The song hit No. 2, on the Hot 100 and Hysteria finally reached the top of the US Billboard 200 in July 1988.
In July 1988, Benatar released her seventh album, Wide Awake in Dreamland , which generally improved on the success of Seven the Hard Way , such as peaking at number 11 in the UK and Canada, earning her eighth consecutive Platinum certified album in Canada, and number 13 in Australia.…
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In June 1988, James and Sensible rejoined the group temporarily for three live appearances, including a concert at the London Town and Country Club that was released the following year as the album Final Damnation .
In June 1988, Wire were part of a lineup that included Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Thomas Dolby supporting Depeche Mode at the Pasadena Rose Bowl where they played to over 60,000 people. In 1989, Wire released IBTABA , a “live” album of mostly reworked versions of songs from…
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In June 1988, Megadeth appeared in Penelope Spheeris ‘ documentary The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years . The documentary chronicled the Los Angeles heavy metal scene of the late 1980s, and Spheeris, who had directed Megadeth in the video for ” Wake Up Dead “, decided…
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The three members reunited again on 14 May 1988, for the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert, with Bonham’s son Jason on drums. The result was again disjointed: Plant and Page had argued immediately before taking the stage about whether to play “Stairway to Heaven”, and Jones’ keyboards were absent from…
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on 14 May 1988, they performed a 20-minute set at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden.
From May 1988 the band were pursued by various major labels, including Capitol , Atlantic , Geffen , and A&M , with Geffen Records being the frontrunner to sign the band by July 1988. However, the band eventually signed to the PolyGram subsidiary Polydor in November 1988, and recorded their…
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In May 1988, Spencer broke his wrist as the result of an “unfortunate collision” on stage with Neeson. He was substituted on a national tour by Jimi “The Human” Hocking on guitar and backing vocals. Hocking later recalled “I was called up as the result of some session work I…
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Channing played his first show with Nirvana in late May 1988.