JANUARY 5
IN 1973, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN RELEASED HIS DEBUT ALBUM ‘GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK, NJ’ CONTAINING THE SINGLES “BLINDED BY THE LIGHT” AND “SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT. ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE NAMED THE ALBUM ONE OF THE “100 GREATEST DEBUT ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME”.
ON JANUARY 5, 1968, JIMI HENDRIX SPENDS A NIGHT IN A STOCKHOLM JAIL AFTER TRASHING A HOTEL ROOM DURING A DRINK-FUELED INCIDENT IN SWEDEN.
AND IN 2016 GUNS N’ ROSES CONFIRM THAT SLASH AND DUFF MCKAGAN, WHO HAVE NOT PERFORMED WITH THE BAND SINCE 1993, WILL JOIN THEM FOR THEIR HEADLINE SET AT COACHELLA. THEY LATER ANNOUNCE A FULL TOUR WITH SLASH AND MCKAGAN.