On this day in music history…
In 2010, then-Comedy Central hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert joined forces to organize and host the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Included in the rally was a sarcastic battle of trains, featuring Yusuf Islam performing “Peace Train” and Ozzy Osbourne performing “Crazy Train,” sometimes simultaneously. The winner, in the end? The O’Jays, who performed “Love Train” to end the bit.
In 2016, the Chicago Cubs were playing Game 5 of the World Series against the Cleveland Indians at Wrigley Field. Cubs fan and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder led the crowd in singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh-inning stretch. The Cubs went on to win Game 5, making it their first World Series home win in 71 years.
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