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TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO March 19-25 The Eagles' 1976 compilation, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, reaches sales of 24 million, equalling those of the previous all-time best seller, Michael Jackson's Thriller.

TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO March 12 to 18, 1997 Jermaine Stewart, the 80s soul star whose biggest hit was "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off", dies of AIDS-related liver cancer, aged 39. Initially finding fame as a dancer on the long-running TV show Soul Train, Stewart also sang backing vocals for the likes of The Temptations, Tavares, Shalamar and Culture Club.

TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO March 5 to 11, 1997 The Notorious B.I.G. is shot dead as he sits in a car outside the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles. Police confirm they are investigating links between the killing and the slaying of Tupac Shakur in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas six months earlier, fuelling tabloid stories of a feud between the East Coast and West Coast rap communities. Biggie's demise comes just days after Death Row Records president Marion 'Suge' Knight receives a nine-year sentence for parole violations.

TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO February 26 to March 4, 1997 On the eve of the release of their album Pop, U2 announce details of their forthcoming PopMart tour, from a makeshift stage in the lingerie section of a K-Mart department store in downtown Manhattan. "We believe in trash, we believe in kitsch," The Edge tells reporters. "That's what we're all about at the moment."

The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible

After the funeral - the apocalypse. Second coming of Montreal troupe, designed for stadiums and the end of the world
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