JUNE 2
ON THIS DAY IN 1976 ‘WINGS’ SET A NEW WORLD RECORD WHEN THEY PERFORMED IN FRONT OF 67,100 FANS IN SEATTLE, THE LARGEST ATTENDANCE FOR AN INDOOR CROWD AT THE TIME.
TODAY IN 1978 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN RELEASES HIS FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN’, THE FOLLOW-UP TO HIS BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM ‘BORN TO RUN’, AND CONTAINING THE HITS “PROVE IT ALL NIGHT” AND “BADLANDS”.
AND THE ROLLING STONES BEGAN THEIR FIRST AMERICAN TOUR TODAY IN 1964. THE LATE CHARLIE WATTS, THEIR DRUMMER, WAS CELEBRATING HIS 23RD BIRTHDAY AS WELL.