Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Sep 1, 2023: McCartney, Lewis, Seger Pay Tribute to Jimmy Buffett
Fellow music stars paid tribute by sharing stories of a man they loved, while praising his singing and songwriting.
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Paul McCartney Begins Freshen Up Tour: Recap
He had been on a whirlwind promotional tour this summer, at first teasing his new studio album, Egypt Station. The 76-year-old seems refreshed
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Ozzy Osbourne Q&A: Is This Really the Last Tour?
“There’s no excess trouble. No drama…there are no arguments. We just get up, do our gig and have fun. In the ’80s, it was like Caligula on the road.”
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Yes Ftg Anderson-Rabin-Wakeman Begin 2018 US Tour
The trio are continuing what they’ve promised to be a 100-date world tour to celebrate the progressive rock group’s 50th anniversary
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Sept 1, 2016: Freddie Mercury Honored in London
To commemorate what would have been his 70th birthday, a blue plaque was affixed to his first London home, presented by the English Heritage charity
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Sept 1, 2011: Green Day Singer Booted Off Plane
Even the biggest rock stars can suffer those WTF? moments. It happened to Billie Joe Armstrong. “Pull your pants up or you’re coming off the plane!”
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Aug. 30, 1969: Texas International Pop Festival
The last big summer rock festival of 1969 took place near Dallas and featured a lineup that included Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin and Santana
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August 30, 1976: City Riots Inspire Clash Song
Joe Stummer and Paul Simonon of the punk band The Clash get caught up in the Notting Hill Carnival Riot on this day, and it inspires their first single.
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August 29, 1987: Los Lobos Hits #1 with ‘La Bamba’
Three weeks atop the Hot 100 with their soundtrack single from the Ritchie Valens biopic helped boost the profile of one of American music’s finest bands.
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August 29, 2016: Phil Collins Performs at US Open
“I can now tell people I’ve played the US Open,” the longtime Genesis singer-drummer joked. It soon led to a burst of touring.
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