Posted at 9:03 AM on August 1, 2008
by Barb Abney
There's an online petition asking Bono to retire.. for charity.
Hot Chip to release live EP via iTunes.
Today In Music History:
1942 - Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) was born.
1953 - Robert Cray was born.
1959 - Joe Elliott (Def Leppard) was born.
1960 - Aretha Franklin recorded her first secular songs for CBS records.
1960 - Chuck D (Public Enemy) was born.
1960 - Suzi Gardner (L7) was born.
1971 - "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour'' debuted.
1981 - MTV premiered with The Buggles' video "Video Killed the Radio Star''.
1987 - MTV Europe premiered with the video "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits ("I Want My MTV", indeed).
1987 - Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) married Siobham Fahey (Bananarama).
1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley announced that they had been married in a private ceremony nearly 3 months earlier.
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