May 17
TODAY IN 1975 LED ZEPPELIN PLAY THE FIRST OF FIVE SOLD-OUT NIGHTS AT EARLS COURT ARENA IN LONDON. THE SET LIST INCLUDED SOME OF THEIR BIGGEST HITS SUCH AS “ROCK AND ROLL”, “KASHMIR”, “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN”, “WHOLE LOTTA LOVE”, AND “BLACK DOG”.
A FIRE DESTROYS TOM PETTY’S LOS ANGELES HOME IN 1987 AND CAUSES $800,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. PETTY AND HIS FAMILY ESCAPE UNHARMED AND IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED TO BE THE WORK OF AN ARSONIST.
AND IN 1989 ROLLING STONES BASSIST BILL WYMAN OPENS THE ‘STICKY FINGERS’ RESTAURANT IN WEST LONDON. THE RESTAURANT WAS NAMED AFTER THE BAND’S 1971 ALBUM AND WAS ADORNED WITH A WIDE SELECTION OF ROLLING STONES MEMORABILIA.
