World News[]
- Terry Waite, the special representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury, is kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanon.
- The Zeebrugge car ferry diaster with over 200 dead.
- Margaret Thatcher elected for a third term as the UK Prime Minister.
- Gunman in Hungerford kills 14 dead and 15 wounded in an English town.
- Hurricane sweeps over south-east England with 110mph winds, which killed 17 people and left a £300 million trail of destruction.
- An IRA bomb blast on Remembrance Day kills 11 people in the Northern Ireland town of Enniskillen.
Events In Rock[]
- Bon Jovi headlined 1987's Monsters of Rock festival with Dio, Metallica, Anthrax, W.A.S.P. and Cinderella. Dee Snider, Bruce Dickinson and Paul Stanley joined Bon Jovi to perform "We're an American Band" by Grand Funk.
- Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls peaked at No. 2 in the Billboard charts.
- Bon Jovi's album Slippery When Wet topped the Billboard charts for eight weeks.
Major Rock Releases[]
- Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
- Anthrax - Among the Living, I'm the Man
- Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
- Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium
- Def Leppard - Hysteria
- Deep Purple - The House of Blue Light
- Foreigner - Inside Information
- Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
- Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1
- IQ - Nomzamo
- Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave
- Kiss - Crazy Nights
- Metallica - The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited
- Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls
- Ozzy Osbourne - Tribute
- The Cult - Electric
- W.A.S.P. - Live...In the Raw
- Warlock - Triumph & Agony
- Whitesnake - Whitesnake
- Yes - Big Generator
List Of FRS Dates[]
- 31 July 1987: presented by Dante Bonutto
- 25 December 1987: Merry Metal Music (festive request show)
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- 02 January 1987 / 09 January 1987 / 16 January 1987 / 23 January 1987 / 30 January 1987
- 06 February 1987 / 13 February 1987 / 27 February 1987
- 06 March 1987 / 13 March 1987 / 20 March 1987 / 27 March 1987
- 03 April 1987 / 10 April 1987 / 24 April 1987
- 01 May 1987 / 08 May 1987 / 15 May 1987 / 22 May 1987 / 29 May 1987
- 05 June 1987 / 12 June 1987 / 19 June 1987 / 26 June 1987
- 03 July 1987 / 10 July 1987 / 17 July 1987 / 24 July 1987 / 31 July 1987
- 07 August 1987 / 14 August 1987 / 21 August 1987 / 28 August 1987
- 04 September 1987 / 11 September 1987 / 18 September 1987 / 25 September 1987
- 02 October 1987 / 09 October 1987 / 16 October 1987 / 23 October 1987 / 30 October 1987
- 06 November 1987 / 13 November 1987 / 20 November 1987 / 27 November 1987
- 04 December 1987 / 11 December 1987 / 18 December 1987 / 25 December 1987