The Who is headed out on a 2022 North American Tour. The tour will once again pair Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey with local symphonies. The Who Hits Back! Tour will stop in Seattle on October 22nd to play Climate Pledge Arena. Danny Bonaduce and Sarah will be giving away tickets all this week.
Even in 2022, the hair metal and grunge fight continues, as Eddie Vedder and Nikki Sixx trade insults. Vedder called Motley Crue sexist and said he despised the band; Sixx said Veddar sings with marbles in his mouth and called Pearl Jam’s music boring.
In the History of Rock in 1964 – A crowd of over five thousand fans and two hundred journalists were on hand to greet The Beatles as they touched down at John F. Kennedy. They were driven by limo, one per Beatle, to the Plaza Hotel before their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
In 1976 – Paul Simon had his only solo number one hit in the U.S. when “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” hit the top for three weeks.
And in 1981 – Pink Floyd began The Wall Tour in the US when they gave their first live performance of the new double album in Los Angeles. A 30-foot-high wall made of Styrofoam blocks was constructed across the 160 foot stage in the first half of the show, and then following the intermission, it was thoroughly destroyed.