This Day in Music - Dec 31st
1999, The Manic Street Preachers performed to 57,000 fans at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. The Guinness Book of Records confirmed that the concert set a new record as the biggest indoor show ever staged in Europe, tickets £30.
1991, Ted Nugent donated 200 pounds of venison to a Salvation Army soup kitchen in Detroit with the Message 'I kill it, you grill it'.
1984, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, crashed his Corvette Stingray, on the A57 outside Sheffield, Allen lost his left arm in the accident.
1982, Max's Kansas City in New York City closed down. The venue had been a launching pad for such artists as The New York Dolls, Bruce Springsteen and The Velvet Underground.
1970, Paul McCartney filed a suit against the rest of The Beatles to dissolve their partnership. 1961, The Four Freshmen made their live debut using their new name; The Beach Boys at the Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California.
More music trivia than you can shake a stick at This Day in Music