AUGUST 9
TODAY IN 1980, AC/DC REACHES THE TOP OF THE U.K. ALBUM CHART WITH ‘BACK IN BLACK’ SPENDING TWO WEEKS AT #1. IT WAS THE AUSTRALIAN BAND’S FIRST RELEASE WITH LEAD SINGER BRIAN JOHNSON, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC DEATH OF BON SCOTT.
ON THIS DAY IN 1986, QUEEN PERFORMS THEIR LAST CONCERT WITH THEIR ORIGINAL LINEUP AT ENGLAND’S KNEBWORTH FESTIVAL IN FRONT OF NEARLY 200,000 FANS. IT IS FREDDIE MERCURY’S FINAL SHOW WITH THE BAND.
AND IN 1995, WE LOST GUITARIST JERRY GARCIA, THE FOUNDER AND LEADER OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD, WHEN HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AT AGE 53.