2016With the Cubs in the World Series for the first time since 1945 (they haven't won since 1908), longtime fan Eddie Vedder leads the crowd in "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" during the seventh-inning stretch.More
1999It's an early attempt at video over the web, as Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert is "cybercast" to a few brave souls trying to get their modems to work. The Who, Pearl Jam, and Brian Wilson perform at the show.
1999Santana's Supernatural album goes to #1 in America, giving the group its first chart-topping album in 28 years.
1987George Michael releases his first solo album, Faith. Packed with hits ("I Want Your Sex," "Father Figure," the title track), it goes to #1 in both the UK and US, and wins the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
1984Less than two years after its release, the RIAA certifies Michael Jackson's Thrilleralbum with sales of 20 million copies in America, introducing a new designation, "Double Diamond." The stratospheric sales of Thriller are unprecedented, and keep climbing to well over 30 million. It isn't until 1994 when another album gets the Double Diamond designation, and that's a greatest hits package: Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971 - 1975.
1974At the "Rumble In The Jungle" in Zaire, Africa, boxer Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman (unbeaten in 40 fights) in the eighth round in a stunning victory that earns him the heavyweight title he was stripped of for refusing induction into the US Army in 1967. The fight is recounted in the 1975 hit "Black Superman" by Johnny Wakelin & the Kinshasa Band.More
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2013Peter Haycock (frontman for Climax Blues Band) dies of a heart attack in Frankfurt, Germany, at age 62.
2008The makers of Rock Band secure the rights to produce the first-ever Beatlesmusic video game.
2007Singer/actor Robert Goulet dies while awaiting a lung transplant in Los Angeles, California, at age 73. He had been diagnosed with the rare, progressive disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
2007Eagles release Long Road Out of Eden, available at first only at the band's website, Wal-Mart, and Sam's Club stores.
2006Keane becomes the first major act to release a song on a USB memory stick. For £3.99, fans can purchase the 512MB drive at HMV stores, plug it into a computer, and transfer the track "Nothing In My Way" along with various videos and screensavers. The "single on a stick" format would fail to catch on.
2003Pink Floyd manager Steve O'Rourke dies after suffering a stroke at age 63.
2002Jason Mizell aka Jam Master Jay (of Run-DMC), age 37, is shot and killed at a recording studio in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York. Although authorities suspect convicted drug dealer Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, a friend of Murder Inc. founders Irv and Chris Gotti, of the crime along with accomplice Randy "Stretch" Walker, they are not convicted and the murder remains unsolved.
2001Tim Booth announces that James' forthcoming UK tour is to be his last with the band. With 11 albums and 20 Top-40 UK singles under its belt with Booth at the helm, the Manchester-based group's remaining members plan to continue making music together following the singer's departure.
2000TV personality Steve Allen, also a composer and writer, dies of a heart attack after a minor car accident in Encino, California, at age 78. Allen was a frequent panelist on the long-running game show What's My Line?, the host of the game show I've Got a Secret, and the first host of The Tonight Show.
1998Original members of Black Sabbathreunite for a one-off performance on Late Show with David Letterman.
1997The Senate passes the music industry's "La Cienega" bill by a voice vote. The bill closes a loophole in the 1909 copyright Act that put into peril most pre-1978 music copyrights.
1997At the Martin Beck Theatre, a play revival titled The Cherry Orchard opens.
1992George Michael sues his record label, Sony, calling his contract "professional slavery." Michael, who is seeking control of his masters and escape from his 8-album deal, loses the case and is ordered to pay court costs for both sides. In 1995, Virgin and Dreamworks SKG buy his contract from Sony, and Michael resumes his music career with the album Older the following year.
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Yusuf And Ozzy Rally For Sanity/Fear
2010
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) makes a rare public appearance, performing "Peace Train" at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, which is organized and hosted by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Midway through the song, Colbert interrupts him and introduces Ozzy Osbourne, who starts performing "Crazy Train." Stevens and Osbourne go back and forth, resulting in a strange and hilarious train wreck.
The rally takes place on the National Mall in Washington, DC, with about 200,000 in attendance. It's a satire of sorts, aimed at restoring understanding between those with opposing political views. In the spirit of unity, Stewart brings Yusuf on to perform "Peace Train," but Colbert, in character as an unhinged, intransigent conservative, counters with Ozzy.
"Someone pull the emergency brake on that rainbow, moonbeam choo-choo," he shouts before calling forth the Prince of Darkness to play "Crazy Train." It soon turns to chaos as both musicians perform their famous train songs simultaneously.
After the rally, Stewart is taken to task for inviting Yusuf, who supported a fatwa against the author Salman Rushdie.
"Someone pull the emergency brake on that rainbow, moonbeam choo-choo," he shouts before calling forth the Prince of Darkness to play "Crazy Train." It soon turns to chaos as both musicians perform their famous train songs simultaneously.
After the rally, Stewart is taken to task for inviting Yusuf, who supported a fatwa against the author Salman Rushdie.
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