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ON THIS DAY IN 1977, FLEETWOOD MAC RELEASE “RUMOURS”, ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. IT SPENT 31 WEEKS AT THE TOP OF THE U.S. ALBUM CHART ON THE STRENGTH OF THE SINGLES, “GO YOUR OWN WAY”, “DREAMS”, “DON’T STOP” AND “YOU MAKE LOVING FUN”. IT ALSO WON A GRAMMY FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR IN 1978
IN 1997 ‘THE OFFSPRING’ RETURN WITH THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘IXNAY ON THE HOMBRE’, FEATURING THE HIT SINGLE “GONE AWAY”. IT WAS THE FOLLOW-UP TO THEIR 1994 BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM ‘SMASH’.
TODAY IN 2017 BLACK SABBATH PLAYED THE FINAL SHOW OF THEIR NEARLY FIFTY-YEAR CAREER IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. THEIR FINAL SONG OF THE NIGHT, “PARANOID,” WAS STREAMED LIVE SO FANS AROUND THE WORLD COULD WITNESS THE HISTORIC MOMENT ONSTAGE.
