Noteworthy Classic Rock events on August 11 include....

 

1955 Joe Jackson born.   

1968 Beatles release Hey Jude.   

1968 Charlie Sexton born. 

1976 Keith Moon taken to a Miami hospital after collapsing from exhaustion.

1979 Led Zeppelin does its final UK concert at Knebworth.

1989 Bruce Springsteen does 4 songs with Ringo Starr's All Starr Band at Garden State Arts Center concert in NJ.  

1994 Black Crowes appear as The Corkscrews at Atlanta club.   

1995 Peter Criss of KISS arrested with handgun in carry-on luggage at Kennedy Airport in New York City.   

1995 Michael Stipe of R.E.M. has emergency hernia surgery in Czechoslovakia.

1996 Bruce Springsteen plays with Whitefish, Montana bar band while in town for a friend's wedding.   

2009 Ron Wood joins Pearl Jam on All Along The Watchtower during band's set at Empire Music Hall concert in London.

2019 Bob Weir joins Paul Simon on stage for the first time during Simon's set at Outlands Music festival in Golden Gate Park.