Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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DECEMBER 3 

ONE OF THE SADDEST DAYS IN ROCK HISTORY WAS TODAY IN 1979, WHEN ELEVEN FANS DIED AND DOZENS INJURED IN THE RUSH TO GET GOOD SEATS AT A WHO CONCERT IN CINCINNATI. BECAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY, PROMOTERS BEGIN TO RETHINK THE PRACTICE KNOWN AS “FESTIVAL SEATING.”  

IN 1991 GUNS N’ ROSES RELEASE THEIR COVER OF THE WINGS SONG “LIVE AND LET DIE” AS THE SECOND SINGLE FROM THEIR ALBUM ‘USE YOUR ILLUSION I’.  

FINALLY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN MICHAEL OSBOURNE BETTER KNOWN AS OZZY OSBOURNE WHO TURNS 76 TODAY