MARCH 30
ON THIS DAY IN 1967 THE PHOTOGRAPH FOR THE COVER OF THE BEATLES’ ALBUM “SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND” WAS TAKEN IN LONDON. OVERALL, 59 CUT-OUTS AND 9 WAX FIGURES WERE USED, WITH EACH BEATLE PICKING SOME OF THE IMAGES TO PUT IN THE COLLAGE.
IN 1994 PINK FLOYD KICKED OFF THEIR LAST CONCERT WORLD TOUR, ‘THE DIVISION BELL TOUR’ WITH A SHOW AT THE JOE ROBBIE STADIUM IN MIAMI. THE GROUP PLAYED 110 SHOWS IN TOTAL AND THE TOUR CONCLUDED WITH A CONCERT AT THE EARLS COURT CENTER IN LONDON.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THREE-TIME INDUCTEE INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, GUITARIST ERIC CLAPTON, WHO WAS BORN TODAY IN 1950.