Events in Music History in August 1992

Aug 1 "Salome" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 9 performances

Music History

Aug 8 Metallica singer and guitarist James Hetfield suffers second and third-degree burns during a pyrotechnics explosion on stage at Olympic Stadium, Montreal

A Streetcar Named Desire

Aug 9 Revival of Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire", starring Alec Baldwin & Jessica Lange, closes at Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 137 performances

The Real Inspector Hound

Aug 13 Revival of Tom Stoppard's play "The Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, New York, NYC; runs for 61 performances

Playwright and Screenwriter Tom Stoppard

Aug 26 "Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 46 performances

U2 Plays Yankee Stadium

Aug 29 Irish rock band U2 plays the 1st of two sold-out nights at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, NYC

Aug 30 "2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 160 performances

Low

Aug 30 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 1 (Low), based loosely on David Bowie's 1977 album "Low", premieres with the Junge Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, in Munich, Germany