Jimmy

Night shift worker at the moment and also writer and owner of a fantasy football enthusiast

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#otd 1987 Motley Crue's Girls, Girls, Girls tour begins. It features an inflatable Harley, pyrotechnics, and drummer Tommy Lee playing upside down.
Whitesnake are the opening act to start, then replaced by Guns N Roses.

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#otd 1986 The Police perform their last concert for 21 years. They headline the Conspiracy of Hope tour, which benefits Amnesty International at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.
There were plans for an album after the concert but Drummer Stuart Copeland was injured in a Polo match.

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#otd 2003 Nu Metal peaks in the UK when Evanescence goes to number one in the UK with Bring Me To Life

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#otd 1964 The Zombies record their breakout hit She's Not There

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#otd 2021 Following in his Father's footsteps, Wolfgang Van Halen, releases his debut album.
He played bass in his father Eddie's band, before going solo. On the album Wolfgang played all of the instruments

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#otd 2010 Midway through Sweet Child O'Mine, guitarist Slash is tackled by a concertgoer in Italy.
Undeterred, the Axeman continues the show describing it as a kick-ass rock show

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#otd 1984 Beat Street, one of the first films with a hip hop back drop, is released.
It featured cameos from Doug E Fresh, Melle Mel, and Afika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force

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#otd 1989 Metallica release their first videos. The band present two version of the same song, One. A long version and a short version

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#otd 1983 U2 play the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in the rain. The performance is recorded and released as a live album called Under a Blood Red Sky

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#otd 2017 After a terrorist bombing at her concert at the Manchester Arena, Ariana Grande hosts the One Love Manchester in tribute to the 22 victims.
The concert was held at the Old Trafford Cricket ground and featured Manchester locals Robbie Williams and Liam Gallagher

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#otd 1964 The Rolling Stones perform on American TV for the first time.
They appear on the show Hollywood Palace hosted by Dean Martin, who said 'Their hair is not long, it's just they just have smaller foreheads'

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#otd 1996 On the eve of the Euro '96 football tournament, the England National team's official song, Three Lions, goes to number one.
Written by comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner, with some help from The Lightning Seeds, the song is still chanted at games 30 years later

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#otd 1985 the PMRC (the Parents Music Resource Centre) sends out its first letter of complaint to the RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America) to request a ratings system for albums and concerts, it ends in the parental advisory stickers on risqué albums

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#otd 1983 Candy Girl by New Edition goes to number one in the UK. The first rap song to do so in the country.

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#otd 2004 The Vines frontman Craig Nicholls has a rampage on stage mid performance.
The singer yelled at fans, and lashed out at a photographer, who pressed charges.
Before court it's discovered that he has Asperger's Syndrome, which helps his defence and helps his mental health

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#otd 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis is forced to cancel his UK tour after just three shows.
The crowds were hostile towards the singer due to the discovery of him marrying his 13 year-old second cousin.

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#otd 1969 The Who released their most ambitious project yet, the rock opera Tommy. The protagonist is a pinball wizard despite being deaf, dumb, and blind.

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#otd 1986 Peter Gabriel releases the album So. The album is more pop sounding than previous releases and contains the hit Sledgehammer

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#otd 1985 Thanks to the film The Breakfast Club, Simple Minds goes to number one in The US with Don't You (Forget About Me).

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#otd 1985 Dire Straits release their best selling album: Brothers in Arms