APRIL 29
IN 1998, AEROSMITH’S STEVEN TYLER BROKE HIS KNEE AT A CONCERT IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA FORCING THE BAND TO DELAY THEIR ‘NINE LIVES’ TOUR AND NECESSITATING CAMERA ANGLE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE FILMING OF THE VIDEO FOR “I DON’T WANT TO MISS A THING.”
IN 1980, BLACK SABBATH BEGAN THEIR FIRST TOUR WITH VOCALIST RONNIE JAMES DIO, REPLACING OZZY OSBOURNE.
AND ON THIS DAY IN 1976, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, AFTER PLAYING A MEMPHIS CONCERT ON HIS ‘BORN TO RUN’ TOUR, TRIES TO CLIMB OVER THE FENCE AT ELVIS PRESLEY’S GRACELAND ESTATE. HE IS PROMPTLY ESCORTED OFF THE PREMISES BY GUARDS WHO INFORM HIM THE KING IS NOT AT HOME.