Blue Öyster Cult in London

Blue Öyster Cult is an American hard rock band that adopted its present name on Long Island in 1971. Its music draws on hard rock, heavy metal and psychedelia, and its best-known recordings include “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” “Godzilla” and “Burnin’ for You,” as well as the albums Agents of Fortune, Spectres and Fire of Unknown Origin. The 1975 live album On Your Feet or on Your Knees documented the band’s mid-1970s concert repertoire, including “Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll” and “ME 262.” In 1980, Blue Öyster Cult toured with Black Sabbath on the Black and Blue Tour, and a performance at Nassau Coliseum became the concert film Black and Blue. The following year, the band played the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington.

Magnum are a British rock band formed in 1972 by guitarist and songwriter Tony Clarkin and singer Bob Catley. They play melodic hard rock with progressive elements, and their catalogue includes the albums On a Storyteller’s Night, Vigilante and Wings of Heaven, as well as the songs “Just Like an Arrow” and “Days of No Trust.” Concerts at the Marquee Club in 1979 were captured on the live album Marauder. In 1985, Magnum played Monsters of Rock at Castle Donington during the touring cycle for On a Storyteller’s Night. After a farewell tour in 1995, Clarkin and Catley re-formed the band in 2001 and resumed touring in Britain and continental Europe. On later headline tours, Magnum played concert halls and theatres including Birmingham Symphony Hall and the London Palladium.