AUGUST 26
THE FIVE-DAY ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL KICKS OFF IN ENGLAND ON THIS DAY IN 1970, BOASTING A VERY IMPRESSIVE LINEUP, INCLUDING JONI MITCHELL, JETHRO TULL, EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER, THE DOORS, THE WHO, THE MOODY BLUES, PROCOL HARUM, SUPERTRAMP, CHICAGO, FREE, AND IN HIS LAST CONCERT APPEARANCE IN ENGLAND, JIMI HENDRIX.
WHILE ON THEIR ‘LOVE GUN’ TOUR IN 1977, KISS PLAY THE FIRST OF THREE NIGHTS AT THE FORUM IN L.A. THE SHOWS ARE COMPILED FOR THEIR ‘KISS ALIVE II’ ALBUM, RELEASED IN OCTOBER.
CREED RELEASE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘MY OWN PRISON’ TODAY IN 1997 FEATURING THE TITLE TRACK, “ONE” AND “WHAT’S THIS LIFE FOR”.