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* BreakingNewsInterruption: On July 20, 1969, Taylor was performing a set at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island and had just finished playing the newly written "Fire and Rain" when organizers stopped the festival to announce to the crowd that the Apollo 11 astronauts had landed on the moon. Taylor never got to finish his set because the festival instead showed the historic live broadcast of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon. That is, [[https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/07/25/james-taylor-surprises-fans-newport-folk-fest-finally-finishes-set-from/jEVUJFOATBFNe3Au5e5MsO/story.html until 2015]], when Taylor performed an unannounced half-an-hour surprise set to finish his performance from 46 years prior.

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* BreakingNewsInterruption: On July 20, 1969, Taylor was performing a set at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island and had just finished playing the newly written "Fire and Rain" when organizers stopped the festival to announce to the crowd that the Apollo 11 astronauts had landed on the moon. Taylor never got to finish his set because the festival instead showed the historic live broadcast of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon. Taylor eventually returned to play the festival in 1997, but he never got the chance to finish that 1969 performance. That is, [[https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/07/25/james-taylor-surprises-fans-newport-folk-fest-finally-finishes-set-from/jEVUJFOATBFNe3Au5e5MsO/story.html until 2015]], when Taylor performed an unannounced half-an-hour surprise set to finish his performance from 46 years prior.
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* BreakingNewsInterruption: On July 20, 1969, Taylor was performing a set at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island and had just finished playing the newly written "Fire and Rain" when organizers stopped the festival to announce to the crowd that the Apollo 11 astronauts had landed on the moon. Taylor never got to finish his set because the festival instead showed the historic live broadcast of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon. That is, [[https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/07/25/james-taylor-surprises-fans-newport-folk-fest-finally-finishes-set-from/jEVUJFOATBFNe3Au5e5MsO/story.html until 2005]], when Taylor showed up to the festival unannounced and was given a half-an-hour slot to finish his performance from 46 years prior.

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* BreakingNewsInterruption: On July 20, 1969, Taylor was performing a set at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island and had just finished playing the newly written "Fire and Rain" when organizers stopped the festival to announce to the crowd that the Apollo 11 astronauts had landed on the moon. Taylor never got to finish his set because the festival instead showed the historic live broadcast of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon. That is, [[https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/07/25/james-taylor-surprises-fans-newport-folk-fest-finally-finishes-set-from/jEVUJFOATBFNe3Au5e5MsO/story.html until 2005]], 2015]], when Taylor showed up to the festival performed an unannounced and was given a half-an-hour slot surprise set to finish his performance from 46 years prior.
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* BreakingNewsInterruption: On July 20, 1969, Taylor was performing a set at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island and had just finished playing the newly written "Fire and Rain" when organizers stopped the festival to announce to the crowd that the Apollo 11 astronauts had landed on the moon. Taylor never got to finish his set because the festival instead showed the historic live broadcast of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon. That is, [[https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/07/25/james-taylor-surprises-fans-newport-folk-fest-finally-finishes-set-from/jEVUJFOATBFNe3Au5e5MsO/story.html until 2005]], when Taylor showed up to the festival unannounced and was given a half-an-hour slot to finish his performance from 46 years prior.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was under consideration to play at Woodstock due to his Beatles connection. When the request for the Beatles to perform at Woodstock was sent to Apple Records, the label asked the promoters whether Taylor, their latest signing, could perform as well. When it looked like Music/TheBeatles were definitely not going to happen, Taylor's appearance fell apart too.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was under consideration to play at Woodstock Film/{{Woodstock}} due to his Beatles connection.connection to Music/TheBeatles. When the request for the Beatles to perform at Woodstock was sent to Apple Records, the label asked the promoters whether Taylor, their latest signing, could perform as well. When it looked like Music/TheBeatles were definitely not going to happen, Taylor's appearance fell apart too.
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* BigNameFan: Music/TaylorSwift was named after him and actually brought him onstage at a 2011 concert to perform "Fire and Rain" together.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was under consideration to play at Woodstock due to his Beatles connection. When the request for the Beatles to perform at Woodstock was sent to Apple Records, the label asked the promoters whether Taylor, their latest signing, could perform as well. When it looked like Music/TheBeatles were definitely not going to happen, Taylor's appearance fell apart too.
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* BigNameFan: Music/TaylorSwift was named after him and actually brought him onstage at a 2011 concert to perform "Fire and Rain" together.
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* BreakthroughHit: "Fire and Rain".


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* CareerResurrection: ''Gorilla'' was this in the mid-70's, and from the 90's onward he's been making a comeback.
* CreatorBreakdown: "Fire and Rain" was inspired by the suicide of a woman he'd become close to when they were in rehab together. And oddly enough, fans started an urban legend that a completely different one was involved, where his band secretly arranged for his girlfriend to visit him on tour, only for her plane to crash.

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