MAY 5
TODAY IN 2006 THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS RELEASE THEIR NINTH ALBUM, ‘STADIUM ARCADIUM’, THEIR FIRST ALBUM TO HIT #1 IN THE U.S. FEATURING THE HIT SINGLES “DANI CALIFORNIA” AND “SNOW (HEY OH)”.
IN 1973, LED ZEPPELIN PLAY A CONCERT IN TAMPA, FLORIDA IN FRONT OF NEARLY 57 THOUSAND FANS SETTING A RECORD AT THE TIME FOR THE LARGEST PAYING CROWD AT AN AMERICAN ROCK CONCERT. THE BAND PLAYED FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION AND TICKETS WERE ONLY $5.00.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CO-FOUNDER AND THE ORIGINAL BLACK SABBATH DRUMMER BILL WARD, WHO WAS BORN IN 1948.