May 27th
2005: Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor is
awarded $3 million in damages after winning his fraud suit against former
manager John Malm.
1999: Rush becomes the first rock band to receive a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto.
1987: At a U2 concert in Rome, the sound system is so loud that neighbors call emergency services claiming an earthquake struck.
1977: The Sex Pistols single God Save the Queen is released in the U.K. Over 100,000 copies were sold & peaked at number two on the U.K. charts despite being banned by the BBC.
Declan McManus made his live debut as Elvis Costello at the Nashville in London.
1957: Buddy Holly and the Crickets release their That’ll Be the Day, their only number one song in the U.K. In the U.S. the song would peak at number three.
Birthdays:
Pete Sears-bassist of Jefferson Starship born in 1948
Siouxsie Sioux-singer of Siouxsie & the Banshees born in 1957
Neil Finn-singer of Crowded House & Split Enz born in 1958
1999: Rush becomes the first rock band to receive a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto.
1987: At a U2 concert in Rome, the sound system is so loud that neighbors call emergency services claiming an earthquake struck.
1977: The Sex Pistols single God Save the Queen is released in the U.K. Over 100,000 copies were sold & peaked at number two on the U.K. charts despite being banned by the BBC.
Declan McManus made his live debut as Elvis Costello at the Nashville in London.
1957: Buddy Holly and the Crickets release their That’ll Be the Day, their only number one song in the U.K. In the U.S. the song would peak at number three.
Birthdays:
Pete Sears-bassist of Jefferson Starship born in 1948
Siouxsie Sioux-singer of Siouxsie & the Banshees born in 1957
Neil Finn-singer of Crowded House & Split Enz born in 1958
