Joe Strummer was having a typical rock star’s day, even doing a promotional interview on April 21, 1982, for the Clash’s upcoming shows in Scotland.
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When Pink Floyd Launched Turbulent North American ‘Animals’ Tour
10 Years Ago: Jack White Goes Solo With ‘Blunderbuss’
When David Bowie and Iman married on April 24, 1992, it wasn’t a big, elaborate affair. Instead, the rock star and the supermodel tied the
On April 24, 1972, John Lennon released a new single: “Woman Is the N—– of the World.” Even at that time — an era in
History has consigned Elton John’s 16th studio album, Jump Up!, to also-ran status. Biographer Philip Norman dismissed it as “rather static and unenergized.” In his
R.E.M. built a following partly through their defiantly anti-commercial stance during the image-driven ’80s, so it may have come as something of a surprise when
30 Years Ago: XTC’s Struggles Continue on Lush, Ignored ‘Nonsuch’
The Los Angeles riots broke out in Tom Petty’s adopted hometown the same day he returned from a European tour in 1992. “We got back,”
On April 29, 1992 a jury acquitted four police officers who had been accused of violently beating Rodney King. The decision sent shockwaves through Los