2013 Event In Camp Nou, located in Barcelona, Catalonia, over 90,000 people attend the 'Concert per la llibertat' (Concert for freedom) for the independence of Catalonia 2012 Event As part of a build-up to the London 2012 Summer Olympics, 100,000 people attend a two-day music concert at Hackney Marshes A pop concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee takes place at Buckingham Palace, featuring artists Stevie Wonder, Sir Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, among others After Simon Bolivar's U.K. concert, featuring Venezuela's premier youth orchestra sells out eight months in advance, it is announced that the concert will be live-streamed on June 23rd and 26th, 2012 2011 Event U.S. conductor Daniel Barenboim holds a 'Peace Concert' in the Gaza Strip; he is a supporter of Palestinian rights 1997 Event Farm Aid 10 concert cancelled due to weak ticket sales Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park New York for HBO "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," closes at Lyceum Theater New York City "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City 1996 Death Ivan Sutton, concert Promotoer, dies at 82 Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent, dies at 83 1995 Death Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist (Concert Building), dies at 76 1994 Death George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85 1994 Event Billy Joel performs opening concert at Cleveland's Gund Arena Barbra Striesand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years 1993 Event Barbra Striesand does her 1st live public concert in 20 years 1992 Event Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St. Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium 1991 Event Judds final concert (Nashville) 1991 Death Bill Graham, rock concert promoter (Filmore, Dylan), dies at 60 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park Riot at Guns N' Roses concert in St. Louis Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81 1990 Event "Michael Feinstein in Concert" closes at Golden New York City after 30 performances "Michael Feinstein in Concert -" opens at Golden New York City for 30 performances Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium Farm Aid IV concert 1988 Event Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest Sting performs his 1st Rain Forest benefit concert Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens 1987 Event "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador New York City after 13 performances "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 13 performances 1986 Event 300 invitees pay $5,000 to hear Barbra Striesand's benefit concert Rioting at DMC concert, 40 injured 30,000,000 watch "Live Aid," a massive benefit concert 1985 Event Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas) 1985 Death Eugene List, U.S. concert pianist, dies at 66 1984 Event Eddie Van Halen joins in, in a Jacksons concert Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch, Netherlands 1983 Event Storm cuts short free Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park 1981 Event Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform a reunion concert in Central Park Simon and Garfunkel reunite for a New York City Central Park concert 1980 Event Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden Bob Marley's last concert 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat and Tears concert in LA Yes performs its last concert (MSG) Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police) 1979 Event Winterland Rock Concert Hall in San Francisco closes after 556 concerts No Nukes Concert at MSG includes Springsteen and Crosby, Stills and Nash 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, New York Cars play concert in New York Central Park Mick Jaggar and Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada 1978 Event Police's 1st U.S. concert (NY's CBGBs) 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario California Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF) 1977 Event Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic and Concert for United Way 1976 Event The Band's farewell concert at SF's Winterland Ballroom Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome Kiss performs their 1st concert 1975 Event Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage 1974 Event John Lennon's last concert appearance (Elton John concert in MSG New York City) Ramones concert debut (NY's CBGBs) During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam I in Ontario California 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam" George Harrison announces his concert tour of U.S. in November 1973 Event George Harrison pays 1,000,000 pounds tax on his Bangladesh concert and album 1st Kiss concert (Queens New York) 1972 Event 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK 1971 Event George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in New York City 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa 1970 Event Joni Mitchell's final concert at Royal Albert Hall 1969 Event Plastic Ono Band, play their only concert at London's Lyceum Ballroom 300,000 attend Altamont California rock concert feature Rolling Stones Creams' final concert (Royal Albert Hall) Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert in Hyde Park, London The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert Beatles perform last live gig (42-minute concert on roof of Apple HQs) Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert 1968 Event Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge Paul McCartney and Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert 1967 Event Beatles