AUGUST 23
THE BEATLES PLAY SHEA STADIUM FOR THE SECOND TIME ON THIS DAY IN 1966 WITH THE FAB FOUR PERFORMING ELEVEN SONGS. THE REMAINS, BOBBY HEBB, THE CYRKLE AND THE RONETTES ARE THE WARM-UP ACTS.
IN 1975, AFTER SPENDING FOUR WEEKS AT #1, THE EAGLES’ ALBUM ‘ONE OF THESE NIGHTS’ ENTERS ITS LAST WEEK ATOP THE CHART AS ELTON JOHN’S ‘CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY’ KNOCKS IT FROM THE NUMBER ONE SPOT THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
TODAY IN 1991, A MONTH BEFORE THEIR ‘NEVERMIND’ ALBUM IS RELEASED, NIRVANA PLAY THE READING FESTIVAL IN ENGLAND WITH A SET CAPPED BY A KURT COBAIN HEADLONG DIVE INTO DAVE GROHL’S DRUM KIT. THE NEXT YEAR, NIRVANA HEADLINE THE FESTIVAL.