MARCH 9
TODAY IN 1976, QUEEN’S “A NIGHT AT THE OPERA,” THE ALBUM THAT FEATURES “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY,” WAS CERTIFIED GOLD.
ON THIS DAY IN 1987, U2 RELEASED THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘THE JOSHUA TREE’ WHICH TOPPED THE CHARTS IN OVER 20 COUNTRIES AND BECAME U2’S FIRST U.S. NO.1 ALBUM. IT WOULD GO ON TO WIN A GRAMMY FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL IN 1988.
TODAY IN 2011 ERIC CLAPTON AUCTIONED OFF 75 GUITARS AND 55 AMPLIFIERS, WITH THE PROCEEDS GOING TO HIS CROSSROADS REHAB CENTER IN ANTIGUA.