SEPTEMBER 4
TODAY IN 1980 A NEW VERSION OF ‘YES’, WITH CHRIS SQUIRE, STEVE HOWE, ALAN WHITE, GEOFF DOWNES AND TREVOR HORN, SELL OUT A THREE NIGHT STAND AT NEW YORK’S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
THE WHO RELEASE THE ALBUM “IT’S HARD” ON THIS DAY IN 1982. THIS ALBUM MARKS THE FINAL APPEARANCE OF BASSIST JOHN ENTWISTLE, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2002, AND THE SECOND AND LAST STUDIO ALBUM FEATURING DRUMMER KENNEY JONES. THE LP FEATURES THE TRACKS “ATHENA” AND “EMINENCE FRONT”.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOUNDING DRUMMER OF ‘THE PRETENDERS’, MARTIN CHAMBERS. THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER TURNS 73 TODAY.