JANUARY 25
ON THIS DAY IN 1988 GEORGE HARRISON RELEASED THE SINGLE “WHEN WE WAS FAB”, THE SECOND RELEASE FROM HIS 1987 ALBUM ‘CLOUD NINE’. HARRISON CO-WROTE THE SONG WITH ELO’S JEFF LYNNE AND HAS A NOSTALGIC REFLECTION ON THE DAYS OF BEATLEMANIA WHEN THE BEATLES WERE FIRST REFERRED TO AS “THE FAB FOUR”.
TODAY IN 1992, THE INAUGURAL BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. NIRVANA AND VIOLENT FEMMES SERVED AS THE HEADLINERS.
AND IN 1999 THE ROLLING STONES BEGIN THEIR ‘NO SECURITY’ TOUR IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY OPENED THE SHOW WITH “JUMPIN JACK FLASH” AND ENDED WITH “SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL.”
