ROCKinsights Members

Forgot Password

Not a Member? Sign up here!

Noteworthy Then

6/28/1969 Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac play Bath Festival in UK

 

On this day in, 1969 Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Nice, Ten Years After, John Mayall, Savoy Brown, Bloodwyn Pig and more played the Bath Festival in the UK.

 

Other  Noteworthy Classic Rock events on June 28 include...

 

1954 Steve Morse of the Dixie Dregs and Deep Purple born.

1969 Day two (of three) Denver Pop Festival at Mile High Stadium, sets from Poco, Johnny Winter, Tim Buckley, Creedence Clearwater Revival. 

1974 Elton John releases Caribou.   

1984 Bruce Springsteen films video for Dancing In The Dark with Courtney Cox.

1985 AC/DC releases Fly on the Wall.

1988 Steven Tyler marries Aerosmith costume designer Terressa Barri.   

1990 Allman Brothers Band releases Seven Turns. 

1990 Police raid Chuck Berry's home on drugs tip, confiscate drugs, weapons and $130,000 cash.

1994 Rolling Stones premier Voodoo Lounge after Reds Astros game at the Astrodome in Houston.   

1996 KISS open reunion tour in Detroit.
1996 Def Leppard opens US leg of Slang tour.

1997 Bob Seger wrecks his car in Nipigon, Ontario.

2007 Two crew members killed while taking down the stage after the Rolling Stones concert in Madrid, Spain.

2009 Bruce Springsteen’s 2 hour 40 minute set costs Glastonbury festival organizers a curfew penalty.  

2009 Steven Tyler injures leg during Aerosmith's concert in Uncasville, Connecticut. Band cancels 7 shows.

2010 Robert Plant sings in bar of the James Hotel in Chicago.

2014 Butch Trucks of the Allman brothers joins ZZ Top on Tush in Nimes, France.