March 4
TODAY IN 1977 QUEEN RELEASE THE SINGLE “TIE YOU MOTHER DOWN”. IT IS THE OPENING TRACK AND THE SECOND SINGLE FROM THEIR ALBUM ‘A DAY AT THE RACES’. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN RECENT YEARS, BRIAN MAY AND ROGER TAYLOR HAVE PLAYED THE SONG LIVE WITH THE FOO FIGHTERS.
THE POLICE PLAY THE FINAL CONCERT OF THEIR ‘SYNCHRONICITY’ TOUR IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA TODAY IN 1984. IT IS THEIR LAST SHOW, EXCEPT FOR A FEW SPECIAL EVENTS TOGETHER, UNTIL THEIR REUNION TOUR IN 2007.
AND FINALLY, BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO FORMER METALLICA BASSIST JASON NEWSTED WHO TURNS 61 TODAY.

