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Setlist History
Nirvana headlined one of their biggest shows of their career on August 30, 1992, the Reading Festival, so naturally Kurt Cobain was pushed out on stage in a wheelchair while wearing a long blonde frightwig and a hospital gown to play into the rumors he was sickly and creeping towards death.
Setlist History
Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera kissed during the opening performance of the 2003 MTV VMAs on this day, August 28, and it was instantly iconic.
Live Debuts
Bruno Mars surprised an adoring audience in 2010 when he live-debuted "Marry You" at the Bowery Ballroom on August 25.
Setlist History
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant got back together because of MTV.
Setlist History
The Velvet Underground played their last gig with Lou Reed on August 23, 1970 at their old haunt, Max's Kansas City in New York City.
Setlist History
The Talking Heads kicked off their Remain in Light Tour at the Heatwave Festival in Canada on August 23, 1980, where they live debuted several new songs from their forthcoming album.
On Tour Now
Weezer in August 1996 had just set off on a year-long tour in support of Pinkerton, an album that many today consider either their best or second-best offering, but critics and cash registers back then weren't so sure.
Festivals
On August 19, 1969 Jimi Hendrix was the final performer at Woodstock, hitting the stage at 9am on Monday morning.The guitar hero was supposed to close the show 'round midnight but due to the scattered showers, delays, screw-ups, and inability to quickly get bands in and out of the gig without a helicopter, the schedule was running about a half day behind schedule.Jimi was offered the midnight slot anyway but he was being paid the equivalent of $100k to close the show so he was gonna close the damn thing.
Setlist History
The Beatles kicked off their first full-blown North American tour on August 19, 1964.
Covers
Music lost a giant when Robbie Robertson passed away last week at 80 years old.
