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