MARCH 28
TODAY IN 1967 VAN MORRISON RECORDS THE HIT SONG “BROWN EYED GIRL”, BECOMING ONE OF HIS SIGNATURE SONGS AND INDUCTED INTO THE GRAMMY HALL OF FAME IN 2007.
IN 1973 LED ZEPPELIN RELEASE THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HOUSES OF THE HOLY’. THE ALBUM TITLE WAS A DEDICATION BY THE BAND TO THEIR FANS WHO APPEARED AT VENUES THEY DUBBED ‘HOUSES OF THE HOLY’. IT FEATURED THE TRACKS “OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY” “DANCING DAYS”, D’YER MAK’ER” AND THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM “THE OCEAN”.
AND IN 2005, AFTER PLAYING A WARM-UP DATE THE NIGHT BEFORE AT THE LOS ANGELES SPORTS ARENA, U2 KICKED OFF THEIR ‘VERTIGO’ TOUR IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. THE 131-DATE WORLD TOUR WOULD SEE THE BAND PLAY IN NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA AND JAPAN.