Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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NOVEMBER 14 

ON THIS DAY IN 1975, QUEEN KICKED OFF THEIR 78-DATE NIGHT AT THE OPERA WORLD TOUR AT THE EMPIRE THEATRE IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. AT THE TIME, “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” WAS CLIMBING UP THE CHARTS.  

TODAY IN 1967, JIMI HENDRIX HEADLINED A SHOW AT LONDON’S ROYAL ALBERT HALL, THE START OF A 16-DATE TOUR. SIX OTHER BANDS WERE ON THE BILL, INCLUDING THE NICE (WITH KEITH EMERSON), AND PINK FLOYD.  

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GUITARIST AND VOCALIST JAMES YOUNG OF STYX, WHO WAS BORN IN 1949