DECEMBER 26
TODAY IN 1979, THE FIRST NIGHT OF A SERIES OF CONCERTS ARE HELD AT THE HAMMERSMITH ODEON IN LONDON, FOR THE PEOPLE OF KAMPUCHEA, FEATURING QUEEN, THE CLASH, THE PRETENDERS, THE WHO, WINGS, AND MANY MORE ARTISTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE VICTIMS OF WAR-TORN CAMBODIA.
IN 1981 AC/DC START A THREE-WEEK RUN AT #1 ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART WITH ‘FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK WE SALUTE YOU’, THE FOLLOW-UP TO THEIR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ALBUM ‘BACK IN BLACK’.
AND FINALLY, A VERY HAPPY 61ST BIRTHDAY TO LARS ULRICH, DRUMMER AND CO-FOUNDER OF METALLICA, BORN ON THIS DAY IN DENMARK.