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The stage musical
Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.

The musical
Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre,
Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
The musical
Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre,
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.

The rock musical
Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.

The musical comedy
The Happy Time is presented at The
Broadway Theatre,
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.

Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical
Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.

The stage musical
Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
The controversial hippy musical,
Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
Shirley Bassey is playing during an engagement at The Sahara, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Paul Anka is playing during a two-week season at Mr. D's, San Francisco, California, USA.
H.P. Lovecraft and Kaleidoscope play the second of two nights at The Sound Factory, Sacramento, California, USA.

Anti-war campaigner
Country Joe McDonald and two members of his backing band The Fish are attacked by three over-zealously patriotic Vietnam Veterans, in a lift at the Democratic Party National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The
Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, supported by Eire Apparent.
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The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation play at
Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.

The Polka Tulk Blues Band plays at The County Ballroom, Carlisle, England, UK, Europe. They will find greater success when they evolve into
Black Sabbath.
Magic Bus by The Who reaches No1 in the Canadian singles chart.
Pink Floyd play the second of two nights at The Bank, Torrance, California, USA.
The
Grateful Dead and
Taj Mahal play the second of two nights at The Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Eric Burdon And Animals play the fourth of five nights at the
Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles supported by A.B. Skhy.
Ten Years After play in a Free Concert at Hyde Park, London, England, UK, Europe.

A dispute between The
Rolling Stones and
Decca Records in the UK is made public today. The company is refusing to release their album Beggar's Banquet, claiming that the cover, showing a toilet wall scrawled with graffiti, might cause offence.
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Grapefruit play at The Pavilion, Weston Super Mare, England, UK, Europe.

The Cryan Shames play at The Jaguar Club, St. Charles, Illinois, USA.

The rock musical
Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.