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2011 Prince William marries Catherine Middleton at a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London. Ellie Goulding performs at the reception, singing a cover of Elton John's "Your Song" for the first dance. "It was all very secretive," Goulding said. "I thought I was a decoy for someone else."
1992 Paula Abdul marries actor Emilio Estevez in what at the time is an A-list union. The marriage lasts two years.
1980 Black Sabbath launch their first tour with Ronnie James Dio as lead vocalist, replacing Ozzy Osbourne.
1976 Bruce Springsteen, fresh from playing a Memphis concert on his Born To Run tour, tries to climb over the fence at Elvis Presley's Graceland estate in an attempt to see Presley. He is escorted off the premises by guards who inform him the King is not at home.More
1975 Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" marks the end of the Vietnam War as the American Radio Service plays the tune during the Fall of Saigon - a signal for American personnel to evacuate. Many songs were written in reaction to the war, which ramped up in the late '60s. A few songs, notably "Still in Saigon" by The Charlie Daniels Band and "Born In The U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen, explore the plight of veterans on their return home.More
1933 Willie Nelson is born in Abbott, Texas.
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In Music History
2023 Willie Nelson celebrates his 90th birthday with a concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Guest performers include Norah Jones, The Chicks, and Snoop Dogg, who joins Nelson on their duet "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die."
2023 Metallica's album 72 Seasons debuts at #2 behind Morgan Wallen's One Thing At A Time, in its seventh week at the top. It's the first Metallica album since ...And Justice for All in 1988 that doesn't debut at #1.
2022 Dolly Parton appears as an angel in the last episode of the TV series Grace And Frankie, reuniting her with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, her co-stars in the 1980 movie 9 to 5.
2015 Cyndi Lauper testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee, speaking on behalf of homeless LGBTQ youth, whom she says are often kicked out of shelters and denied services. Lauper co-founded the True Colors Fund in 2008 to advocate for the cause.
2014 Paul Goddard (bassist for Atlanta Rhythm Section) dies at age 68 of a brief, sudden illness.
2014 Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst publishes Willie's Bar and Grill, a memoir about the Aussie band's North American tour post-9/11.
2007 Rage Against The Machine reunite to close the Coachella Festival, their first show in seven years.
2005 Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary undergoes a bone marrow transplant to battle leukemia.
2003 The movie Only The Strong Survive (with many R&B legends, including Jerry Butler) premieres in New York.
1999 Following his reunion with Pamela Anderson Lee, Tommy Lee quits Mötley Crüe to devote time to his new band, Methods of Mayhem, and his family.
1998 While performing "Mama Kin" at a show in Anchorage, Alaska, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith loses control of his microphone stand, which hits him in the leg. He falls, tearing his ACL. This forces the band to postpone the rest of their tour while Tyler recovers from surgery.
1997 Lynyrd Skynyrd release the album Twenty, which is titled after the fact that it's being released 20 years after the plane crash that claimed the lives of three band members. It's their ninth studio album.
1996 Phil Spector calls off a planned project to produce Celine Dion when they can't agree to terms.
1995 Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility, while Shakur is serving a four-and-a-half-year jail term for sexual assault.
Fallon And Rudd Do Styx
2016Jimmy Fallon and Paul Rudd do a shot-for-shot remake of the Styx video for "Too Much Time On My Hands."
The bit airs on Fallon's Tonight Show after a discussion with Rudd where they mention being bandmates in Styx. The video stays true to the original, complete with cutting-edge (for 1981) video effects and Dennis DeYoung's super-stylish tuxedo vest with boutonniere. The video has special memories for many in Generation X, as it was in heavy rotation when MTV went on the air in 1981. Rock revisionists have questioned the coolness of the band, but to those who grew up watching them on MTV, they will always be undeniably awesome.
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