Today In History
In 1976
The Sex Pistols appeared on the British TV show "Today," which included obscenity-laden comments from the band. The press was outraged by the group's behavior on the program, and the subsequent media attention ended up getting the Pistols banned from all but five venues on the band's tour.
In 1978
Ian Dury released the single "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" in the UK.
In 1980
The Talking Heads launched a UK tour with a show in London. U2 was the opening act.
In 1999
Nirvana's Krist Novoselic, Soundgarden's Kim Thayil, and the Dead Kennedy's Jello Biafra performed at a show in protest of the World Trade Organization summit in Seattle.
Kid Rock's album "Devil Without A Cause" was certified multi-Platinum, while Stone Temple Pilots album "No. 4" was certified Gold.
In 2002
U2's Bono kicked off the Heart of America tour with actress Ashley Judd and the singing and acting troupe the Gateway Ambassadors from Ghana to spread the word about the AIDS crisis in Africa.
In 2003
Ozzy Osbourne revealed to the British newspaper "Daily Mirror" that when he was a kid he'd been molested by two older boys at school.
The Strokes had to cut short a concert in Glasgow, Scotland, because fans were threatening to overrun the barricades.
Fatboy Slim presented a petition to the British prime minister's Downing Street residence requesting a new stadium for his local soccer team, Brighton & Hove Albion.
In 2004
Lenny Kravitz and Lou Reed took part in a benefit concert in New York in support of the Keep a Child Alive Foundation, which buys AIDS drugs and delivers them to medical centers in Africa.
U2's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart with first week sales of 840-thousand copies.
In 2005
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's mother-in-law, actress Blythe Danner, confirmed that Martin and wife Gwyneth Paltrow were expecting their second child.
In 2006
The Killers' Christmas single, "A Great Big Sled," made its online debut on AOLmusic.com. Proceeds from sales of the track went to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
In 2007
Annie Lennox and the Goo Goo Dolls were among the performers at the first 46664 AIDS awareness concert to take place in Johannesburg.
Ozzy Osbourne and his family raised more than 800-thousand-dollars with a two-day auction, selling hundreds of their personal possessions including a number of items featured on their MTV series "The Osbournes" and the four-wheeler on which Ozzy suffered a near-fatal accident nearly four years earlier. The auction took place in Beverly Hills, California. A portion of the money brought in through the sale went to the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Foundation.< |