A plane owned by Motley Crue's Vince Neil was involved in a crash that killed one passenger and left three - including Neil's longtime girlfriend - injured at Arizona's Scottsdale Airport Monday afternoon. The crash "off the runway" was reported at 2:39 p.m., and first responders found one person dead on arrival, Scottsdale Fire Capt. Dave Folio said. Four others were injured, including two taken to medical facilities in critical […]
What Happened Today In Music September 2nd 1993 Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" video wins four awards, including Video of the Year, at the MTV Video Music Awards. Pearl Jam responds by not making any more videos until 1998. In addition to Video of the Year, "Jeremy" wins for Best Group Video, Best Metal/Hard Rock Video, and Best Director (Mark Pellington). Eddie Vedder is nonplussed in his acceptance speeches. "I don't know […]
Today marks the day Elvis famously performed "Hound Dog" on "The Milton Berle Show" and stirred up quite a frenzy. On June 5, 1956, Elvis set his guitar to the side and performed what came to be known as one of the most controversial performances in television history. The provocative hip-swinging dance moves caused a national scandal and set the stage for the King of Rock 'n' Roll's place in […]
Doug Ingle, the lead vocalist, organist and primary composer of the band Iron Butterfly, has died at the age of 78 Doug Ingle, the singer and organist for the American rock band, Iron Butterfly, and the composer of their epic 1968 song, “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,” died last night (May 24, 2024). News of his passing at age 78, was shared by his son, Doug Ingle Jr. Neither the cause nor place of […]
May 22nd, 1986: Cher makes her memorable first appearance on Letterman show It’s not easy to get Cher on your show. Just ask David Letterman, who asked her to appear on his late night talk show as a guest for four years and, by Cher’s account paid a $28,000 hotel bill to seal the deal. The reason she kept turning the appearance down? She thought he was an asshole. She […]
The acronym name alternately stands for “Teen Age Music International” and “Teenage Awards Music International.” The enthusiastic audience were recruited by handing out tickets at Los Angeles area high schools. The Rolling Stones were on their first tour of America, and Keith Richards has said that following James Brown was one of the biggest mistakes of their career. There were backstage because the Rolling Stones had been granted the final […]
Toby Keith, who built one of the biggest country music careers of his generation, has died. According to a post on his social media pages, Keith died on Monday (Feb. 5) after a long battle with cancer. He was 62 years old. "Toby Keith passed peacefully last night on February 5th, surrounded by his family. He fought his fight with grace and courage. Please respect the privacy of his family […]
On this day in music, February 3, 1959, tragedy struck when Buddy Holly (aged 22), The Big Bopper (aged 28), and Ritchie Valens (aged 17) all lost their lives in a plane crash on their way to the next date of their Winter Party Dance Tour. After experiencing heating problems on his tour bus, Holly hired a private plane to take the three men from Clear Lake, Iowa, to Moorhead, […]
On 8 December 1980, John Lennon was shot five times by 25-year-old Mark David Chapman outside The Dakota, the apartment building in New York City where John and Yoko Ono lived. Chapman had been stalking Lennon for days outside the building and asked for an autograph as Lennon walked through the courtyard. Returning from the Record Plant studios where they had been working, John and Yoko had been dropped by […]
