Organised by dairy farmer Michael Eavis, the event was billed as the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival and attracted 1,500 people who paid a pound each to see a number of bands on a single stage and drink unlimited quantities of milk.
The poem Defence of Fort M’Henry provides an account of the British attack on the United States during the Battle of Baltimore.
American rock band Nirvana released the critically acclaimed single “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.
The first complete performance of Wagner’s Ring cycle took place in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth.
Traffic was stopped on the B507 road in London so The Beatles could pose for their iconic Abbey Road album cover.
La Marseillaise was composed by a French army officer and was originally called the ‘War Song for the Army of the Rhine’ with the aim of rallying soldiers fighting in Strasbourg during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Having come to prominence in the early 1960s with songs that chronicled the social situation in the USA, Dylan’s dramatic shift away from his traditional instruments of acoustic guitar and harmonica was said to have, ‘electrified one half of his audience, and electrocuted the other.’
News reports the day after the concert stated that Live Aid had raised upwards of £40 million.
Authorities in the Californian city of Santa Cruz banned rock and roll music at public gatherings.
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band won four Grammy Awards following its release and is widely regarded as one of the most influential albums ever recorded.
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