During October 1980, they supported the Kinks on a US tour, which was a “dynamic double bill of rock music” according to Susan Moore of The Australian Women’s Weekly . John Brewster had described their earlier Australian tour to Moore, “We’ve really enjoyed the last year. The national tour for…
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After attending a Queen concert in Los Angeles, Michael Jackson suggested to Mercury backstage that “Another One Bites the Dust” be released as a single, and in October 1980 it spent three weeks at number one.
On 24 September, Bonham was picked up by Led Zeppelin assistant Rex King to attend rehearsals at Bray Studios . During the journey, Bonham asked to stop for breakfast, where he downed four quadruple vodkas (from 16 to 24 US fl oz (470 to 710 ml)), with a ham roll.…
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A meeting at the manager’s office concerning the songwriting dissent was the last straw and, in September 1980, Hensley quit. Gregg Dechert, a Canadian who had worked with Sloman in Pulsar, came in and the band went on a 23-date tour of the UK. After recording an album’s worth of…
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In September 1980, Queen performed three sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden.
On 18 August 1980, after a show in Bloomington, Minnesota , Ward quit the band.
On July 30, 1980, Kiss introduced Carr on ABC’s Kids Are People Too! , which would air in September.
The next day, the band appeared at the 1980 Day on the Green at Oakland Coliseum
On 26 July 1980, the band played to 75,000 fans at a sold-out Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with Journey , Cheap Trick and Molly Hatchet
In his Fox makeup, Carr debuted with the group on July 25, 1980, at the Palladium concert hall in New York City.