Week of September 18th

Take a look back at this week in Rock & Roll History

Episode Transcript

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What happened this week in rock androll history? Let's find out. It's
the rock Omanac on iHeartRadio. What'sgoing on, rock and roll lovers,
It's Andy West. Let's get itstarted. We kick it off. This
week in nineteen seventy two, DavidBowie begins his first US tour with the
Spiders from Mars at Cleveland's Music Hall. This week in nineteen eighty three,

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Billy Joel hits number one in Americawith Teller About It, a song inspired
by his future wife, Christie Brinkley. Also this week in nineteen eighty three,
ten years after their bitter break up, the Everly Brothers reunite for a
concert at Royal Albert Hall in London. It is released as a double album
Reunion Concert. This week in nineteenninety seven, five days before the official

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start of their Bridges to Babylon tour, the Rolling Stones play a club show
at Chicago's Double Door. Four hundredpeople, including the Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan
see the Stones play a twelve songhour and a half set. And this
week in twenty eleven, Rim announcedthat they are calling at quits after more
than thirty years. In a postOn their website, the band members write
to our fans and friends, asR. E. M. And as

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lifelong friends and co conspirators, wehave decided to call it a day.
As a band. We walk awaywith a great sense of gratitude, of
finality, and of astonishment at allwe have accomplished. To anyone who ever
felt touched by our music, ourdeepest thanks for listening their biggest hit on
the Billboard Hot one hundred, ofcourse, nineteen ninety ones Losing my Religion

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as that's me and the spot liars, and that's when went down to your
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