AUGUST 9
TODAY IN 1986, QUEEN PLAYED THEIR FINAL CONCERT WITH FREDDIE MERCURY AND THEIR CLASSIC LINEUP. THE BAND CLOSED OUT THE MAGIC TOUR AT ENGLAND’S KNEBWORTH PARK IN FRONT OF AROUND 120 THOUSAND FANS. FOR FREDDIE, IT WOULD BE HIS LAST SHOW WITH QUEEN.
ON THIS DAY IN 1980, AC/DC REACHES THE TOP OF THE U.K. ALBUM CHART WITH ‘BACK IN BLACK’ SPENDING TWO WEEKS AT #1. IT WAS THE AUSTRALIAN BAND’S FIRST RELEASE WITH LEAD SINGER BRIAN JOHNSON, FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC DEATH OF BON SCOTT.
AND IN 1995, WE LOST GUITARIST JERRY GARCIA, THE FOUNDER AND LEADER OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD, WHEN HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AT AGE 53.