Today In Music History

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Here you can post what happened this day in music history. From classic albums releases to birthdays of any rock stars or even a memorable concert you saw.



Today feb 28

Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) born 1942


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Hope it's not a DDT!

Feb 28, '86---->Yoko Ono's disasterous "Starpeace" tour opened in Brussels to a whopping turnout of 300 people, causing the North American leg of the tour to be cancelled. We who live in Canada and the US owe a huge debt of gratitude to the Belgians.

I'm not a rock star, but today is my birthday.

Happy Birthday!

Happy BIRTHDAY!

feb 29 1968: The Beatles 'Sgt Pepper' won album of the year, best cover, best engineered and recorded album at this years Grammy Awards.

feb 29 1977: two members of Lynyrd Skynyrd were knocked unconscious after a scuffle broke out between the band and members of the metropolitan police boxing team, who were holding a dinner at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.


feb 29 1992: Mr Big started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'To Be With You', a No.3 hit in the UK.

Day late but, whatever...

2/28/80 - PF plays the final Wall show at Nassau Coliseum. Also the last Wall show ever to be played in the USA.

march 1st 1944: Roger Daltry, vocals, The Who (born)

march 1st 1973: Ryan Peake, guitar, Nickelback (born)

march 1st 1974: Queen began their first headlining UK tour at The Winter Garden's Blackpool.

march 1st 1975: Bob Dylan started a two week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Blood On The Tracks' his first US No.1

march 1st 1994: Nirvana played their last ever concert when they appeared at The Terminal Einz in Munich, Germany.

March 1, 1969
Doors' lead singer Jim Morrison was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, indecent exposure, open profanity and public drunkeness as a result of actions on stage during a concert in Miami. He was found guilty in August 1970 on the exposure and profanity charges. Morrison's sentence - eight months hard labor and a $500 fine - were on appeal when Morrison died in Paris in 1971.

March 1, 1979
Elvis Costello began a tour in Birmingham, Alabama to support his "Armed Forces" LP. During a stop in Columbus, Ohio, Costello had a much-publicised confrontation with singers Bonnie Bramlett and Stephen Stills in a hotel bar after casting a racial slur against Ray Charles.

March 2 1964 - The Beatles began filming what would become their first feature film 'A Hard Days Night' at Marylebone train station, London.

March 2 1975 - A LA policeman stopped a Lincoln Continental for running a red light was surprised to find Paul McCartney at the wheel with his wife Linda. The cop detected a smell of marijuana & on searching the car found eight ounces. Linda was arrested

March 2 1983 - A new digital audio system, a five inch compact disc containing up to 1 hour of music was launched by Sony, Philips and Polygram.

March 2 1985 - The Smiths were at No.1 on the UK indie charts with 'How Soon Is Now.

March 2 1991 - French singer Serge Gainsbourg died.

March 2 1999 - Dusty Springfield died after a long battle against cancer, aged 59.

I must ask you guys, where the hell is the floyd history? Isnt this all PINK FLOYD fan network

ok ablaze, there you go

pink floyd played live:
March 2 1967 - Assembley Rooms, Worthing, East Sussex, England

March 2 1988 - Budokan Grand Hall, Tokyo, Japan

March 2, 2004: Brian (aka, terminalfrost) listens to DSOTM for the 56,359 time!

That post was totally useless.

1966 3 March : Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed
Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles.

1984 3 March : German group Nena started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with '99 Red Balloons.


pink floyd played live:
1967 3 March Market Hall, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
1969 3 March Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol, England
1988 3 March Budokan Grand Hall, Tokyo, Japan