OCTOBER 31
ON THIS DATE IN 1975 QUEEN’S RELEASE “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” AS THE LEAD SINGLE FROM THEIR FOURTH ALBUM, ‘A NIGHT AT THE OPERA’. IT WOULD STAY AT THE TOP OF THE CHART FOR NINE WEEKS.
IN 1998 KISS LAUNCH THEIR ‘PSYCHO CIRCUS’ TOUR WITH A HALLOWEEN SHOW IN LOS ANGELES. THE APTLY NAMED SMASHING PUMPKINS ARE THE OPENING ACT.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U2 CO-FOUNDER AND DRUMMER, LAWRENCE “LARRY” MULLEN JR., BORN IN DUBLIN, IRELAND, WHO’S TURNING 63 TODAY.