March 27

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 27
Tony Banks of Genesis is 60; Andrew Farriss of INXS is 51; Johnny April of Staind is 45; Brendan Hill of Blues Traveler is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1967 A riot broke out at a Rolling Stones concert in Halsinborg, Sweden
1973 Carlos Santana changes his name to Devadip
1979 Eric Clapton married Patti Boyd in Tuscon, Arizona
1986 Sammy Hagar performed his first conbcert as a member of Van Halen
1987 U2 do their own version of a "Rooftop Concert" in Los Angeles on the roof of Republic Liquor, all of which is filmed and made into a video for "Where The Streets Have No Name"
1992 At a U2 concert in Auburn Hills, Michigan Bono calls a pizza parlor and orders 10,000 pizzas. Only 100 pizzas are actually delivered
2008 It is announced that Clint Lowery has returned as guitarist for Sevendust

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