Fans attending the Isle of Wight festival on this day in 1970 witnessed the last UK live performance by Jimi  Hendrix.
Other Noteworthy August 26 Classic Rock events include...
1973 10cc makes live debut at the Isle of Man.   
1978 Triumph headlines Canada Jam.   

1979 Phil Collins joins Peter Gabriel for Lamb Lies Down On Broadway at Reading Festival.   

1980 Tom Petersson quits Cheap Trick.   

1993 Aerosmith honored with brass star at entrance to Tower Records in Boston.   

2000 Allman Brothers Band & G'ovt Mule's Allan Woody dies in hotel room. 

2003 Warren Zevon releases The Wind.   

2014 Dusty Hill injures his hip in a fall on ZZ Top tour bus.
2022 Marcus King releases Young Blood...