1978-10-7

Dire Straits

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1978
7/21 Fri
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, a much-hyped musical film starring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees performing the music of The Beatles, opens in theaters. The film is savaged by critics and proves a box office disappointment."
7/30 Sun
Thin Lizzy officially announces that Gary Moore has replaced Brian Robertson on guitar.
8/26 Sat
"80,000 concertgoers attend Mosport Speedway in Ontario for the ""Canada Jam Festival"", featuring sets by the Doobie Brothers, Commodores, Kansas, Village People, Dave Mason, the Atlanta Rhythm Section and Triumph."
9/7 Thu
The Who drummer Keith Moon dies in a central London flat after a prescription drug overdose at the age of 32.
9/14 Thu
"_16 The Grateful Dead perform three shows in Giza, Egypt, very close to the Sphinx and Great Pyramid."
10/12 Thu
"Nancy Spungen, the American girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, is found dead in a New York hotel room of a stab wound. Sid is arrested and charged with her murder."
10/24 Tue
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards pleads guilty to a reduced charge of possessing heroin in Toronto in 1977. The more serious charge of drug trafficking is dropped and Richards is given a one-year suspended sentence as well as ordered to play a char
10/29 Sun
"Michael Schenker plays his final show with UFO in Stanford, California before leaving the group to rejoin Scorpions."
11/
"A now sober Alice Cooper releases the album From the Inside, which tells of his stay in rehab for alcoholism."
11/25 Sat
Aerosmith cuts a concert short after Steven Tyler suffers cuts to his face from a bottle that shatters upon hitting a stage monitor.
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