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Rolling Stone magazine reports that several film companies are working on movies about deceased blues-rock singer Janis Joplin. The article also claims there is a documentary in the works and possibly even a Broadway musical.
After eight years off the road, Bob Dylan begins a 39-day US tour
with The Band, starting at The
Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois. The shows are recorded, for the live album Before The
Flood.
Marlene Dietrich plays the first of four consecutive nights at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA. It is said that during this run of shows the ageing songstress complained to a crew member backstage that there were nazis in the audience and demanded that they should be removed. "Yes, Miss Dietrich," he replied, "but how shall I recognise them?" Unfazed, Dietrich intoned, "They are the ones who are not clapping," before sweeping back out to coninue the show.