It hit number 1 in the UK singles chart in April 1972, spending 24 weeks total on the charts, topped the RPM national singles chart in Canada for three weeks, and rose as high as number 11 in the U. S. It is also a controversial instrumental, as it combined pipes with a military band.

Crowded House were mid way through a US tour when Paul Hester quit the band on 15 April 1994.

The band toured in support in the US only from October 1976 to April 1977 with a break in December, then an American Music Award show appearance on 31 January 1977, plus a one-off gig in San Diego in August 1977.

Jeffry Ross Hyman ( May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001 ), best known by his stage name Joey Ramone, was an American musician, vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones.

The band set another attendance record, with an audience of 76, 229 at their Pontiac Silverdome concert on 30 April.

After the death of band member Greg Ham on 19 April 2012, many stories reported his disappointment at the ruling and " suggesting that this particular case and the ruling completely destroyed his life ".

In April 1974, Patti Smith, a member of the Mercer Arts Center crowd and a friend of Hell's, came to CBGB for the first time to see the band perform.

On April 15, the band released Snakes & Arrows Live, a double live album documenting the first leg of the tour.

On April 8, both the official Rush website and PR Newswire announced that the band would embark on the Rush Time Machine Tour, confirming Lifeson's earlier predictions from March.

On November 8, 2011, the band released Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland, a concert DVD, Blu-ray and double CD documenting the April 15, 2011, concert at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

The band released a self-financed album entitled Find Your Own Way Home in April 2007.

Demands for the " classic " line-up of the band — Macainsh, Bob Starkie, Strachan, Strauks and Symons — to reform were successful and on 23 April 1983, they started the Living in the 80's Tour.

For 17 years, the band consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki ( who left in May 2011 ).

They announced that as of April 20, the band had completed the recording of their untitled seventh album and will release it later this year.

" Cryptic was formed as a corporation in California by Jay Clem ( born 1947 ), Homer Flynn ( born April 1945 ), Hardy W. Fox ( born 1945 ), and John Kennedy in 1976, all of whom denied having been band members.

The band formed as Buzzcocks in February 1976 and performed live for the first time on 1 April 1976 at their college.

The same week the album was released, the Undertones embarked on their ' Humming tour ', which saw the band play a total of 25 gigs across the UK between April and June.

One month prior to the release of this third album, in April 1981, the Undertones embarked on their ' Positive Touch tour '; this tour saw the band perform a total of 36 gigs across the UK mainland in the space of less than two months.

In April 1977 the band added Lorna Doom ( Teresa Ryan ) on bass, with transitional member " Dottie Danger ", later famous as Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go's, on drums.

The band embarked on their first tour of the U. S. in April 1983, joined by Bill Sullivan, a young security guard, as roadie, who approached the band after a show at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

The album was written and recorded by Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, and Robert Grey ( no guests involved ), but speaking to Marc Riley on the day of the release, Newman introduced as " a new boy " guitarist Matt Simms ( from It Hugs Back ) who's been with the band since April 2010 as a touring member.

On 30 April, the band appeared at the Rock Against Racism gig at Victoria Park, Bow, Tower Hamlets.

* April 8 – The punk band The Clash's debut album The Clash is released in the UK on CBS Records.

On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, forcing them to surrender, and began the war.

Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces fired on a U. S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

The official mission countdown began on Monday, 10 April 1972 at 8: 30 AM, six days before the launch.

As the countdown began, the crew of Apollo 16 were participating in final training exercises in anticipation of a launch on 16 April.

Ray Ivany began his position as President and Vice-Chancellor on 1 April 2009.

After March it began to pass northwards, a motion quite apparent by the middle of April ; in June it passed at the same distance from the zenith as it did in December ; and in September it passed through its most northerly position, the extreme range from north to south, i. e. the angle between the March and September positions, being 40 ″.

The station began as a substation of Kanda Police Station in April 1905.

The comprehensive series, a reprinting of the entire 43-year history of Li ' l Abner spanning a projected 20 volumes, began on April 7, 2010.

The Western League began play in April 1894 with teams in Detroit ( the only league team that has not moved since ), Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Sioux City and Toledo.

The campaign began well for Louis XIV's generals: in Italy Marshal Vendôme had defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Calcinato in April, while in Alsace Marshal Villars had forced the Margrave of Baden back across the Rhine.

With The Tramp, issued April 1915, Chaplin began to inject greater emotion into his pictures.

From April 17 to 19, 2005, the volcano began spewing ash and gas, forcing as many as 10, 000 people to flee.

Colorado began the season on a high note, winning their opener on April 1, in a 2 – 1 comeback victory over the Cardinals.

In this, the Cheka said that they targeted " class enemies " such as the bourgeoisie, and members of the clergy ; the first organized mass repression began against the libertarians and socialists of Petrograd in April 1918.

On April 12, Chiang carried out a purge of thousands of suspected Communists and dissidents in Shanghai, and began large-scale massacres across the country collectively known as the " White Terror ".

Nick Seymour, Barcelona, October 2007. Crowded House began recording their follow-up to Time on Earth in April 2009, at Finn's own Roundhead Studios.

Celebrating Doraemons anniversary, a new Doraemon series began airing on TV Asahi on April 15, 2005 with new voice actors and staff, and updated character designs.

During his final school years he began writing his poetry in notebooks, the first poem dated 27 April ( 1930 ), is entitled " Osiris, come to Isis ".

In April 1980, the track " Crying ” from the album began picking up airplay on Dutch radio stations and McLean was called to Europe to appear on several important musical variety shows to plug the song and support its release as a single by EMI.

Apparently, however, Galois did not ignore Poisson's advice, began collecting all his mathematical manuscripts while still in prison, and continued polishing his ideas until his release on 29 April 1832.

Unity within the Albanian Party of Labour began to decline as well, with a special delegate meeting held in Tirana in April, 1956, composed of 450 delegates and having unexpected results.

On Wednesday, 26 April, the guns at Trinity College and Helga shelled Liberty Hall, and the Trinity College guns then began firing at rebel positions, first at Boland's Mill and then in O ' Connell Street.

After peace talks between the Germans and the Finnish Reds were broken off on 11 April, the true battle for the capital of Finland began.

The crisis came to a head in April when, sitting in his Cinecittà office, he began a letter to Rizzoli confessing he had " lost his film " and had to abandon the project.

The following season again began well, with the Blues among the early promotion pace-setters before a dismal run set in, with Chelsea scoring in just three of their final 22 league matches, culminating in Hurst being sacked on 23 April 1981 and Chelsea finished 12th in the league.