U2 frontman Bono is calling on the UK to ‘lead’ the world again. The Irish singer praised successive UK governments for helping tackle world debt, fighting HIV and Aids and easing global poverty, but says they need to return to “leading” the world.
In the History of Rock in 1957 – The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, premiers at Loews State Theatre, where Elvis worked as an usher five years earlier.
In 1962 – In between their lunchtime and night shows at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, The Beatles made their television debut. They appeared live on a show called People and Places performing two songs ‘Some Other Guy’ and ‘Love Me Do’.
And in 2000 – George Michael became the new owner of the piano that John Lennon used to compose his classic song “Imagine”. George paid 1.5 million pounds at a London auction.