A theatrical version of Cameron Crowe’s film Almost Famous, will open on Broadway this year. The film follows Crowe’s own experiences as a teenage writer for Rolling Stone in the 1970s, touring with Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
In the History of Rock in 1969 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest Jimi Hendrix at Toronto’s International Airport for possession of narcotics. He was released on $10,000 bail until his acquittal the following December.
In 1976 – Paul McCartney makes his first concert appearance in America in almost ten years as Wings start their Wings over America tour.
And in 2017 – The Eagles sued a hotel in Mexico that calls itself the Hotel California, after the band’s hit song and album. The band claims the 11-room hotel, “actively encourages” guests to believe it’s associated with them in order to sell merchandise, playing Eagles songs in the lobby and selling t-shirts.