Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

North Central Florida Media Group

AUGUST 11 |  

TODAY IN 1979, LED ZEPPELIN PLAYED THEIR FINAL LIVE SHOW IN ENGLAND WITH THEIR ORIGINAL LINEUP. THEIR HEADLINING SETS AT KNEBWORTH FESTIVAL WERE THEIR FIRST SHOWS IN THE UK SINCE 1975.  

IN 1999 ALL FOUR ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF KISS APPEARED IN LOS ANGELES TO UNVEIL THEIR STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. THE BAND HAD RELEASED OVER 30 ALBUMS AND SOLD OVER 80 MILLION RECORDS WORLD-WIDE.  

AND TODAY IN 1979, THE KNACK STARTED A FIVE-WEEK RUN AT NO. 1 ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART WITH ‘GET THE KNACK’, WHICH INCLUDED THE HIT SINGLE, “MY SHARONA.” 

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