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Bookmark or Share- Disco Demolition Night - WikipediaDisco Demolition Night was a 1979 MLB promotion that ended in a riot after a crate of disco records was blown up on the field. Learn about the background, the event, and the impact of this controversial episode in music and sports history.
- Looking back on Disco Demolition Night in Chicago - MLB.comFoul poles were climbed. Bonfires were lit. Batting cages were toppled and bases removed. Despite pleas from Bill Veeck, Dahl and stadium announcer Harry Caray to disperse, the crowd remained until riot police arrived.
- The 1979 riot that 'killed' disco - BBCFor fans of disco and baseball alike, the night of 12 July 1979 is one to remember for all the wrong reasons. In a notorious promotional stunt, a Chicago DJ named Steve Dahl detonated a...
- Remembering Disco Demolition Night 43 years later - WGN-TVOn July 12, 1979, a radio promotion featuring anti-disco disc jockey Steve Dahl led to a riot at Comiskey Park, where fans stormed the field and burned disco records. The White Sox...
- The Night They Drove Disco Down - JSTOR DailyHow a promotional event at a baseball game in 1979 turned into a violent anti-gay backlash that marked the end of disco. Learn about the historical and cultural implications of the disco night riot from a social historian's perspective.
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