turn down $1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Violin concert, premieres in Moscow Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd Violin concert 1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London) 1966 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Cello Concert premieres in Moscow Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, SF) Beatles pelted with rotten fruit during Memphis concert Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles Last Beatle concert tour of U.S. begins Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour Janis Joplin's 1st live concert, Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd cello concert 1965 Event Astrodome opens, 1st event is Judy Garland and Supremes concert Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales) Beatles begin final U.K. concert tour in Glasgow 1st concert at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert 1964 Event Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands Rolling Stones 1st Dutch concert Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot 1964 Death Pierre Monteux, French/U.S. conductor, Concert Building Orchestra, dies at 89 Rolling Stones 1st U.S. concert tour debuts in Lynn, Massachusetts Beatles 1st New York City concert at Carnegie Hall 1962 Event Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City 1961 Birthday Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome, Italy, concert violinist 1960 Birthday Jaap van Sweden, Dutch violinist and concert master 1959 Event U.S. premier of D Sjostakovitch's 1st Cello concert 1959 Death K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67 Dmitri Sjostakovitch 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad 1958 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in NY 1957 Event Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd Piano Concert 1956 Birthday Trudie Styler, England, wife of Sting/sponsor, Rainforest Concert 1954 Event Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Haifa 1952 Event Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever 1950 Event Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleveland, Ohio) 1947 Event Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in NY President Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert 1946 Birthday Andre Watts, born in Nuremberg, Germany, concert pianist, Oberon 1946 Event Darius Milhauds 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Prague Bela Bartoks 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Philadelphia 1945 Event ANJV established in Concert building, Amsterdam 1944 Birthday Leonard Slatkin, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, Concert Orchestra, Netherlands 1944 Event Farewell concert of Willem Mengelberg in Paris Paul Crossley, concert pianist 1943 Event Richard Strauss' 2nd Horn Concert, premieres 1943 Birthday Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist, 1980 Avery Fisher Award 1939 Event William Walton's violinist concert premieres in Cleveland 1938 Event Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall 1937 Birthday Ruth Laredo, nee Meckler, born in Detroit, Michigan, concert pianist 1936 Birthday Malcolm Binns, concert pianist 1935 Birthday Alberto Remedios, opera/concert singer 1934 Birthday Philippe Entremont, born in Rheims, France, concert pianist 1934 Death Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70 1933 Event 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington 1929 Birthday Amar Bose, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, electrical engineer, Ph.D. from MIT, founder, chairman, Bose Corporation, patented dominantly reflecting sound field mimicking listening space of the audience in a concert hall 1927 Birthday Lusine Amara, opera and concert singer 1924 Birthday Theo Olof, German/Netherlands violinist, prodigy, concert master 1923 Birthday Herman Krebbers, Dutch violist/concert master 1921 Birthday Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America 1920 Birthday Fanny Waterman, concert pianist and teacher 1918 Birthday Leonard Rose, born in Washington D.C., concert cellist, New York Phil 1943-51 Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist of Concert building, Oh, Lady! Lady! 1916 Event Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert 1914 Birthday Ivan Sutton, British concert promoter 1913 Birthday Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent 1910 Birthday Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist 1909 Birthday Willi Boskovsky, born in Austria, conductor, new years concert 1904 Birthday Nathan Milstein, born in Odessa, Russia, concert violinist, Philadelphia Orchestra 1942 1892 Birthday K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist, Amsterdam Concert Hall 1890 Birthday Myra Hess, born in London, England, concert pianist 1888 Event Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes 1881 Event Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert 1873 Birthday Louis Zimmermann, violinist and 1st concert master of Concert building 1870 Event Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert 1850 Event "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind gives 1st U.S. concert 1849 Event 1st chamber music group in U.S. gives their 1st concert (Boston) 1842 Event NY Philharmonic's 1st concert 1831 Event Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres 1818 Event Felix Mendelssohn, 9, performs his 1st public concert (Berlin) 1810 Birthday Frederic Chopin, born in Poland, composer/pianist, Concert in F Minor 1731 Event 1st U.S. music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston) 1658 Birthday Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer, Concert Grossi op 8
