BIRTHDAYS
1945: Ray Royer (Procol Harum)
1948: John Cummings a.k.a. Johnny Ramone
1949: Hamish Stewart (Average White Band)
1961: Jon Stevens (Noiseworks / INXS)
EVENTS
1980: Bob Marley collapsed on stage during a concert in Pittsburgh; his last live performance.
1988: Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ finally left the U.S. charts, after a record-breaking 741 weeks.
2000: Radiohead started a 2-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Kid A’.
2023: Power Trip music festival (Day Three) was held in Indio, California. The two featured bands were Tool & Metallica.
Bob Marley gave his last performance 44 years ago. Here is some rare, rastastic footage of the Reggae King captured live on stage at Western Springs in Auckland, New Zealand on 16th April, 1979.
