Wednesday, May 20, 2009

May 20

BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 20
Joe Cocker is 65; Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's is 51;

ON THIS DATE
1966 John Entwistle and Keith Moon of the Who both show up late for a concert so Pete Townshend pokes Moon in the eye giving him a bruised eye and Moon needing 3 stitches
1967 Jimi hendrix signs with Reprise Records. That same day the BBC bans "A Day In The Life" by the Beatles.
1968 Pete Townshend of the Who marries girlfriend Karen Astley
1970 The Beatles film Let It Be premieres in London
1978 The Buddy Holly Story starring Gary Busey opens in Lubbock, Texas, Buddy's hometown
1979 Elton John becomes the first Westerner to perform in the Soviet Union with a performance in Leningrad
1981 Alice Cooper's wife, Sheryl, gives birth to a daughter, Calico Cooper
1998 Tommy Lee of Motley Crue is sentenced to six months in jail and three years’ probation for kicking his soon-to-be ex-wife, Pamela Anderson, as she holds their infant son
2007 Scott Stapp of Creed was arrested on suspicion of domestic assault with intent to commit a felony at his home in Boca Raton, Florida after his wife called 911 and alleged Stapp had threw a glass bottle at her face and nearly hit her

IN CONCERT
Sunday, August 16 FOREIGNER House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista
Friday, Rocktober 16 ROBIN TROWER Jannus Landing Courtyard St. Petersburg
Saturday, Rocktober 17 ROBIN TROWER House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista

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