Fleetwood Mac record the USC Trojan Marching Band at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for use in their song "Tusk," the title track to their first album since Rumours. A film crew captures the action (including Stevie Nicks deftly twirling a baton) which is made into the video for the song. https://youtu.be/NKCucBUWx5o The whole thing is drummer Mick Fleetwood's idea. After hearing brass bands during a trip to Europe, he […]
2013 Taylor Swift poses for photos with KYGO radio DJ David Mueller before her concert in Denver. She later accuses him of putting his hand up her dress, and Mueller is fired. In 2015, he sues her, but Swift countersues and wins a sexual assault case against him. "He grabbed my bare ass," she says in her testimony. 2018 BTS become the first K-pop band to top the US albums […]
2019 - Leon Redbone Singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor Leon Redbone died age 69. Redbone rose to fame in the '70s folk scene when Bob Dylan sought him out at a Canadian music festival. He later performed in several TV commercials, including Budweiser beer, in which he lay on a surfboard singing "This Bud's for You.” 2018 - Styx At FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine, California, Styx return "Mr. Roboto" to their setlist […]
2021 - B. J. Thomas American singer B. J. Thomas died of lung cancer age 78. He scored hits with ‘Hooked on a Feeling’ (1968), ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head’ (1969), ‘(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song’ (1975), ‘Don't Worry Baby’ (1977) and ‘Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love’ (1983). https://youtu.be/Wqt_iZBvtCo 2019 - Tony Glover Tony Glover, the influential blues harmonica player who was a longtime […]
2022 - Andy Fletcher Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher died age 60. Fletcher was a founding member of the band which found success with their dark electronic sound with hits including 'Personal Jesus'. Depeche Mode had chart success in the 1980s and 1990s with singles including 'New Life', 'Enjoy the Silence' and 'Just Can't Get Enough.' 2022 - Alan White English drummer Alan White best known for his tenure in […]
Tina Turner’s tours after the release of Private Dancer in 1984 packed stadiums all across the world, especially in Europe. She launched a farewell tour in 2000 that truly seemed like the end of her live career, but in 2008 she went back out at the age of 69 to celebrate her 50th anniversary in music. It was a show that would have exhausted someone half her age, but Turner […]
George Lucas' space opera Star Wars debuts in theaters, accompanied by an instantly iconic score from John Williams. Star Wars thrills audiences with its groundbreaking special effects, from ships whizzing through space to intense lightsaber battles to otherwordly creatures. Fans will return to the theaters again and again, making the film the most successful of the year, at over $775 million at the box office, and laying the groundwork for […]
The singer was most known for hits including The Best and Proud Mary, and boasted a music career spanning six decades. Her publicist confirmed the news of her death to PA, explaining that she suffered a long illness. In a statement, they said: ‘Tina Turner, the “Queen of Rock’n Roll” has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, […]
2020 - Al Rex American bassist Al Rex died age 91. He started playing for Bill Haley & His Comets and its predecessor Bill Haley and the Saddlemen in 1949 and became noted for 'wild antics' on stage. 2017 - Elvis Presley Sonny West, one of the original members of Elvis Presley's Memphis Mafia, died of lung cancer at the age of 79. Joining Elvis in 1960, he was abruptly […]
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