On July 12, 1979, the Chicago White Sox staged “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park. After the Sox lost the first game to the Detroit Tigers, 4-1. Over 5,000 fans ran onto the field, the fans refused to leave the field of play and the Disco Demolition Night promotion gone awry. Mike Veeck’s promotion involves admitting fans for 98 cents with a disco record, collecting the vinyl and then literally blowing up the LPs and 45s in center field. | Litehouse Media
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On July 12, 1979, the Chicago White Sox staged “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park. After the Sox lost the first game to the Detroit Tigers, 4-1. Over 5,000 fans ran onto the field, the fans refused to leave the field of play and the Disco Demolition Night promotion gone awry. Mike Veeck’s promotion involves admitting fans for 98 cents with a disco record, collecting the vinyl and then literally blowing up the LPs and 45s in center field. | Litehouse Media
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On July 12, 1979, Chicago’s Comiskey Park hosted the infamous "Disco Demolition Night," where fans stormed the field after DJ Steve Dahl blew up a crate of disco records between games of a White Sox doubleheader. The chaos led to a forfeit—and a wild moment in music and baseball history! Tags: #DiscoDemolitionNight #ChicagoHistory #July121979 #ComiskeyPark #SteveDahl #WhiteSox #DiscoSucks #BaseballHistory #MusicHistory #1970s | Sodaneck
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On July 12, 1979, Chicago’s Comiskey Park hosted the infamous "Disco Demolition Night," where fans stormed the field after DJ Steve Dahl blew up a crate of disco records between games of a White Sox doubleheader. The chaos led to a forfeit—and a wild moment in music and baseball history! Tags: #DiscoDemolitionNight #ChicagoHistory #July121979 #ComiskeyPark #SteveDahl #WhiteSox #DiscoSucks #BaseballHistory #MusicHistory #1970s | Sodaneck
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Disco Demolition Night: Scenes from the Night Disco Died (or Did It?) at Chicago’s Comiskey Park, 1979
Disco Demolition Night: Scenes from the Night Disco Died (or Did It?) at Chicago’s Comiskey Park, 1979
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40 YEARS AGO TONIGHT On this day in 1979, a radio station promotion at old Comiskey Park went awry. Decades later, the legacy and meaning of 'Disco Demolition' is up for debate. | WGN TV
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40 YEARS AGO TONIGHT On this day in 1979, a radio station promotion at old Comiskey Park went awry. Decades later, the legacy and meaning of 'Disco Demolition' is up for debate. | WGN TV
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Disco Demolition Night blew up—literally and figuratively—on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Dreamed up by radio DJ Steve Dahl and White Sox promotions man Mike Veeck, the stunt offered cheap admission to fans who brought a disco record to be blown up between games of a doubleheader. The explosion lit the crowd’s fuse—thousands stormed the field, tore up the turf, and forced the Sox to forfeit the second game. It was a wild night that marked the symbolic death of disco and helped cem
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Disco Demolition Night blew up—literally and figuratively—on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Dreamed up by radio DJ Steve Dahl and White Sox promotions man Mike Veeck, the stunt offered cheap admission to fans who brought a disco record to be blown up between games of a doubleheader. The explosion lit the crowd’s fuse—thousands stormed the field, tore up the turf, and forced the Sox to forfeit the second game. It was a wild night that marked the symbolic death of disco and helped cem
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Today In 1979: The infamous "Disco Demolition Night" is held at Comiskey Park! The ensuing chaos and damage to the field forces the Chicago #WhiteSox to forfeit the scheduled second game of a doubleheader vs. the Detroit #Tigers! ⚾️ #MLB #Baseball #Disco #History | Baseball by BSmile
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Today In 1979: The infamous "Disco Demolition Night" is held at Comiskey Park! The ensuing chaos and damage to the field forces the Chicago #WhiteSox to forfeit the scheduled second game of a doubleheader vs. the Detroit #Tigers! ⚾️ #MLB #Baseball #Disco #History | Baseball by BSmile
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