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1970
5/16 Sat
Randy Bachman leaves The Guess Who to start up Bachman_Turner Overdrive.
5/20 Wed
The Beatles' film Let It Be premi_res in London and Liverpool. None of the four band members are in attendance at either screening.
5/23 Sat
"Grateful Dead make their first British appearance at Hollywood Festival, Newcastle-under-Lyme, on a bill also featuring Black Sabbath, Free, and Jose Feliciano. Everyone is completely upstaged by the previously unknown Mungo Jerry, whose debut single ""I
6/13 Sat
"The Long and Winding Road becomes the Beatles' last U.S. Number 1 song, though it is never released as a single in Britain.[2]"
6/13 Sat
The Stooges play at the Cincinnati Pop Festival.
7/4 Sat
The music countdown show American Top 40 debuts.
7/17 Fri
"The Guess Who perform at the White House for President Nixon and his guest The Prince of Wales. At Pat Nixon's request, they do not play their breakthrough hit ""American Woman"" due to the song's supposed anti-American lyrics."
7/26 Sun
"Guitarist Jimi Hendrix plays at his hometown of Seattle at Sicks Stadium where, under the influence of drugs, he starts verbally abusing members of the audience."
8/3 Mon
"Janis Joplin makes her final TV appearance, on the Dick Cavett Show."
8/26 Wed
"The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 takes place on East Afton Farm off the coast of England. Some 600,000 people attend the largest rock festival of all time. Artists include Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Joan Baez
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