1981
Elton John paid £14,000 for 232 ‘Goon Show’ scripts broadcast during the 50s at an auction held at Christies, London.

1980
Black Sabbath began their first tour with vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who had replaced Ozzy Osbourne.

1978
P.J. Proby was sacked from his role in the London stage musical Elvis after repeatedly changing his lines from the script. Proby had been playing the oldest of three Presley’s in the play.

1977
The Jam released their first single ‘In The City’, which peaked at No. 40 in the UK charts. The English punk rock/mod revival formed in Woking, Surrey, fronted by Paul Weller, achieved 18 other Top 40 hits including four UK No.1’s.

1976
After a gig in Memphis Bruce Springsteen took a cab to Elvis Presley’s Graceland home and proceeded to climb over the wall. A guard took him to be another crank fan and apprehended him.

1967
The 14 hour Technicolour Dream benefit party for The International Times was held at Alexandra Palace in London. Seeing the event mentioned on TV, John Lennon called his driver and went to the show. Coincidentally, Yoko Ono was one of the performers. Other acts to appear included The Flies, Pink Floyd, Arthur Brown, The Move and Suzie Creamcheese.

1965
Jimmy Nicol, the drummer who stood in for Ringo Starr during a Beatles Australian tour in 1964, appeared in a London Court faced with bankruptcy with debts of £4,000.

1963
Publicist Andrew Oldham and agent Eric Easton signed a management deal with The Rolling Stones after buying the rights to the bands first recordings for £90. They also persuade keyboard player Ian Stewart to drop out of the line up and become the bands road manager, (and still play piano at the back of the stage).