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The Jimi Hendrix Experience do a rough mix for the song House Burning Down at Record Plant, New York City, USA. The song is said to have been inspired by the Watts Riots in Los Angeles.
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Because vocalist Robert Plant has flu, Led Zeppelin's scheduled concert at Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, UK, Europe, is postponed until 30 January, when it ends their fifth and longest British tour.On their Get Me A Ladder Tour, Emerson, Lake And Palmer play in The Sporthalle, Koln, Germany, Europe.
Emerson, Lake And Palmer release their fourth studio album, Brain Salad Surgery, on Manticore Records in the UK.Led Zeppelin hold the UK launch for their new record label, Swan Song, at Chislehurst Caves, Surrey, England, UK.
On the second leg of their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play at The University Of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio, USA. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, a black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.
On their World Vacation tour, Van Halen play at Vancouver Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, supported by Eddie Money.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play the second of two nights at Seattle Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, USA, supported by Rail.
Def Leppard play at The New Cornish Riviera, St. Austell, Cornwall, England, UK, Europe.
On their British Steel tour, On their Fair Warning Tour [aka the W.D.F.A. (We Don't Fuck Around) Tour] Van Halen play at The Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
On the South American leg of their Hide Your Sheep Tour [aka the No Problem Tour], Van Halen play the last of three nights at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil, supported by Patrulha do Espaco.
The first night of the annual Reading Festival in the UK is headlined by Killing Joke. Also on the bill are Doctor And The Medics, The Mission, Balaam And The Angel, March Violets, The Bolshoi, Twenty Flight Rockers and Gene Loves Jezebel.
James Vance, one of two American teenagers who shot himself three years earlier after listening to the Judas Priest album Stained Class, dies.
Soundgarden play at The Bumbershoot Festival, Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, USA. The festival also features Alice In Chains, Joe Walsh, The Psychedelic Furs, Emmylou Harris, Fats Domino, Taj Mahal, Nick Lowe, Gladys Knight, Nanci Griffith, Leon Redbone, Junior Walker, Abdulla Ibrahim, Albert King, Ziggy Marley, Ry Cooder And David Lindley, Dr. John, Queen Ida and many others.
On their No Prayer On The Road tour, Iron Maiden play at The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, England, UK.
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On The Years Of Decay tour, Overkill play at The Music Hall, Hanover, Germany, Europe.Alexisonfire, Rise Against and The Fullblast play at The Steelworkers Hall, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Def Leppard play at the USANA Amphitheatre, West Valley City, Utah, USA, supported by Styx and Foreigner.
Van Halen are introduced onstage by Tiger Woods at Tiger Jam XI, a fundraising event at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, to raise more than $1.5 million for the Tiger Woods Foundation.
On their Final Frontier World Tour, Iron Maiden play at The Soundwave Festival in Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, Australia.
Judas Priest hold a press conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, to announce details of their forthcoming farewell tour.
Dusty Hill, bassist for ZZ Top, slips and falls on the band's tour bus, injuring his hip, during their tour with Jeff Beck. Upcoming dates are cancelled, although Beck fulfils three more dates by himself.
Funeral For A Friend play at The Hippodrome, Kingston Upon Thames, UK, with Vales and Employed To Serve.
Angus Young of AC/DC and his wife Ellen attend the French Open Tennis Tournament in Paris, France, Europe, where he sees Roger Federer of Switzerland and Marcel Granollers of Spain.
Motley Crue play what is being billed as their last-ever live show, at the Staples Center in their home town of Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their WorldWired tour, Metallica play an intimate promo show at The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their 25th Anniversary Of Images And Words tour, Dream Theater play at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
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