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2001Perhaps hoping for a Nigel Tufnel Spinal Tap moment, Slash shows up at The Joint in Las Vegas, where his old band Guns N' Roses is playing. He is denied entry, as band management doesn't want to upset Axl Rose.
1984The Jacksons' Victory tour comes to an end with a show at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. It would be the only tour featuring all six members of The Jacksons (including Michael).
1980The airwaves are filled with the music of John Lennon, who was shot and killed the previous evening. In Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen opens his concert by telling the crowd, "It's hard to come out here and play tonight, but there's nothing else to do."
1970Jakob Dylan (lead singer for The Wallflowers) is born in New York City, New York. He is the fifth and youngest child of Bob Dylan and his first wife, Sara Lownds.
1965A Charlie Brown Christmas makes its debut, airing on CBS in place of The Munsters. The famous score, which becomes synonymous with the Peanuts, is written by the jazz musician Vince Guaraldi and performed by his trio.More
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2019Marie Fredriksson of Roxette dies of a brain tumor at 61.
2014Winfred "Blue" Lovett, an original member of The Manhattans, dies of cancer at age 74.
2014Sting joins the Broadway cast of his musical The Last Ship, which is based on the shipbuilding community where he grew up.
2011Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O marries her longtime boyfriend, director Barnaby Clay.
2005Mike Botts (drummer for Bread) dies of colon cancer the day after his 61st birthday in Burbank, California.
2003Ozzy Osbourne crashes his quad bike, breaking several bones, including his collarbone, and fracturing vertebrae. The injuries are considerable, but not life-threatening.
2003After the runaway success of the bluegrass soundtrack for O Brother Where Art Thou?, producer T Bone Burnett helms another Appalachian-inspired album for the Civil War movie Cold Mountain. Alison Krauss sings the Sting-written "You Will Be My Ain True Love" and "The Scarlet Tide," both of which are nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
2003The Offspring release their seventh studio album, Splinter.
2002Australian band The Vines are booted from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno when lead singer Craig Nichols trashes equipment during sound check.
1991A long legal battle over Bob Marley's estate ends when the nearly $12 million estate is awarded to his widow, Rita, and her children. In honor of the verdict, son Ziggy names his daughter, who was born that day, Justice Marley.
1989Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire" hits #1.
1987Will Shatter (vocalist, bassist for Flipper) dies of a drug overdose.
1981Sonny Til (lead tenor for The Orioles) dies of heart failure and diabetes in Washington, D.C., at age 53.
1978Kate Bush makes her first and only appearance on Saturday Night Live. The British singer-songwriter performs the songs "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" and "Them Heavy People" from her debut album, The Kick Inside.
1978The Blues Brothers release their first single, a cover of "Soul Man." The original is by Sam & Dave, whom the Blues Brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) emulated to create their act.
Jim Morrison Becomes First Rocker Arrested Mid-Performance
1967Jim Morrison of The Doors is arrested at his own concert in New Haven, Connecticut, after a police officer finds him backstage with a young girl and maces him. It's the first time a famous musician is arrested in the middle of a performance.
The whole thing starts when Morrison takes up with Sandy Spodnik, an 18-year-old student at Southern Connecticut State College. Looking for some privacy, they end up in the bathroom next to one of the dressing rooms, which is occupied by one of the opening acts, Tommy & The Rivieras. They don't recognize Morrison, and when they ask him to leave, he responds, "F--k you." Band member Tommy Janette summons a cop to remove the couple, and he doesn't recognize Morrison either. According to Janette, this exchange takes place: Cop: "This is your last chance to leave peacefully." Morrison: "This is your last chance to eat me." The officer maces Morrison, who is handcuffed, but when the cops realize who he is, they let him go, telling him he can perform, but would be arrested after the show. Morrison accelerates that process when he takes the stage and launches into a profanity-filled rant about the incident during an interlude in "Back Door Man." Three cops go on stage and arrest him, telling him, "You've gone too far." In Morrison's arrest report, Janette is listed as the complainant because he alerted the cop. He's charged with breach of peace, resisting arrest and "performing an indecent and immoral exhibition." Morrison pays the $7500 bond on the spot, as he has the money in his wallet. The mugshot lists the date as December 10 because it was taken after midnight. In The Doors 1970 song "Peace Frog," Morrison references the incident with the line, "Blood in the streets of the town of New Haven."
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