In November 2007 Led Zeppelin made the band's songs available as legal digital downloads, one of the last major rock bands to do so.

When his manager informed him that a band by the name of " Bastard " would never get a slot on " Top of the Pops ", Lemmy changed the band's name to " Motörhead " – the title of the last song he had written for Hawkwind.

On the last day of the university's spring semester, guitarist Joe Matt called the band's leader and told him that he, drummer Gratzer, and bassist Mike Blair had decided to leave the band and start a new one with Doughty.

In a recent webisode posted on the band's website, Lewis stated that eight songs are written and that " every one of them is as heavy or heavier than the heaviest song on the last record ".

Brown had got a taste of being a frontman during the last Patrol show, singing The Sweet's " Blockbuster " to close the set, with the band's friend / roadie Pete Garner standing in on bass, and Couzens wanted to concentrate on guitar.

This would be the band's last work with Sherwood, who left the band after at the tour's conclusion in early 2000.

The band's tenth studio album, Heritage, is the last Opeth recording with Per Wiberg as the keyboardist as on April 6, 2011 it was announced that Wiberg would be leaving the band as part of a mutual decision.

It was followed by a second compilation, The World Won't Listen – the title was Morrissey's comment on his frustration with the band's lack of mainstream recognition, although the album reached number two in the charts – and the single " Sheila Take a Bow ", the band's second ( and last during the band's lifetime ) UK top-10 hit.

The next album, Afraid Of Sunlight, would be the band's last album with record label EMI.

The band played their farewell show on 5 July 1983 at the Hammersmith Palais ; dedicated fans had been warned by the band's crew not to miss the show without telling them it was the last.

The last song on the album, the 7 minute, 47 second-long " 747 ", with a characteristic keyboard riff and a long instrumental outro, became the band's closer for every show for the next 8 years, and won numerous best-song polls on Kent's website.

The band didn't last long, but due to feedback from the tape release, the Riot / Clone EPs were reissued along with a book detailing the band's history.

The band's last release of 2011 was a 12 " EP collaboration with Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band to be sold only at the band's annual New Years shows in Oklahoma City.

The lead-off single to their 2001 album " When It All Goes South " was released in late-2000, and peaked at No. 15 in early-2001, and was the band's last top 40 hit.

' A live DVD of the band's last tour was released in late 2003, featuring all aforementioned epics with " Suite Charlotte Pike " mixed with the Abbey Road medley by the Beatles.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Van Halen is the 19th best-selling band / artist in United States history, with sales of over 56 million albums in the U. S. and over 86 million albums worldwide, ( with the band's former record company, Warner Bros. Records, last certifying Van Halen's albums in 2004.

Rejected contenders for the band's name included ' Muddy Rabbit ', ' Gossamer Wump ', and ' Creedence Nuball and the Ruby ', but the last was the start that led to their finalized name.

The band's last performance of this era was captured on the live album Metallic K. O ..

This album spawned the band's last two top ten hits, " Some Kind of Wonderful " and " Bad Time ".

The album featured the Earth, Wind and Fire brass section, and two singles from the album (" Sunset Now " and " This Is Mine ") both reached the UK Top 40, but would be the band's last singles to do so until various remixes were released in the 1990s.

The album was the band's first in five years, and is rumoured to be their last, although the band have stated that they have no concrete intentions of either recording another album or splitting up, and that various members of the band may soon be announcing side projects.

The Grateful Dead released part of this concert as Volume 30 of the band's Dick's Picks concert album series.

In 1981, Charles climbed on stage at a Teardrop Explodes concert and recited a humorous, but derogatory poem about the band's singer.

This slight difference in instrumentation derives from the British concert band's heritage in military bands, where the highest brass instrument is always the cornet.

In September 2005, Kid Rock filled in for Johnny Van Zant, the lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd on the band's hit " Sweet Home Alabama " at the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert.

The recording had taken place during three concert nights at Madison Square Garden in July 1973, during the band's concert tour of North America.

The following day's second Oakland concert was the band's final live appearance in the United States.

On 21 July 1990, ex-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters staged a gigantic charity concert of his former band's rock extravaganza The Wall to commemorate the end of the division between East and West Germany.

X: The Unheard Music was released on DVD in 2005, as was the concert DVD X-Live in Los Angeles, which commemorates the 25th anniversary of the band's landmark debut album, Los Angeles.

The label was designed by the band and the beer released to coincide with the band's concert at Newcastle Metro Radio Arena on 15 December.

Queen commenced the News of the World Tour in October 1977, and Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called this concert tour the band's " most spectacularly staged and finely honed show yet ".

The band's 1984 – 1985 tour was the most lucrative in their history and spawned 9012Live, a concert film directed by Steven Soderbergh with added special effects from Charlex that cost $ 1 million.

The number of subwoofer enclosures used in a concert depends on a number of factors, including the size of the venue, whether it is indoors or outdoors, the amount of low-frequency content in the band's sound, the desired volume of the concert, and the design and construction of the enclosures ( e. g., direct-radiating versus horn-loaded.

The recording of the film took place during three nights of concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, during the band's 1973 concert tour of the United States.

On the morning of 20 July 1973, during the band's concert tour of the United States, Peter Grant made a contact with Joe Massot, who had previously directed Wonderwall.

A Blu-ray and SD DVD of the concert was produced by Concert One Ltd, together with a definitive documentary of the band's 40-year history.

The live disc features a recent concert recording that include songs from throughout the band's career.

On 25 July 2010, a one-off Emerson, Lake & Palmer reunion concert closed the High Voltage Festival as the main act in Victoria Park, East London to commemorate the band's 40th anniversary.

A few weeks later, on November 6, they headlined a benefit concert for the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the first of many promotions by rising Bay Area entrepreneur Bill Graham, who later became the band's manager.

* Queen: The band's first concert at the Garden in February 1977 sold out within moments.

Led Zeppelin's 1976 concert movie The Song Remains The Same was filmed during the band's three-night concert series at Madison Square Garden in 1973, which also provided the soundtrack to the film.

When the album itself was rejected by Reprise, the song " Sail On, Sailor " ( a collaborative, Brian Wilson-led effort dating from 1971 ) was inserted at the instigation of Van Dyke Parks and released as the lead single ; it promptly garnered a considerable amount of FM radio play, became a minor chart hit, and entered the band's live sets as a concert staple.