Category: Setlist History

On a dreary evening in Brazil, atop a giant festival stage while being telecast on South American television, Sonic Youth awkwardly played its final show. The hour-long recital on November 14, 2011 was a gloomy finale to a glorious career.

On November 8, 1989, Aerosmith live debuted "Janie's Got A Gun," to a crowd of about 12,000 unsuspecting fans in Mannheim, Germany.

David Bowie debuted what would become his first number one single, "Fame," on this day (11/1) in 1975.

On this day (11/1) in 1992, Pearl Jam live debuted "Daughter" at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit.

On this day in 1981, Iron Maiden replaced its original singer, Paul Di'Anno, with the man who would quickly become the voice of the metal icons – and eventually the pilot of its airliner.At the Palazzo dello Sport in Bologna, Italy, on 10/26/81, 23 year-old Bruce Dickinson took to the stage and led the group through a 17-song blistering set which concluded with three encores.

September 26, 1986 at the Solnahallen in Sweden was supposed to be a celebratory show for Metallica. Sadly it ended up being the final concert with bassist Cliff Burton who died the next morning in a tour bus accident.