The Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden, New York, starring George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan and Leon Russell also featuring Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Jesse Ed Davis and Badfinger.July 9 вЂ“ Grand Funk Railroad becomes only the second band (after The Beatles) to perform a sold-out concert at Shea Stadium breaking The Beatles record of selling out the venue.July 4 вЂ“ The Fillmore West is closed in San Francisco with a final show featuring Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Grateful Dead.Alain Ronay would claim, years later, that he assisted Morrison's lover, Pamela Courson, in covering up the circumstances. July 3 вЂ“ Jim Morrison is found dead in a bath tub in Paris, France, aged 27.Patrons are given commemorative posters at the door and find red roses on their seats.

June 27 вЂ“ Promoter Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York City with a final concert featuring The Allman Brothers Band, The Beach Boys and Mountain.

Performers include David Bowie, Traffic, Fairport Convention, Quintessence and Hawkwind.

June 20-24 вЂ“ The first Glastonbury Festival to take place at the summer solstice is held in South West England.

June 8 вЂ“ Carole King gives her first live concert, at Carnegie Hall.

The performance would be released the following year on the Some Time in New York City album.

June 6 вЂ“ John Lennon and Yoko Ono join Frank Zappa on stage at the Fillmore East for an encore jam.June 1 вЂ“ Elvis Presley's birthplace, a two-room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, is opened to the public as a tourist attraction.June вЂ“ Rafael KubelГk becomes music director of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, at the invitation of GГ¶ran Gentele, the new general manager.Among the wedding guests are the remaining Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton and Stephen Stills. May 12 вЂ“ Mick Jagger marries Bianca de MacГas in Saint-Tropez, France, in a Roman Catholic ceremony.April 8 вЂ“ A bomb explodes at a CBC band gig in Saigon killing 2.April 6 вЂ“ The Rolling Stones hold a party in Cannes to officially announce their new contract with Atlantic and the launch of Rolling Stones Records.April 3 вЂ“ The 16th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, is won by Monaco with the song ' Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue' sung by SГ©verine.Simon & Garfunkel win Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for their final album Bridge over Troubled Water and its title track. The ceremonies are broadcast on live television for the first time. March 16 вЂ“ The 13th Grammy Awards, honoring musical accomplishments of 1970, are presented.March 12вЂ“13 вЂ“ The Allman Brothers Band records its live album, At Fillmore East.March 6 вЂ“ The Soul to Soul concert takes place in Accra, Ghana, headlined by Wilson Pickett.March 5 вЂ“ Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, sees the first live performance of Led Zeppelin's iconic song ' Stairway to Heaven'.March 4 вЂ“ The Rolling Stones open their UK tour in Newcastle upon Tyne, intended as a 'farewell' to the UK prior to the band's relocation to France as ' tax exiles'.March 1 вЂ“ The line-up for Queen is completed when bassist John Deacon joins the band.February 19 - Queen performs their first public concert in London.February 16 вЂ“ Alan Passaro of the Hells Angels, who was acquitted on January 19 of the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway in 1969, files a lawsuit against The Rolling Stones for invasion of privacy because the documentary film Gimme Shelter showed the stabbing.The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour. February 8 вЂ“ Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premiГЁred at New York's Academy of Music.February 3 вЂ“ Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees.February 1 вЂ“ After months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a 'drum battle' at The Lyceum.

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