OCTOBER 27
THE WHO RELEASE “LOVE, REIGN O’ER ME” ON THIS DAY IN 1973 AS THE SECOND SINGLE FROM THE BAND’S ROCK OPERA, ‘QUADROPHENIA’. IT IS THE FINAL SONG ON THE ALBUM, AND HAS BEEN A CONCERT STAPLE FOR YEARS.
IN 1988 U2’S CONCERT FILM AND ROCKUMENTARY ‘RATTLE AND HUM’ PREMIERES IN THEIR HOMETOWN, DUBLIN, IRELAND. THE FILM CAPTURED U2 DURING THEIR ‘JOSHUA TREE’ TOUR FEATURING LIVE PERFORMANCES, INTERVIEWS, AND DOCUMENTARY SEGMENTS.
THE LATE SCOTT WEILAND, BEST KNOWN AS THE FRONTMAN FOR ‘STONE TEMPLE PILOTS’ WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1967 IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.