JANUARY 18
TODAY IN 1980, RUSH RELEASED ‘PERMANENT WAVES’, THEIR 7TH STUDIO ALBUM, FEATURING THE SINGLES ‘THE SPIRIT OF RADIO’ AND ‘FREE WILL’, THEIR FIRST TO REACH THE TOP 5 ON THE US ALBUM CHART.
IN 1990, ERIC CLAPTON PLAYS THE FIRST OF AN 18 NIGHT CONCERT RUN AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL IN LONDON. IT’S PART OF HIS TWO-AND-A HALF-YEAR, 165 DAY JOURNEYMAN WORLD TOUR
AND SADLY, IN 2016, 67 GLENN FRY, FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE EAGLES, DIED WHILE RECOVERING FROM INTESTINAL SURGERY.