Dropkick Murphys will perform a full concert at an empty Fenway Park next Friday. Bruce Springsteen will (remotely) join the band for two songs during the live-streamed benefit show. The event is the first of its kind at Boston’s historic baseball field and marks the first full concert at a major U.S. stadium without a … Continue reading Dropkick Murphys Will Perform at Empty Fenway Park →

May 21, 1966 – Bruce Springsteen and his band The Castiles perform at Freehold Regional High School in New Jersey.  All the band members are juniors at the school. May 21, 1992 – MTV airs the first episode of their new series The Real World.  It is one of the first reality TV series and garners massive ratings although it’s critically panned. May 21, 2008 – Steven … Continue reading CDJ Today: May 21 in Classic Rock →

May 15, 1987 – Mötley Crüe release their fourth album Girls, Girls, Girls.  It  becomes the band’s third straight album to go quadruple platinum. May 15, 1995 – Stone Temple Pilots lead singer Scott Weiland is arrested for heroin and cocaine possession in Pasadena by sheriff’s deputies who find cocaine in his car and heroin in his wallet. He is later sentenced to … Continue reading CDJ Today: May 15 in Classic Rock →

May 13, 1985 – Tipper Gore infamously creates the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) after hearing her daughter listening to the Prince song “Darling Nikki.”  The four member group of politically connected wives pressure the RIAA to put warning stickers on albums with offensive lyrics.  In testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Dee Snider, Frank Zappa and … Continue reading CDJ Today: May 13 in Classic Rock →

May 9, 1992 – Bruce Springsteen makes his North American network television debut on Saturday Night Live with host Tom Hanks. He performs three songs to promote his two recently-released albums, Lucky Town and Human Touch. May 9, 1978 – Fee Waybill of The Tubes breaks a leg after falling from the stage at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.  He says,”I had a chain saw and … Continue reading CDJ Today: May 9 in Classic Rock →

April 29, 1998 – Steven Tyler incurs a knee ligament injury when he drops his mic on his knee at a concert in Anchorage, Alaska while singing “Mama Kin.”  The tour is postponed through September of that year. April 29, 2003 – Great White play their first gig since the infamous Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island that killed 100 people.  Proceeds from … Continue reading CDJ Today: April 29 in Classic Rock →

Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Tony Bennett will participate in the Jersey 4 Jersey benefit event tonight, raising funds for the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund. Also making appearances are Danny DeVito, Whoopi Goldberg, Chelsea Handler and Jon Stewart, among others. The one-hour special event will air at 7pm ET on Wednesday, April 22nd … Continue reading Bruce Springsteen to Headline Jersey 4 Jersey Benefit Tonight →

April 17, 2012 – Ted Nugent tells a NRA audience that if President Barack Obama wins a second term, he’ll “either be dead or in jail by this time next year.” He also urges Republicans to “ride into that battlefield and chop their [Democrats] heads off in November.” April 17, 1975 – Elvis Presley buys a $250,000 private jet, … Continue reading CDJ Today: April 17 in Classic Rock →

April 2, 1969 – Bruce Springsteen‘s new group Child makes their live debut at the Pandemonium Club in Wanamassa, New Jersey. April 2, 1967 –  A Rolling Stones concert in Vienna, Austria is disrupted when a smoke bomb lands on stage.  The incident leads to a riot with over 150 arrests. April 2, 1999 – After … Continue reading CDJ Today: April 2 in Classic Rock →

I recently saw Once We Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, in a theater, and given the givens, I hope it will be placed on one of the TV streaming services soon.  I know it’s due to air on Canada’s Crave network but not sure when. I feel funny writing a blog without first … Continue reading Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band — Truth Or Whitewash? →