World Events
- Iran-Contra affair
- Soviet Army begins withdrawal from Afghanistan after 8 years
- UK Government passes Section 28 (prohibiting promotion of homosexuality in schools)
- US President Ronald Reagan visits Soviet Union
- Netherlands defeats Soviet Union 2-0 to win Euro 88
- Iran-Iraq war ends
- July 6th, an explosion and the resulting oil and gas fires, destroys the North Sea Gas production platform 'Piper Alpha' killing 167 (including 2 crewman from a rescue vessel)
- Summer Olympics held in Seoul, Korea
- First computer worm distributed via the Internet (Morris Worm)
- George W. Bush wins US Elections, becoming the first sitting Vice-President in 200 years to do so
- Pan Am Flight 103 blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland (believed to be the work of Libyans)
Events In Rock
- Monsters Of Rock tour in US
- Mötley Crüe enter rehab
- Billy Sheehan leaves David Lee Roth's solo band and forms Mr. Big
- U2's Rattle And Hum goes to number 1 on the US Album charts
- September: BBC Radio 1 acquires its own FM network and rebrands itself Radio 1 FM
- Monsters Of Rock (Donington): two people crushed to death during Guns 'N' Roses set
- Deaths of Roy Orbison, Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Paul Avron Jeffreys (Cockney Rebel)
Major Rock Releases
- Megadeth, 'So Far, So Good...So What!'
- David Lee Roth, 'Skyscraper'
- Toto, 'The Seventh One'
- Yngwie Malmsteen, 'Odyssey'
- Scorpions, 'Savage Amusement'
- Queensrÿche, 'Operation: Mindcrime'
- Living Colour, 'Vivid'
- Van Halen, 'OU812'
- Guns N' Roses, 'G 'N 'R Lies'
- Pink Floyd, 'Delicate Sound Of Thunder'
- Jethro Tull, '20 Years Of Jethro Tull' (65 track box set)
List Of FRS Dates
January |
February |
March |
April |
01 January 1988 08 January 1988 15 January 1988 22 January 1988 29 January 1988 |
05 February 1988 12 February 1988 19 February 1988 26 February 1988 |
04 March 1988 11 March 1988 18 March 1988 25 March 1988 |
01 April 1988 08 April 1988 15 April 1988 22 April 1988 29 April 1988 |
May |
June |
July |
August |
06 May 1988 13 May 1988 20 May 1988 27 May 1988 |
03 June 1988 10 June 1988 17 June 1988 24 June 1988 |
01 July 1988 08 July 1988 15 July 1988 22 July 1988 29 July 1988 |
05 August 1988 12 August 1988 19 August 1988 26 August 1988 |
September |
October |
November |
December |
02 September 1988 09 September 1988 16 September 1988 23 September 1988 |
07 October 1988 14 October 1988 21 October 1988 28 October 1988 |
04 November 1988 11 November 1988 18 November 1988 25 November 1988 |
02 December 1988 09 December 1988 16 December 1988 23 December 1988 30 December 1988 |
30 September 1988: no FRS (21 Years Of Radio 1)
- 01 January 1988 / 08 January 1988 / 15 January 1988 / 22 January 1988 / 29 January 1988
- 05 February 1988 / 12 February 1988 / 19 February 1988 / 26 February 1988
- 04 March 1988 / 11 March 1988 / 18 March 1988 / 25 March 1988
- 01 April 1988 / 08 April 1988 / 15 April 1988 / 22 April 1988 / 29 April 1988
- 06 May 1988 / 13 May 1988 / 20 May 1988 / 27 May 1988
- 10 June 1988 / 17 June 1988 / 24 June 1988
- 08 July 1988 / 15 July 1988 / 29 July 1988
- 12 August 1988 / 19 August 1988 / 26 August 1988
- 02 September 1988 / 09 September 1988 / 16 September 1988 / 23 September 1988
- 07 October 1988 / 08 October 1988 (Night Rockin') / 14 October 1988
- 30 December 1988