FEBRUARY 16
TODAY IN 1972 LED ZEPPELIN KICK OFF THEIR FIRST TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. IT WOULD BE THE ONLY TIME THE LEGENDARY BRITISH ROCKERS WOULD EVER TOUR THERE.
DURING A TOUR OF AMERICA IN 1974 THE MEMBERS OF EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER WERE ARRESTED IN SALT LAKE CITY AFTER SKINNY DIPPING IN THE HOTEL POOL. THEY WERE EACH FINED $75.
ON THIS DAY IN 1985, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS #1 ON THE U.K. ALBUM CHART WITH ‘BORN IN THE USA’, HIS SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM. IT WAS ALSO THE BEST-SELLING ALBUM OF THE YEAR IN AMERICA AND SPAWNED SEVEN TOP 10 SINGLES.