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BlabberMouth reports: YES Keyboard Wizard RICK WAKEMAN Begins Recording New Instrumental Progressive Rock Album https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/yes-keyboard-wizard-rick-wakeman-begins-recording-new-instrumental-progressive-rock-album/ YES Keyboard Wizard RICK WAKEMAN Begins Recording New Instrumental Progressive Rock Album Rick Wakeman has commenced recording a new solo LP. According to the keyboard legend, his "first keyboard-orientated instrumental prog rock album for quite a few years" will be […]
BlabberMouth reports: AEROSMITH’s TOM HAMILTON: NEIL PEART ‘Made A Huge Contribution To Rock Music’ https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/members-of-black-sabbath-kiss-megadeth-king-diamond-others-pay-tribute-to-rush-drummer-neil-peart/ AEROSMITH’s TOM HAMILTON: NEIL PEART ‘Made A Huge Contribution To Rock Music’ Members of BLACK SABBATH, KISS, MEGADETH and KING DIAMOND are among the rock musicians who reacted on social media to the passing of RUSH's Neil Peart. The iconic […]
10th Dec 2007, Led Zeppelin played their first concert in 19 years, at London's 02 Arena as part of the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones were joined on stage by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham. More than one million people had taken part […]
24th Oct 2017, American pianist and singer-songwriter Fats Domino died aged 89 at his home in Harvey, Louisiana after a long-term illness. Domino attracted national attention with his first recording, ‘The Fat Man’, made in late 1949 for Imperial Records, an early rock-and-roll record. ‘The Fat Man’ sold one million copies by 1953 and it […]
Reporting period: September 20, 2019 – October 20, 2019 No Artist Title Album Year Duration Type Total 1 Wasp The Idol Lets Rock: Good History (2017) 2017 6:42 S 53 2 Sweet & Lynch Promised Land Unified 2017 4:14 S 35 3 Robert Plant Promised Land Greatest Hits – DISC 2 2007 5:01 S 33 […]
See how many you can score out of 20 in our very hard Classic Rock Quiz: https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/quizzes/the-very-hard-classic-rock-quiz/ The Very Hard Classic Rock Quiz How well do you know Classic Rock? Our tough (but fun) quiz will test you out, can you get them all! Article source: https://www.facebook.com/19706525166/posts/10162220346750167
7th Sept 1968, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham made their live debut as Led Zeppelin but billed as The New Yardbirds at Teen Club in Gladsaxe (a suburb in the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark). Around 1,200 youngsters attended the show at Egegard School. Teen Club President Lars Abel introducing 'The […]
3rd Sept 2017, Walter Becker, co-founder and guitarist for the US band Steely Dan died aged 67. Steely Dan – named after a sex toy in the book Naked Lunch by William Burroughs – released its first album Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972 and had the 1973 US No.11 single 'Reeling In The Years' […]
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/liner-notes/the-beatles-invent-stadium-rock/ The Beatles Invent Stadium Rock At the peak of Beatlemania on Sunday 15 August 1965 The Beatles invented stadium rock. Their record-breaking performance at New York's Shea Stadium was the highlight of the group's 1965 tour and became a milestone Article source: https://www.facebook.com/19706525166/posts/10161952035035167
3rd August 1963, The Beatles played their last ever performance at The Cavern Club in Liverpool. During their set a power cut silenced their instruments and plunged the Cavern into temporary darkness. Lennon and McCartney performed an acoustic version of 'When I'm Sixty-Four', a song they wouldn't release until 1967, while waiting for the electricity […]