FEBRUARY 19
ON THIS DAY IN 1992, DURING THEIR ‘USE YOUR ILLUSION’ TOUR, ‘GUNS N’ ROSES’ PLAYED THE FIRST OF THREE NIGHTS AT THE TOKYO DOME IN JAPAN. THE 55,000-SEAT BASEBALL STADIUM ALSO KNOWN AS “THE BIG EGG” IS THE LARGEST CONCERT HALL IN JAPAN.
TODAY IN 1977, THE ‘MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND’ VERSION OF THE SPRINGSTEEN PENNED “BLINDED BY THE LIGHT” REACHED THE TOP OF THE BILLBOARD SINGLES CHART. SURPRISINGLY, IT IS THE ONLY SPRINGSTEEN SONG TO EVER TOP THE CHART.
GRAVITAS ALERT AND AC/DC SINGER BON SCOTT DIED WHILE ON TOUR IN LONDON ON FEBRUARY 19, 1980. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.