On December 20, 1968, “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane” became Peter, Paul & Mary’s only No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was written by a very young John Denver, who was then a member of [...]
On December 15, 1944, bandleader Glenn Miller boarded a small plane bound for France, where he was planning a performance for Allied troops during World War II. He never made it to his [...]
On December 11-15, 1971, the Eagles performed at Tulagi in Boulder. The band had been sent to Colorado for its first-ever concerts, to develop as a band. The Eagles released their debut studio [...]
On December 4, 1976, Tommy Bolin died from an overdose of heroin and other substances. The guitar god moved to Boulder, Colorado in his late teens and formed Zephyr. He joined the James Gang in [...]
Fifty years ago, for seven rocking months in 1970, Mammoth Gardens—now known as Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium—became the hub for rock’s hottest performers, such as the Who, Jethro Tull, the [...]
On November 28, 1993, Pearl Jam pulled out of the last of three sold-out shows at the CU Events Center in Boulder, in a dispute with security forces over crowd control measures.
On November 9-13, 1966, Lothar & the Hand People made a triumphant return to Denver for a series of sold-out shows at the Exodus. The band had formed out Denver University in 1965 and relocated [...]
On November 7, 1983, U2 released Under a Blood Red Sky, a legendary live album that solidified the band’s ascendancy to mega-stardom and Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s status as the world’s premier [...]
