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Noteworthy Then

7/31/1980 The Eagles break up

 

The Eagles  Eagles breakup after Glenn Frey and Don Felder trade taunts and nasty remarks on-stage during the group's set at a Long Beach, California concert on this day in 1980.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on the final day of July include...

 

1946 Fleetwood Mac’s Bob Welch born.

1953 ELO’s Hugh McDowell born.

1958 REM’s Bill Berry born.

1964 Rowdy fans disrupt a Rolling Stones concert In Belfast. The show is cancelled less than 15 minutes after it starts. 

1967 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards avoid more charges aftet the two Stones face charges for allowing marijuana to be smoked at Keith's house.
1968 The Beatles finish recording Hey Jude.

1971 Security guard  stabbed during a Who concert at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY dies. 

1971 Gimme Shelter premiers at Rialto Theatre in London.
1972 The James Gang releases Passin' Through.

1979 James Taylor does a free Central Park concert in New york City.

1991 Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes arrested for spitting on a customer at a convenience store in Denver.

1996 The Sex Pistols open a short lived reunion tour in Boulder, Colorado.

2012 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band establish a new longest set performance that logs in at 4 hours and 6 minutes in Helsinki, Finland.