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Q: Who was the first rock star to perform at a Super Bowl half-time show?
A: Chubby Checker in Super Bowl XXII.
Q: What did Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, and Sinéad O'Connor participate in in 1990 that was watched by 200,000 people live, and had a worldwide television audience of over 1 billion?
A: Roger Waters elaborate live staging of The Wall from Berlin, Germany (it was 8 months after the fall of the Berlin Wall)
Q: Who was the headliner at the largest rock concert of all time?
A: On December 31, 1994 Rod Stewart gave a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. 3.5 million fans attended.
Q: What 1974 outdoor festival attracted over a quarter million attendees and featured such diverse acts as Seals & Croft, Black Sabbath, Emerson Lake & Palmer and Earth Wind & Fire?
A: California Jam
Q: Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, CSN, and Tom Petty performed a series of "No Nukes" concerts for MUSE in 1979. What did MUSE stand for?
A: Musicians United for Safe Energy
Q: Prior to 1992, the Super Bowl half-time show was usually a time killer that featured either a collage marching band, or the Up With People dancers. Who performed in the first big-time, blockbuster half-time show?
A: Michael Jackson at Super Bowl XXVII. It was one of the most watched events ever broadcast. The epic production came about because the year before Gloria Estefan did the show, but over 20 million views tuned out because the FOX network was broadcasting a heavily advertised live episode of In Living Color during halftime. Nobody changed channels when Michael performed and the NFL has tried to top itself ever since.
Q: Led Zeppelin reunited in 2007 for a full length concert for the first time since 1980. The gig was part of a tribute to what music legend?
A: Atlantic Records founder and president Ahmet Ertegun.
Q: What famous 1964 concert event featuring James Brown, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and The Supremes was filmed for a now classic motion picture?
A: The T.A.M.I. Show. The film was eventually deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the U.S. Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry . Producer Rick Rubin once said the James Brown segment "may be the single greatest rock & roll performance ever captured on film." It's on DVD - check it out. (TAMI, by the way, stood for either "Teenage Awards Music International" or "Teen Age Music International" depending on which PR release you read)
Q: During a Lollapalooza show in 1993, what band stood still onstage for thier entire set - completely naked, their mouths taped closed and their chests painted with the letters PMRC?
A: Rage Against The Machine. Ironically, most of the photos available of that censorship protest have a black bar covering the boy’s goodies.
Q: What did Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, and Sinéad O'Connor participate in in 1990 that was watched by 200,000 people live, and had a worldwide television audience of over 1 billion?
A: Roger Waters elaborate live staging of The Wall from Berlin, Germany (it was 8 months after the fall of the Berlin Wall)
Q: Who was the headliner at the largest rock concert of all time?
A: On December 31, 1994 Rod Stewart gave a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. 3.5 million fans attended.
Q: What 1974 outdoor festival attracted over a quarter million attendees and featured such diverse acts as Seals & Croft, Black Sabbath, Emerson Lake & Palmer and Earth Wind & Fire?
A: California Jam
Q: Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, CSN, and Tom Petty performed a series of "No Nukes" concerts for MUSE in 1979. What did MUSE stand for?
A: Musicians United for Safe Energy
Q: Prior to 1992, the Super Bowl half-time show was usually a time killer that featured either a collage marching band, or the Up With People dancers. Who performed in the first big-time, blockbuster half-time show?
A: Michael Jackson at Super Bowl XXVII. It was one of the most watched events ever broadcast. The epic production came about because the year before Gloria Estefan did the show, but over 20 million views tuned out because the FOX network was broadcasting a heavily advertised live episode of In Living Color during halftime. Nobody changed channels when Michael performed and the NFL has tried to top itself ever since.
Q: Led Zeppelin reunited in 2007 for a full length concert for the first time since 1980. The gig was part of a tribute to what music legend?
A: Atlantic Records founder and president Ahmet Ertegun.
Q: What famous 1964 concert event featuring James Brown, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and The Supremes was filmed for a now classic motion picture?
A: The T.A.M.I. Show. The film was eventually deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the U.S. Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry . Producer Rick Rubin once said the James Brown segment "may be the single greatest rock & roll performance ever captured on film." It's on DVD - check it out. (TAMI, by the way, stood for either "Teenage Awards Music International" or "Teen Age Music International" depending on which PR release you read)
Q: During a Lollapalooza show in 1993, what band stood still onstage for thier entire set - completely naked, their mouths taped closed and their chests painted with the letters PMRC?
A: Rage Against The Machine. Ironically, most of the photos available of that censorship protest have a black bar covering the boy’s goodies.
Q: The Band of Gypsies recorded their only album during a 4 show appearance at the Fillmore East in New York. It was a new musical direction for Jimi Hendrix and was praised by many fans and critics. Unfortunately, the group only had 1 other live performance - where?
A: They played Madison Square Garden as part of a 12 act anti-war show. Band of Gypsies went on at 3am, played 2 obscure songs, Hendrix cursed the audience, and walked off the stage. The band never played together again.
A: They played Madison Square Garden as part of a 12 act anti-war show. Band of Gypsies went on at 3am, played 2 obscure songs, Hendrix cursed the audience, and walked off the stage. The band never played together again.
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