DECEMBER 9
ON THIS DAY IN 1967 JIM MORRISON OF THE DOORS WAS ARRESTED AT HIS OWN CONCERT IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH A POLICE OFFICER BACKSTAGE WHO MACED HIM. WHEN MORRISON TELLS THE STORY OF THE BACKSTAGE EPISODE ON STAGE, THE POLICE DRAG HIM OFF THE STAGE AND ARREST HIM FOR BREACH OF PEACE AND RESISTING ARREST.
BILLY JOEL STARTED A TWO-WEEK RUN IN 1989 AT #1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART WITH “WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE” FROM HIS ALBUM ‘STORM FRONT’.
U2 PERFORMED ON ‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’ IN 2000 WHERE THEY PLAYED “BEAUTIFUL DAY” AND “ELEVATION”, BOTH OFF THEIR TENTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND’. THE PREVIOUS DAY MARKED THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF JOHN LENNON; BONO PAID TRIBUTE TO LENNON BY SINGING A VERSE OF “ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE” OVER THE END OF “BEAUTIFUL DAY”.
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