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3/12/10
Steve Harris (IRON MAIDEN) - March 12, 1957
March 13, 1978: VAN HALEN embark on their first tour.
March 14, 1981: IRON MAIDEN release the 'Twilight Zone'/'Wrathchild' single.
March 14, 1985: IRON MAIDEN play the first of four sold-out shows at the Long Beach Arena, the first band ever to achieve this.
March 14, 2002: BILLY JOEL is joined onstage by AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and bassist Cliff Williams during his Tampa, Florida show (with ELTON JOHN) for a version of the AC/DC staple Highway To Hell'.
2002: PRONG reform after several years of inactivity.
2002: OZZY OSBOURNE donates a stage worn shirt to the charity Bikers Against Drunk Drivers.
2002: BLIND GUARDIAN hit #5 on the German Media Control Charts with A Night At The Opera.
2002: REVEREND add Davey Lee and Notch Vara of BYFIST to the lineup.
2002: SHADOWKEEP replace bassist Steve Scott with Steve 'SK' Kightley.
2002: TNT ink a deal with Z Records.
2002: guitarist Michael Thomas (TUFF) joins BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, replacing DJ Ashba.
2002: LEATHERWOLF replace departed singer/guitarist Michael Olivieri with Chris Adams.
2003: SEPULTURA announce that they will name their new album Roorback.
2003: ANTHRAX' We've Come For You All enters the German Album charts at #22.
2003: KISS bassist/vocalist GENE SIMMONS inks a deal with Sanctuary for his resurrected label, Simmons Records.
2004: DIO's website reveals that former bassist Jeff Pilson (ex-DOKKEN) will be reuniting with Dio to record an as-yet untitled album.
2004: ex-MEGADETH bassist DAVID ELLEFSON formed a new group under the moniker F5.
2004: a secretly planned BLACK LABEL SOCIETY cross-Canada tour that was scheduled to begin in April is canceled.
2004: LEATHERWOLF announce that their new vocalist is former RACER X singer, Jeff Martin.
2004: the new CANNIBAL CORPSE album, The Wretched Spawn, enters the German Album Charts at #74.
2004: WARRANT welcome the return of original drummer Steven Sweet.
2004: VAN HALEN and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA ink deals with William Morris Agency in Los Angeles for future touring plans.