October 10

106.9 The Fox

Happy Birthday: David Lee Roth-singer for Van Halen born in 1955

1978 – Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry were injured during a concert in Philadelphia after a cherry bomb was thrown onstage. For the rest of the tour, Aerosmith performed behind a safety fence. Believe it or not the follow year Steven Tyler is hit in the face with a bottle when the band plays the same place.

1987 – ZZ Top announced that they’ve booked their tickets for the first passenger flight to the Moon.

2001 – U2 live streams their concert from South Bend, Indiana, for free on their U2.com website.

2013 -Paul McCartney and his band surprised New Yorkers by performing songs from his upcoming album “New” as they performed a short impromptu free concert to roughly 3,000 people on a long truck parked in the middle of Times Square.