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Today's newsletter brings you the most exciting classic rock stories making headlines right now. Watch the new Beatles 2025 Anthology trailer, find out about the Rolling Stones' potential Europe tour plans, and catch up with Queen's Brian May sharing his health recovery journey. Plus, a lost Eric Clapton track emerges after 35 years—read all these stories and more.

NEW Beatles Anthology 2025 Official Trailer!

Today in Classic Rock History

1956: Fats Domino made his debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing his number two hit "Blueberry Hill"​

1963: The Beatles received silver LP discs for Please Please Me and With the Beatles at a ceremony held at EMI House in London. EMI chairman Sir Joseph Lockwood presented the awards marking sales of over 250,000 for each album. The group also received a silver EP for Twist and Shout with sales of 400,000​​

1970: Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin III topped the charts in both America and the UK​

1972: Cat Stevens started a three-week run at number one on the US album chart with Catch Bull At Four​

1972: Danny Whitten, member of Neil Young's Crazy Horse and writer of "I Don't Want To Talk About It," died of a drug overdose at age 29. Neil Young's song "The Needle and the Damage Done" was written about Whitten's heroin use​

1973: Ringo Starr hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Photograph," co-written with George Harrison. It became his first solo number one and earned gold certification for US sales of one million​​

1975: Bruce Springsteen made his live UK debut at London's Hammersmith Odeon​

1978: Billy Joel went to number one on the album chart with 52nd Street, his first number one record and the first commercial album ever released on compact disc​

1987: U2 opened for themselves by pretending to be a country-rock group called The Dalton Brothers during a concert in Los Angeles​

1993: Nirvana recorded their MTV Unplugged concert in New York. The show was shot in one take, imperfections and all, and aired one month later. It became one of rock's most iconic performances​

1993: Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder got arrested in New Orleans for disturbing the peace after a fight broke out in a bar​

1995: The Rolling Stones became one of the first bands to broadcast a major concert over the Internet​

1997: Metallica released ReLoad, the follow-up to Load and the final album to feature bassist Jason Newsted​

1997: AC/DC released the five-CD boxed set Bonfire​

2017: Malcolm Young, AC/DC co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist, passed away at age 64 after suffering from dementia. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's influential guitar work can be heard on "Highway to Hell," "Back in Black," and "You Shook Me All Night Long"​

Have a Rockin Day,
Hippy Pete