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Today In Music History - November 25th

By Marty Miller
November 25, 2024
Est. Reading: 2 minutes

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Every day on Radio Nova, just before 11am, we play a couple of songs key to “today in music history” Have a listen! But for now – here’s some light reading and watching.  November 25th in Music History looks like this.

1965, Harrods department store in London, England, closed to the public so The Beatles could do their Christmas shopping in private.Beatles

1976, The Band gave their final performance; 'The Last Waltz' in San Francisco. The show also had Joni Mitchell, Dr John, Neil Young, Van Morrison Eric Clapton and others. The event was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same name, released in 1978.

1984, The who's who of the pop world gathered at a recording studio in London to record the historic Band Aid, Do They Know It's Christmas?

1996, A statue in Montreux, Switzerland was erected as a tribute to Freddie Mercury Standing almost 3 metres high overlooking Lake Geneva it was unveiled by Freddie's father and Montserrat Caballé, with bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor looking on..

2003, Meat Loaf underwent heart surgery in a London hospital after being diagnosed with a condition that causes an irregular heartbeat.

2009, Queen guitarist Brian May and Freddie Mercury's mum Jer unveiled another Freddie statue, this one in Feltham in the UK where Freddie lived with his family for a time.

Happy birthday drummer Bev Bevan, played with The Move, ELO and Black Sabbath.

 Don’t forget you can now get This Week in Music History from Nova.ie and Radio Nova.

 

Marty Miller

Written by Marty Miller

Talker on radio. Writer on line. Drummer on ...eh drums.
Pink Floyd Fan. ABBA non fan.

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