JUNE 30
IN 1973 GEORGE HARRISON’S “GIVE ME LOVE” GOES TO #1 KNOCKING PAUL MCCARTNEY’S “MY LOVE” OUT OF THE NUMBER ONE SPOT ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES CHART.
THE SOUNDTRACK FOR CAMERON CROWE’S MOVIE ‘SINGLES’ IS RELEASED IN 1992. IT HELPS BRING THE SEATTLE MUSIC SCENE TO THE ENTIRE U.S FEATURING SONGS FROM ALICE IN CHAINS, PEARL JAM, SOUNDGARDEN, MUDHONEY, MOTHER LOVE BONE, AND MANY OTHERS AND IS INSTRUMENTAL IN LAUNCHING THE ’90S “GRUNGE REVOLUTION.”
R.E.M. PLAYED A FIVE-NIGHT SERIES OF SHOWS AT DUBLIN’S OLYMPIA THEATRE IN 2007. DUBBED ‘WORKING REHEARSALS’ BY THE BAND, MANY SONGS FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘ACCELERATE’ WERE DEBUTED, WITH MANY OF THEM STILL AS WORKS IN PROGRESS.