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This Day in Music History

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, 2013

This Day in Music History: Friday, January 25th 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1976: Bob Dylan follows up his New York Night of the Hurricane benefit for boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter with a similar show at the Astrodome in Houston. Ringo Starr, Stephen Stills and CArlos Santana are surprise guests at Night of the Hurricane II, which plays to 30,000 fans, about half the Astrodome's capacity.

1984: Yoko Ono and Sean Ono Lennon visit Liverpool and pledge a gift of 250,000 pounds to the Strawberry Fields old people's home there.

1999: The Rolling Stones kick off their No Security arena tour at the Oakland Arena.

2005: Metallica release their Some Kind of Monster DVD.

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