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Sept 30th1967, BBC Radio 1 was launched in the UK. Former Radio Caroline DJ Tony Blackburn was the first presenter on air. The Move's 'Flowers In The Rain', was the first record played. 1974, Police were called to a Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blue Oyster Cul 
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Sept 29th1963, the first night of a 30 date UK tour featuringThe Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, Mickie Most and TheFlintstones kicked off at the New Vic, London. The acts all played two shows eachnight. ... Posted Sun 28 Sep 2008 1:59AM BST
Sept 28th1968, The Beatles started a nine week run at No.1 onthe US singles chart with 'Hey Jude'. The Paul McCartney song written aboutLennon's son Julian gave the group their 16th US No.1 and the biggest sellingsingle of 1968. ... Posted Sat 27 Sep 2008 1:07AM BST
Sept 27th. 1971, Led Zeppelin appeared at the Shiei Taikukan Hall in Hiroshima, Japan. 1986, Metallica bass player Cliff Burton was crushed to death after the bands tour bus crashed between Stockholm and Copenhagen. During a European tour members fro Posted Fri 26 Sep 2008 5:40AM BST
Sept 26th, 1965, at the end of a European tour Roger Daltry knocked out Keith Moon and was sacked from The Who. The band were playing two shows in one night in Denmark, when an argument broke about between al four band members. Daltry was reinstated Posted Thu 25 Sep 2008 2:03AM BST
Sept 25th. 1965, The Beatles cartoon series premiered on ABC TV in the US. The first story was titled 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' and had the group exploring the ocean floor in a diving bell where they met a lovesick octopus. 1970, the first episode o Posted Wed 24 Sep 2008 1:25AM BST
24th September.1966, Jimi Hendrix arrived in London with manager Chas chandler on a flight from New York City. With only the clothes he was wearing, Hendrix had sold his other belongings to pay a hotel bill in New York. 1980, the mixing of the forthc Posted Tue 23 Sep 2008 1:40AM BST
Sept 23rd. 1966, The 'Rolling Stones 66' 12 date UK tour kicked of Royal Albert Hall London. Supported by The Yardbirds, Ike and Tina Turner and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers. 1969, the Northern Star newspaper of Northern Illinois University ran a Posted Mon 22 Sep 2008 12:31AM BST
Sept 22nd. 1985, The first Farm Aid concert to help small farmers in the US was held at the Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois, Champaign, acts appearing included Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. 1986, Th Posted Sun 21 Sep 2008 5:31AM BST
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