July 30
TODAY IN 1974 WAS A GREAT NIGHT AT THE TROUBADOUR IN LA: CO-HEADLINERS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND AND FORMER BYRDS LEADER ROGER MCGUINN PERFORM.
ALICE IN CHAINS RELEASE THEIR ‘UNPLUGGED’ LIVE ALBUM TODAY IN 1996. RECORDED ON APRIL 10TH FOR THE MTV UNPLUGGED SERIES, THE ACOUSTIC VERSION OF “OVER NOW”, ORIGINALLY ON THE 1995 SELF-TITLED ALBUM, WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE.
AND IN 2003, WHEN THE SARS DISEASE SPREAD TO TORONTO, THE CITY HOST AN OPEN-AIR BENEFIT CONCERT FEATURING THE ROLLING STONES, AC/DC, RUSH, THE GUESS WHO, AND OTHERS. NEARLY 500,000 PEOPLE ATTEND THE CONCERT, MAKING IT IS THE LARGEST OUTDOOR TICKETED EVENT IN CANADIAN HISTORY.