NOVEMBER 14
ON THIS DAY IN 1975, QUEEN KICK OFF A 78-DATE WORLD TOUR IN SUPPORT OF ‘A NIGHT AT THE OPERA’ WITH A TWO-NIGHT ENGAGEMENT AT LIVERPOOL’S EMPIRE THEATRE. AT THE TIME, “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” WAS CLIMBING UP THE CHARTS.
IN 2010 KEITH RICHARDS’ AUTOBIOGRAPHY ‘LIFE’ WAS NO. 1 ON THE NEW YORK TIMES HARDCOVER NONFICTION BESTSELLER LIST. THE BOOK BY THE ROLLING STONES GUITARIST WENT ON TO BE A MILLION SELLER.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GUITARIST/VOCALIST JAMES YOUNG OF STYX – “J.Y.”, HAVING SERVED AS THE ONLY CONTINUOUS ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE BAND, TURNS 75 TODAY.