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TODAY IN 1982 BILLY IDOL RELEASES “WHITE WEDDING”, THE SECOND TRACK ON HIS SELF-TITLED ALBUM. IT IS ONE OF BILLY IDOL’S MOST RECOGNIZABLE SONGS DESPITE NOT BEING HIS HIGHEST CHARTING SONG.
IN 1989 NIRVANA PLAY THEIR FIRST EVER EUROPEAN SHOW WHEN THEY APPEAR AT NEWCASTLE’S RIVERSIDE CLUB IN NORTH EAST ENGLAND. IT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT OF A 36-DATE EUROPEAN TOUR FOR THE GROUP.
AND IN 2018 THE FREDDIE MERCURY BIO FILM “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” PREMIERES IN LONDON. THE FILM WON FOUR ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST ACTOR FOR RAMI MALEK WHO STARRED AS FREDDIE MERCURY IN THE FILM.