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On this day… John Lennon, The Band, and the Grateful Dead were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “Being inducted as a Beatle for John was to be expected,” stated Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono. “But being inducted for his solo effort would have made John very happy.” Paul McCartney inducted Lennon and…
On this day…The National Football League (NFL) officially announce that Maroon 5, a three-time Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum band, would headline the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show on 02/03 in Atlanta. A handful of pop performers passed on the show in solidarity with former quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who while with the San Francisco 49ers, started…
On this day… The Eagles entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band’s Don Henley and Glenn Frey had a few “priceless” comments. “I want to thank (manager) Irving Azoff, without whom we wouldn’t be here today,” said Henley. “Well, we might still be here,” blurted out Frey. “But we wouldn’t have made…
On this day… U2 played “I Will Follow,” “Desire” and “Vertigo” at actor Sean Penn’s third annual Help Haiti benefit at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. “It’s been a while since we played a hotel lounge,” frontman Bono noted. “I think the last time was a bar mitzvah.” It was the band’s first performance…
On this day… The Smashing Pumpkins announce via Instagram that they are conducting an open audition for a new guitarist following the departure of Jeff Schroeder, after sixteen years with the Pumpkins. Applicants are told to submit a tape and resume. Four months later, after receiving over 10,000 applications, The Pumpkins announced the selection of…
It was a classic Grunge vs. Hair Metal battle. First, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder (above) stated in a New York Times interview, published on this day, that he “despised” most ’80’s Hair Metal bands, specifically Mötley Crüe. Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx (pictured) responded by calling Pearl Jam “one of the most boring bands in history”…
On this day… Wixen Music Publishing, who represent Tom Petty, Neil Young, and Steely Dan, among others, sued Spotify, the streaming music provider, for approximately $1.6 billion in damages. The company was accused of playing tens of thousands of songs without licenses or compensation. Nearly a year later, Spotify and Wixen put out a joint…
On this day… Garbage vocalist Shirley Manson was named Best New Female Singer by Entertainment Weekly. The Scottish singer-songwriter and one-time Angelfish vocalist was invited to work with Garbage in 1994. The band’s self-titled debut album, released the following year, went on to sell over 4-million copies, buoyed by a run of chart successes including “Only…
On this day… Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson’s performance of “Stairway To Heaven” at the Kennedy Center Honors’ tribute to Led Zeppelin – recorded earlier in the month – is broadcast on CBS. The Wilson sisters were joined by Jason Bonham, son of Zeppelin’s late original drummer John. Their version of Zepplin’s signature song gradually grew to include a…
On this day… The Beatles catalog was now available on streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Tidal, Amazon Prime Music, and so on). After holding out for years and following prolonged negotiations between Apple (The Beatles label) and the surviving Beatles’ members and their estates an agreement regarding terms and trademark issues resulted in 224 songs across…