2013 – Heart release new live performance on DVD and Blu-ray on This Day in Rock Music History! Frontiers Records are set to release Heart’s concert “FANATIC LIVE FROM CAESARS COLOSSEUM” on CD+DVD Deluxe Edition, DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on Monday 24th February 2014. The history behind this recording began in 2012, which […]
2013 – Peter Murphy of Bauhaus sentenced 3 years probation on This Day in Rock Music History! Peter Murphy of Bauhaus has been handed a sentence of three years probation, 45 days of Narcotics Anonymous and ten days of community service for his arrest earlier this year. Last March, Murphy was arrested in Glendale, CA […]
2013 – Alex Van Halen sues his ex on This Day in Rock Music History! Alex and Kelly Van Halen divorced over 20 years ago, yet Kelly has kept Van Halen as her surname. Now the company that controls the group’s name is suing her for trademark infringement. Kelly Van Halen (originally Carter) has named […]
2013 – Paul McCartney wins back song rights from Michael Jackson on This Day in Rock Music History! 30 years ago, Michael Jackson outbid secretly at auction Paul McCartney on his own songs from the Beatles Era. This, after Sir Paul had shown Jackson how to purchase song rights in this way. However, the 1976 […]
2012 – Randy Blythe from ‘Lamb of God’ is charged over the death of a fan at a concert in Prague in 2010 on This Day in Rock! The singer was accused of pushing the fan off stage during a show in the Czech Republic. The fan hit his head when he fell to the […]
2012 – Bruce Springsteen with Paul McCartney performs in London’s Hyde Park and gets plug pulled on This Day in Rock Music History! A concert which was turning out to be most epic, was shut down by organizers just as Beatle Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen were peaking the 3 hour mark. Bruce had worked […]
2012 – Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, quit ‘American Idol’ for the following season on This Day in Rock Music History! Tyler was quoted as saying, he wants to dedicate himself to his band, Aerosmith. “I strayed from my first love, Aerosmith, and I’m back,” the band’s lead singer said in a statement. “I’ve decided it’s time […]
2012 – The Rolling Stones release “The Rolling Stones: 50″ Photo album on This Day in Rock Music History! In 1962 when the Rolling Stones debuted at the Marquee Club in London’s Oxford Street, 50 Years to this day! The photo album chronicles their rise to FAME! The release of the book also heralds another […]
2012 – Rihanna sues former accountants on This Day in Rock Music History! Mismanaged funds is the reason for the suit, including a claim that her accountants gained huge comissions from concert tours that resulted in her loss of millions. The laswuit filed in Manhattan Federal court, has the 24 year old singer and her […]
2012 – “Yellow Submarine” the animated Beatles movie was restored re-released today on This Day in Rock Music History! The iconic movie was carefully restored frame by frame for a May 28th DVD Release this year. The movie was originally released in 1968, and was a surreal story about a magical land called Pepperland which […]
2012 – Sinead O’Connor cancels tour due to bipolar disorder on This Day in Rock Music History! O’Connor added that she had a “very serious breakdown” between December and March, but ignored her doctor’s advice not to go on tour because she did not want to let people down. “So very stupidly I ignored his […]
2012 – Dick Clark died Wednesday of a heart attack at 82 on This Day in Rock Music History! As a working teen in 1945 at WRUN-AM in Utica, N.Y., a station owned by his uncle and run by his father, he began his entertainment career as a news and weatherman. After graduating from college, […]
