27 AUGUST
1990 – 35-year-old Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin, following a concert at the Alpine Valley Music Theater where earlier in the evening he appeared with Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, and his older brother, Jimmie Vaughan.
1989 – The BCM Summer Dance Festival kicks off at the Tempodrom in Berlin. The 3-day festival brings together a number of American acts, including the up-and-coming hip-hop groups Stetsasonic, EPMD and UTFO, along with disco mainstays The Village People and R&B legend Bobby Womack.
28 AUGUST
2016 – At the MTV Video Music Awards, Beyoncé wins Video of the Year for “Formation.” In support of the Black Lives Matter movement, she brings four mothers of shooting victims with her onto the red carpet. By the end of the evening, Bey (along with her production designer, choreographer, director, cinematographer and editor) has eight trophies
2009 – Three days before the release of their second studio album, The First Days of Spring, Noah and the Whale lead singer Charlie Fink’s brother Doug announces that he will leave the band to pursue a career in medicine. In a 2011 interview, Charlie says that Doug is still the one he consults first on matters concerning the band. “He can always see where I’m going, even when something is embryonic and sounds like madness.”
1997 – In Leeds on the U2 Popmart tour, Bono responds to George Harrison’s comment, “Bono and his band are so egocentric,” by holding up a middle finger and saying, “This one’s for you George!”
AUGUST 29
2009 – Two months after Michael Jackson’s death on what would have been his 51st birthday, 13,597 people in Mexico City perform the Thriller dance, establishing a new Guinness World Record.
AUGUST 30
1969 – Santana release their self-titled debut album, with standout tracks “Evil Ways” and “Soul Sacrifice.”
1969It’s the first day of the two-day Isle of Wight Festival. Performers include Bob Dylan, the Moody Blues and The Who. This is the second Isle of Wight Festival – it goes on again next year, but doesn’t return until 2002.
SEPTEMBER 1
2011 – While boarding a Southwest flight from Oakland to Burbank, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong is forced off the flight after giving some lip to a flight attendant who asked him to pull up his sagging pants. Armstrong doesn’t take kindly to the request, and eventually he and his traveling companion are booted from the flight. Armstrong takes to Twitter, writing, “Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low!” The tweet is quickly re-tweeted by his followers, forcing Southwest to release a statement apologizing for the incident.
SEPTEMBER 2
2008 – Rage Against The Machine, in Minneapolis to protest the Republican National Convention, are blocked by police, who refuse to let them perform. Rage goes into the crowd and does two songs using a megaphone; riots ensue.
SEPTEMBER 3
1991 – Ike Turner is released from prison after serving 14 months for cocaine possession.
1991 – Rush release their 14th studio album, Roll the Bones.
1982 – Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?” is released in the UK. The critics are not kind; Smash Hits calls it “fourth division reggae.”
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