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by katie_ a princess_Archive
yeh here's what i came up with yesterday:
elvis presley 1976 last new year's of his life. considered one of his best concerts, latter-day
rather than say phish's millenium concert, i'd say their 1995 concert. that what the 'heads consider superior anyway.
instead, id submit barbra streisand's millenium concert in las vegas, which (if the stats hold up) was the highest grossing single concert in Las Vegas history to date.
in germany in 1939, the vienna philharmonic began playing its yearly show. very dark period in germany in world history. the event is dedicated to strauss family. "initially conceived for a local audience as a reminder of better times and a source of hope for the future" according to the website
dick clark's first new years' rockin' eve: more like Three Dog Night's New Years’ Rockin Eve. 1973.
bruce Springsteen almost gets banged up by fire-cracker onstage at a New Year's Eve concert in Cleveland in 1979.
in 1976, the cars played their first show at Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, new Hampshire.
the grateful dead and the blues brothers rocked out in 1979 as San Francisco's Winterland Auditorium shut down
first day of 1960 Johnny Cash performed for the inmates at San Quentin Prison north of San Francisco. it went, you know, well.
In 1977, Joe Strummer and The Clash headlined the grand opening of the Roxy. Formerly a gay disco, it became the venue for punk in London.
Prince gave an after-midnight New Year's Eve charity concert to benefit the homeless in Minnesota -- and was joined onstage by Miles Davis. in 1988 i was six. i wish i couldve been there.
jimi Hendrix, Buddy Miles, and billy cox are recorded live at the Fillmore East on nye 1969. The resulting album, Band of Gypsys, is the last Hendrix album to be released before his death. heckuva year.
Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:I remember getting kicked out of class in the 3rd grade because I couldn't stop giggling while our teacher lectured us about homeless people.
