On this night in 1990, Freddie Mercury made his last public appearance at the Dominion Theater in London when Queen was awarded the Outstanding Contribution award at the Brit Awards in recognition of the group's generous support of music and the arts.

 

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on February 18 include...

 

1933 Yoko Ono is born.

1934 Skip Battin of the Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Flying Burrito Brothers is born.

1947 Dennis DeYoung of Styx is born.

1953 Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Bobby Bachman is born.

1948 Keith Knudson of the Doobie Brothers is born

1965 Beatles record You've Got to Hide Your Love Away.

1968 David Gilmour replaces Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd.

1971 Drummer Mickey Hart does last show with the Grateful Dead before rejoining 3 years later.

1974 KISS release self-titled debut album.

1986 Jackson Browne releases Lives in The Balance.

1992 Vince Neil quits Motley Crue.

2000 FBI files on John Lennon get released.

2001 James Taylor marries Caroline Smedvig.

2006 Stevie Nicks performs with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

2006 Rolling Stones perform for a crowd estimated at 1 million on the beach in Rio...