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October, 14

  • 2000 Nashville-based country fan magazine Music City News closes its doors after 37 years of publication.
  • 2000 Violence erupts during a concert at California’s 12,000-seat Oakland Arena starring Ginuwine and Eve. Chair-throwing fans rush the stage and gunfire resounds as 170 law enforcement officers clear the venue.
  • 1999 Garth Brooks appears on Sesame Street. He sings a song called “Together We Make Music” with Harry and the other Sesame Street Monsters.
  • 1999 Mel “Sporty Spice” Chisholm, drum‘n’bass artist Goldie, and Everything But The Girl’s Ben Watt are among the pop glitterati whose donated sneakers hit the auction block running. The foot-fetish charity auction to raise funds for U.K. homeless concern Centerpoint takes place at the London-based Notting Hill Arts Club.
  • 1999 Hard rock band Metallica sues Victoria’s Secret, claiming that the lingerie and accessories manufacturer infringed on its trademark by marketing a line of “Metallica” lip pencils.
  • 1998 Smithereens front man Pat DiNizio launches his first solo tour in Pontiac, Mich.
  • 1995 Pearl Jam performs with Neil Young for a Voters for Choice benefit in Washington, DC.
  • 1970 The first Human Be-in takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
  • 1969 Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters is Born.
  • 1967 Diana Ross & the Supremes perform their last live show together. Las Vegas, Nev.
  • 1955 Disc jockey Alan Freed holds his first Rock ‘n’ Roll Party stage show in New York. Acts include the Clovers, Fats Domino and the Drifters.
  • 1950 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” by the Andrews Sisters.