JANUARY 18
TODAY IN 1980 RUSH RELEASE ‘PERMANENT WAVES’, THEIR SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM FEATURING THE SINGLES “THE SPIRIT OF RADIO” AND “FREEWILL” WHICH HELP MAKE IT THEIR FIRST TO REACH THE TOP 5 ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART.
IN 1990 ERIC CLAPTON PLAYS THE FIRST OF AN 18-NIGHT CONCERT RUN AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL IN LONDON AS PART OF HIS 2 ½ YEAR 165 DATE ‘JOURNEYMAN WORLD TOUR’.
AND SADLY, IN 2016, 67-YEAR-OLD GLENN FREY, FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE EAGLES, DIED WHILE RECOVERING FROM INTESTINAL SURGERY.