AUGUST 7
TODAY IN 1990 JON BON JOVI RELEASES HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ‘BLAZE OF GLORY’. IT INCLUDES SONGS FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE MOVIE ‘YOUNG GUNS II’. THE TITLE TRACK SERVES AS THE THEME SONG FOR THE UPCOMING BILLY THE KID SEQUEL.
IN 2008 THE POLICE WRAP UP THEIR REUNION TOUR WITH A PERFORMANCE AT NEW YORK’S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. THEIR FIRST TOUR SINCE 1986, IT LASTS 151 SHOWS AND FINISHES AS THE ONE OF THE HIGHEST-GROSSING TOURS OF ALL TIME.
AND HAPPY 66TH BIRTHDAY TO BRUCE DICKINSON, IRON MAIDEN LEAD VOCALIST WHO’S POWERFUL, OPERATIC VOICE CAN BE HEARD ON CLASSICS LIKE “RUN TO THE HILLS,” AND “THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST”.