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| 9/9/2010 |
Today In History
In 1978
U2 opened for the British punk band The Stranglers at the Top Hat Ballroom in Dublin, Ireland.
In 1987
Poison's album "Look What The Cat Dragged In" was certified multi-Platinum.
In 1988
Def Leppard's video "Hysteria" was certified Gold, Platinum, and multi-Platinum, while Cinderella's album "Long Cold Winter" was certified Gold and Platinum.
In 1992
Ozzy Osbourne's album "No More Tears" was certified multi-Platinum, while Megadeth's album "Countdown To Extinction" was certified Gold and Platinum.
In 1998
Former Sex Pistols and PiL frontman John Lydon was the defendant on an episode of "Judge Judy." A drummer who claimed Lydon gave him a head-butt during a contract dispute was suing him over the incident.
In 1999
The Smashing Pumpkins announced that bassist D'Arcy Wretzky had left the group.
In 2003
Coldplay's Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland built the word "hope" on a beach in Cancun, Mexico outside the meeting of the World Trade Organization in support of the group Make Trade Fair.
Velvet Revolver signed a recording deal with RCA.
Sinead O'Connor released the album "She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty."
In 2004
Lenny Kravitz was among the artists who took part in the NFL's "Opening Night Kickoff" TV special ushering in the new football season.
Velvet Revolver's Scott Weiland and Duff McKagan and Fuel's Brett Scallions' new restaurant, "Snitch," opened in Manhattan.
In 2005
U2 and the Foo Fighters were among the artists who participated in the network TV telethon "Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast." The event aired simultaneously on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The WB, UPN, Bravo, TBS, USA, FX, Oxygen, E!, and ABC Family.
Gwen Stefani and Jack Osbourne were among those on "People" magazine's Best Dressed 2005 list.
In 2006
Good Charlotte and The Eurythmics' Dave Stewart were among those who took part in a special recording session in Hollywood to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Greenpeace.
In 2007
Kid Rock, Motley Crue's Tommy Lee, and Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, and System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian were involved in different skirmishes during the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, which took place in Las Vegas. Rock and Lee got into a tussle that led to Rock getting a police citation, while Wentz had a little dust up with a security guard at the Mirage's Jet nightclub. Odadjian was in a brawl that put Mastodon singer Brent Hinds in the hospital with a brain hemorrhage and other head wounds. Hinds was reportedly drunk at the time, and is said to have instigated the incident. Fall Out Boy and Gym Class Heroes were among the rockers taking awards. Rihanna and Jay-Z were the event's big winners.
In 2008
New releases included former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch's solo debut "Save Me From Myself."
In 2009
Good Charlotte's Joel Madden and girlfriend Nicole Richie celebrated the birth of their second child, son Sparrow James Midnight Madden.< |
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