Members of the band Kiss, from left, Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Eric Singer.
NEW YORK (AP) — Rockers Kiss have announced the final
shows of their last tour: The band plans to hang up their
platform boots after two back-to-back shows at Madison
Square Garden in New York at the end of 2023.
The last leg of the band’s 17-date North American tour kicks
off in October in Texas and hits California, Washington,
Canada, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland and then
culminates in their hometown’s famous venue on Dec. 1
and Dec. 2.
The Beatles were greeted by the deafening roar of thousands of screaming fans when they arrived in the United States for the
very first time on this day in history, Feb. 7, 1964.
Pan Am Flight 101, a Boeing 707, touched down with John, Paul,
George and Ringo, the Fab Four still known globally by their
first names, at the recently renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City at 1:20 p.m. ET.
"When the Beatles arrived in America, it was like seeing a new
color for the first time," a fan said years later.
John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group
that transformed popular music in the 1960s, was shot and
killed by an obsessed fan in New York City.
The 40-year-old artist was entering his luxury Manhattan
apartment building when Mark David Chapman shot him
four times at close range with a .38-caliber revolver. Lennon,
bleeding profusely, died on the way to the hospital.
Chapman had received an autograph from Lennon earlier in
the day and voluntarily remained at the scene of the shooting
until he was arrested by police.
For a week, hundreds of bereaved fans kept a vigil outside the
Dakota–Lennon’s apartment building–and demonstrations of
mourning were held around the world.
