Events in Music History in September 1992

Sep 1 American comic and folk singer Tommy Smothers undergoes arthroscopic surgery

Music Concert

Sep 4 Singer Harry Nilsson makes a rare (and final) concert appearance, joining Ringo and His All-Starr Band for a version of his "Without You" at Caesar’s Palace. Las Vegas, Nevada

Album Release

Sep 8 Island Records releases "Bone Machine", the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits; it earns him his first Grammy Award win (Best Alternative Music Album)

Video Music Awards

Sep 9 9th MTV Video Music Awards: Howard Stern appears as 'Fartman'

Music History

Sep 17 Frank Zappa conducts The Ensemble Modern in portions of his classical work "The Yellow Shark" in Frankfurt, Germany; receives a 20 minute standing ovation in what is his last public appearance

Guitarist, Singer, and Composer Frank Zappa

Sep 19 Demolition begins of JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; built in 1926 as Sesquicentennial Stadium, also known as Municipal Stadium, it hosted the 1926 Tunney-Dempsey fight, 41 Army-Navy football games, The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; victory rallies for The NHL Flyers and MLB Phillies; and the US portion of Live-Aid