January 1 |
In 1979, Bruce Springsteen was also on the mend, recovering from a wild New Year’s Eve concert in Cleveland. His cheek was gashed by a firecracker someone threw onstage.
In 1976, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant had something to celebrate for the new year: he took his first steps without a wheelchair since his car accident in Greece the previous August.
And on New Year’s Day 1967, The Doors made their first live television appearance ever on a local LA station. But they weren’t actually playing—they were just lip syncing “Break On Through (To The Other Side).”