Thursday, January 17, 2019

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2016Bruce Springsteen begins The River Tour with a show in Pittsburgh. His 1980 album The River is the centerpiece of the tour, played start to finish at many stops. The tour is the year's most successful, grossing over $268 million.
2016Alanis Morissette debuts her advice column for The Guardiananswering a plight from a woman on the brink of an emotional affair.
2015Puddle of Mudd frontman Wesley Scantlin is arrested at the Denver International Airport after he takes a baggage carousel for a joyride into a restricted area. A local fan bails him out, but the band is still hours late for their performance, and an angry promoter tells the audience he will never book the act again.
2008Radiohead is slated to perform a free gig at a small record store in London, but nearly 1,500 fans turn up, forcing the band to move the show to a nearby club.
2006The Japanese government names female pop duo Puffy as goodwill ambassadors to the United States.
2002A section of Interstate 80 in California is renamed the "Sonny Bono Memorial Freeway."
1999At the inaugural ball for Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, America plays "Ventura Highway." Warren Zevon and Delbert McClinton also perform.
1996Wayne Newton performs his 25,000th show in Las Vegas.
1992Eric Clapton records Eric Clapton Unplugged for MTV. The album wins six Grammy Awards, including Record Of The Year.
1991The Sixth Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are held in New York City. Inductees include LaVern Baker, The ByrdsJohn Lee HookerThe ImpressionsWilson Pickett, Jimmy Reed, and Ike and TinaTurner.
1988Tina Turner performs at Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro to a sell-out crowd of 180,000, setting a new record for attendance at a performance by a solo artist.
1981The TV series Harper Valley P.T.A., inspired by the Jeannie C. Riley song and the 1978 movie of the same name, airs on NBC. Barbara Eden reprises her role as scandalous single mom Stella Johnson.
1980Paul McCartney packs about half a pound of marijuana in his luggage, which lands him 10 days in a Tokyo jail upon arrival. He had the weed in New York and wanted to bring it with him to smoke on tour, saying, "This stuff was too good to flush down the toilet, so I thought I'd take it with me."
1979Aaliyah is born Aaliyah Haughton in Brooklyn, New York.
1979Cher's divorce from Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers becomes final.
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Jamaican Police Maica Mistaica, Shoot At Jimmy Buffett's Plane

1996
Jamaican police mistake Jimmy Buffettfor a drug smuggler and shoot at his seaplane (the Hemisphere Dancer) after it lands in the water. Bono of U2 is on board with his family, along with Island Records head Chris Blackwell.
The plane is hit a few times, shattering the windshield and doing damage to the fuselage, but no one is hurt. "It was absolutely terrifying and I honestly thought we were all going to die," Bono says.

The Jamaicans apologize and try to convince the tropical troubadour to come back soon. Buffett turns the incident into the song "Jamaica Mistaica," where he sings:

We had only come for chicken
We were not the ganja plane
Well you should have seen their faces
When they finally realized
We were not some coked-up cowboys
Sportin' guns and alibis

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