The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 960: Rock’s greatest disasters
Humanity has always been beset by disasters, whether they be acts of God or something we somehow brought on ourselves.
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Woodstock
Ongoing History Daily: Green Day’s Woodstock gig
Green Day will never forget their time on stage at the 25th anniversary Woodstock show in 1994. At one point
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Ongoing History Daily: The largest rock concert EVER!
What was the biggest ever crowd at a rock concert? Let’s get the 1969 Woodstock festival out of the way.
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Michael Lang, founder of Woodstock, dead at 77.
Michael Lang was still in his twenties when he promoted Woodstock back in 1969. Not bad for something that became
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Ongoing History: Trent Reznor and Michael J. Fox
True or false: Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails once appeared in a movie with Michael J. Fox. True. The
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Ongoing History Daily: Green Day’s Woodstock dental mishap
Green Day will never forget their time on stage at Woodstock during the 25th anniversary version of the event in
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Random music news for Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Before we begin, who doesn’t love news bloopers? Moving to music news for December 9, 2020… If this album sells
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Random music news for Friday, June 19, 2020
Before we begin, here’s a tutorial on farts. Oh, and Gwyneth Paltrow has a new scented candle. And yes, it’s
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Sure, Woodstock happened 50 years ago, but so did a Toronto festival that helped break up The Beatles.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There have been plenty of 50th-anniversary commemorations this summer. The Apollo
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Random music news for Monday, August 19, 2019
On this date in 1953, the CIA and MI6 overthrew the regime in Iran and installing the West-friendly Shah. That
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Random music news for Wednesday, August 7, 2019
On this day in 1955, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sold its first transistor radios. When it comes
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