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Concerts and Festivals
2002 : Creed play a disastrous show in Chicago, leading 4 fans to sue the band, claiming lead singer Scott Stapp was either medicated or drunk, and "unable to sing the lyrics of a single Creed song." Stapp denied he was drunk and claimed rolling around on stage was an "Artistic Moment." The case was thrown out of court. |
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Band Dynamics (1)
| 1967 : Dave Mason announces that he is leaving Traffic, just as the group is releasing its debut album. Unlike the other members of the group, Mason didn't want to collaborate on writing songs, setting up something of a rivalry with fellow founder Steve Winwood and prompting Mason to pursue a solo career. |
Births (8)
Concerts and Festivals (2)
| 1812 : Opus 96: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major by Ludwig van Beethoven is first performed. |
| 2002 : Creed play a disastrous show in Chicago, leading 4 fans to sue the band, claiming lead singer Scott Stapp was either medicated or drunk, and "unable to sing the lyrics of a single Creed song." Stapp denied he was drunk and claimed rolling around on stage was an "Artistic Moment." The case was thrown out of court. |
Deaths (3)
| 1980 : Tim Hardin |
| 2008 : Freddie Hubbard |
| 2010 : Bobby Farrell (Boney M) |
Legal Issues (1)
| 2011 : The Nigerian government files a lawsuit against Rick Ross for cancelling a concert in Cross River State, Nigeria the night before. Ross was scheduled to perform at the annual Calabar carnival celebration but pulled out at the last minute wihtout citing a reason. The Cross River State government sued the rapper for breach of contract and to recover his performance fee. |
Marriages and Breakups (1)
| 1975 : Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane break up after living together for 7 years. Slick marries the band's lighting engineer the next year. |
Music and Politics (1)
| 1966 : Gary Lewis, whose band Gary Lewis and the Playboys charted 7 Top-10 hits the previous 2 years, enters the Army. He serves in Korea and Saigon, but never sees action. Lewis is the son of Jerry Lewis, but never considered using his connections to dodge the draft. Said Gary: "I got my draft notice, and the first thing that popped into my mind was Elvis did it, I'm doing it. That's all there is to it." |
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