In 2015, surviving members of Bay City Rollers reopened legal action over royalty disputes that stretched back decades, arguing that millions in earnings had never properly reached the band. What…
On April 20, 2013, just days after the Boston Marathon bombing, Neil Diamond stood at Fenway Park and sang “Sweet Caroline” live before a Red Sox game. The city was…
In 1997, Shania Twain released Come On Over, an album that would go on to become the best-selling studio album by a female artist in history. What began as a…
In 2014, Neil Diamond took his catalog off the arena stage and into the theater, bringing his life story to Broadway with A Beautiful Noise. The move transformed decades of…
On February 26, 1985, Tina Turner walked into the Grammy Awards no longer as a comeback story, but as a contender. By the end of the night, she had won…
In 1980, Neil Diamond stepped into a different spotlight by starring in The Jazz Singer, a film that quickly became one of the most polarizing projects of his career. Critics…
On April 22, 1978, at the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston, Bob Marley interrupted the expected rhythm of performance and transformed the stage into a political crossroads. In front…
On May 26, 1974, a David Cassidy concert in Essen, Germany, ended in catastrophe when a crowd surge overwhelmed venue controls, leading to multiple injuries and the later death of…
On October 10, 1974, a Bay City Rollers appearance in London spiraled beyond celebration and into public disorder. What was meant to be a promotional event quickly overwhelmed the surrounding…
In August 1976, Neil Diamond stepped onto the stage at Madison Square Garden and did something few solo artists had accomplished at the time: he sold out multiple consecutive nights…