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Featured Events
2014At their regular haunt - the Beacon Theater in New York City - The Allman Brothers Band play their final show, a four-hour set that goes past midnight, ending on the anniversary of Duane Allman's death.
1999Performing at the Adams Mark hotel in Dallas, Kenny Rogers throws a frisbee that hits a chandelier. The broken glass hits audience member Kevin O'Toole, who claims that it leaves his face scarred and ruins his sex life. Both he and his wife sue Rogers, claiming the singer "deprived her of the services, love and guidance of her husband."
1997Bill Berry leaves R.E.M. after 17 years as drummer to tend a hay farm in Georgia. He occasionally joins his old band for reunion gigs, but mostly stays out of the limelight.
1972Brad Paisley is born in Glen Dale, West Virginia. His first hit is as a songwriter, penning David Kersh's Top 5 country ballad "Another You."
1958Buddy Holly makes what will be his last major television appearance, lip-synching "It's So Easy" and "Heartbeat" on American Bandstand.
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In Music History
2016The BBC Radio show Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round ends after 36 years when the host retires at age 90.
2013Jonas Brothers announce their split. They get back together in 2019.
2007Porter Wagoner dies of lung cancer at age 80. A regular at the Grand Ole Opry, he hosted The Porter Wagoner Show for 21 years starting in 1961.
2006Producer Rudy Taylor, music arranger for Bobby Womack, dies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at age 52. Among others, co-wrote The Gap Band hits "Oops Upside Your Head," "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" and "Early In The Morning."
2004Gil Melle, jazz musician and film composer, dies of a heart attack in Malibu, California, at age 72.
2004Rod Stewart's Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 3 is #1 on the Billboard 200, marking the first time the singer reached the top of the albums chart since 1979's Blondes Have More Fun.
2004Eminem gets his own radio channel on Sirius satellite radio. He launches the Shade 45 channel with a gathering called the Shady National Convention, which also promotes his album Encore.
2003Paul McCartney and his second wife, model/activist Heather Mills, welcome daughter Beatrice Milly McCartney.
2003Tonight's The Night, a musical play written around the hits of Rod Stewart, opens in London's West End.
2003David Bowie and his wife, the supermodel Iman, sign up as the new spokesmodels for Tommy Hilfiger. Bowie says: "I very much admire Tommy's ability to weave so many influences into his work. Iman and I are thrilled to be working with him."
2001Lonestar frontman Richie McDonald runs in the 26th annual Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. McDonald raises over $1,000 in pledge money for patients at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
2001More than 22,000 friends, neighbors and fans turn out for Tim McGraw's eighth annual Swampstock, held in his hometown of Rayville, Louisiana. Proceeds from the day benefit local youth sports organizations, scholarship funds and the New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit fund.
2001The Beastie Boys play their first show in more than two-and-a-half years at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, at the first of two New Yorkers Against Violence benefits, which the rap trio organized.
1999Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis, out with an injury, tries his hand at rapping when he performs at the Denver night club Wazoos.
1995Alanis Morissette makes her first appearance on Saturday Night Live, singing "Hand In My Pocket" and "All I Really Want."
Kiss Get Superpowers In A TV Movie
1978
Kiss star in the TV movie Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.
In the live-action movie, which airs on NBC, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss are imbued with superpowers (yes, Simmons can breathe fire). In a very Scooby Doo plot, they must stop an evil scientist at an amusement part. Kiss music plays throughout the film, which achieves a new level of cheesy.
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