Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The Retroscope: 7 April

7 April 1981: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band started their first European tour in Hamberg, Germany.
7 April 1985: Prince ended his 32 city tour in Miami, Florida and said that he was withdrawing from live performances for "an indeterminate number of years" He later returned to live performing. Wham! became the first Western act to play in China.
7 April 1988: During a European tour, Alice Cooper accidentally hung himself in a rehearsal when a safety rope snapped, he dangled some seconds before a roadie saved him.

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