JUNE 5
IN 1964 THE ROLLING STONES PLAY THEIR FIRST-EVER LIVE GIG IN AMERICA WHEN THEY APPEAR IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING THEIR FIRST ALBUM RELEASE IN NORTH AMERICA, SIMPLY TITLED ‘THE ROLLING STONES’.
ON THIS DAY IN 1983 U2 PLAY THE RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER IN COLORADO. DESPITE RAIN, THE CONCERT IS RECORDED AND RELEASED AS ‘U2 LIVE AT RED ROCKS: UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY.’
THE FIFTH ANNUAL PRINCE’S TRUST ROCK GALA TOOK PLACE TODAY IN 1987 AT WEMBLEY ARENA IN LONDON. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SHOW IS GEORGE HARRISON, ERIC CLAPTON, RINGO STARR, PHIL COLLINS, ELTON JOHN AND JEFF LYNNE PERFORMING “WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS”.