DIRE STRAITS...Alchemy: Dire Straits Live (1984)
Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was released 30 years ago in March 1984. It reached number 46 on the U.S. Billboard album charts
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)
ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 12
Bill Payne from Little Feat is 65; Steve Harris from Iron Maiden is 58;
ON THIS DATE
1969 Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman in London. That same day George and Pattie Harrison are arrested for possession of cannabis resin
1974 John Lennon and Harry Nilsson are kicked out of a Smother's Brothers show in Los Angeles
2003 The Rolling Stones are told by the Chinese Ministry of Culture what songs of theirs they are NOT allowed to perform while touring their country. They are: “Brown Sugar,” “Honky Tonk Women,” “Beast of Burden” and “Let’s Spend The Night Together”
2007 Van Halen is inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame by Slash and Scott Weiland from Velvet Revolver. Eddie Vedder inducted R.E.M.
2012 Michael Hossack of the Doobie Brothers dies in Dubois, Wyoming after battling cancer. Hossack was 65
2013 Clive Burr, former drummer of Iron Maiden, dies after losing his battle with multiple sclerosis. Burr was 56
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