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- Jimi Hendrix was arrested on drug charges at Toronto International Airport in 1969. He was released on $10000 bail until his acquittal in December.
- In 1971, Gordon Lightfoot became one of the first rock 'n' roll artists asked to perform at the classical-only, Philharmonic Hall in New York. He would play two shows the following February, as his Sit Down Young Stranger / If You Could Read My Mind and Summer Side of Life albums raced up the charts. Carole King and Kris Kristofferson were also invited to perform at the hall.
- Paul McCartney played live in the U.S. for the first time in almost ten years in 1976, when he opened the Wings Over America tour. Wings at the Speed of Sound was bobbing up and down between the number 1 and 2 spots of the albums chart, while “Silly Love Songs” was on its way to the top of the singles chart. A video from the tour, Rock Show, would be released four years later.
- Deep Purple reunited in 1984 to release one of their best albums, Perfect Strangers. Two of the tracks, “Knocking at Your Back Door” and “Perfect Strangers,” were also included on their 1999 box set, Shades 1968-1998.
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