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28 OCTOBER

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2014 At their regular haunt - the Beacon Theater in New York City - The Allman Brothers Band play their final show, a four-hour set that goes past midnight, ending on the anniversary of Duane Allman's death.

2004 Rod Stewart's Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 3 is #1 on the Billboard 200, marking the first time the singer reached the top of the albums chart since 1979's Blondes Have More Fun.

2004 Eminem gets his own radio channel on Sirius satellite radio. He launches the Shade 45 channel with a gathering called the Shady National Convention, which also promotes his album Encore.

1999 Performing at the Adams Mark hotel in Dallas, Kenny Rogers throws a frisbee that hits a chandelier. The broken glass hits audience member Kevin O'Toole, who claims that it leaves his face scarred and ruins his sex life. Both he and his wife sue Rogers, claiming the singer "deprived her of the services, love and guidance of her husband."

1997 Bill Berry leaves R.E.M. after 17 years as drummer to tend a hay farm in Georgia. He occasionally joins his old band for reunion gigs, but mostly stays out of the limelight.

1977 At the Old Waldorf in San Francisco, Steve Perry makes his debut with Journey. The band formed four years earlier and has been playing mostly progressive rock, but with Perry at the helm they make stadium-friendly pop songs and become one of the biggest bands in the land.

1972 Brad Paisley is born in Glen Dale, West Virginia. His first hit is as a songwriter, penning David Kersh's Top 5 country ballad "Another You."

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