AUGUST 1
TODAY IN 2000 AC/DC KICK OFF THEIR 140 DATE ‘STIFF UPPER LIP’ WORLD TOUR AT THE VAN ANDEL ARENA IN GRAND RAPIDS. THE STAGE SHOW FEATURES A 40-FOOT BRONZE ANGUS STATUE. THE TOUR LASTED FOR 11 MONTHS WRAPPING UP IN GERMANY.
ON THIS DAY IN 1971, GEORGE HARRISON’S CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH TOOK PLACE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN TO RAISE MONEY FOR VICTIMS OF FAMINE AND WAR IN THAT COUNTRY. THE SHOW FEATURED GEORGE HARRISON, WITH SOME HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS RINGO STARR, BOB DYLAN, ERIC CLAPTON, BILLY PRESTON, AND OTHERS.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DEF LEPPARD SINGER JOE ELLIOTT WHO WAS BORN IN 1959. HE AND THE BAND WERE INDUCTED IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2019.