MAY 5
IN 1973, LED ZEPPELIN PLAY A CONCERT IN TAMPA IN FRONT OF NEARLY 57 THOUSAND FANS SETTING A RECORD AT THE TIME FOR THE LARGEST PAYING CROWD AT AN AMERICAN ROCK CONCERT. THE BAND PLAYED FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION AND TICKETS WERE ONLY $5.00.
TODAY IN 1981 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS RELEASE THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HARD PROMISES’ FEATURING THE HIT SINGLE “THE WAITING”.
ON THIS DAY IN 1986 ATLANTIC RECORDS FOUNDER AHMET ERTEGUN ANNOUNCES THAT THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME WILL BE BUILT IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.