FEBRUARY 18
TODAY IN 1990 FREDDIE MERCURY MADE HIS FINAL PUBLIC APPEARANCE ON STAGE WHEN HE JOINED THE REST OF QUEEN TO COLLECT THE BRIT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC, HELD AT THE DOMINION THEATRE, LONDON, ENGLAND
IN 1974 KISS RELEASE THEIR DEBUT, SELF-TITLED ALBUM, FEATURING “STRUTTER” AND “COLD GIN”, THEN THREE YEARS LATER IN 1977 THEY PLAY MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF NEW YORK CITY, FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH SAMMY HAGAR AS THE OPENING ACT.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FOUNDING MEMBER AND FRONTMAN OF ‘STYX’, DENNIS DEYOUNG, BORN ON THIS DAY IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IN 1947.