Concert Events
1971 Led Zeppelin played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada
1973 Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins played Newcastle City Hall
1979 The Grateful Dead played at Madison Square Garden, New York.
1980 Yes (Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn) played Madison Square Garden, New York.
1982 Queen played at PNE Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada.
1984 U2 played at Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia.
2007 The Police played the first UK date on their Reunion tour at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England
Charts
1961 The Highwaymen at No.1 on the US chart with ‘Michael’
1965 The Beatles at No.1 on the US chart with ‘Help’
1968 The Bee Gees at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You’
1971 Paul and Linda McCartney at No.1 on the US chart with ‘Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey’.
1972 Wayne Newton at No.1 in Australia with ‘Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast’
1976 Fleetwood Mac at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Fleetwood Mac’
1976 The Bee Gees at No.1 on the US chart with ‘You Should Be Dancing’
1982 Survivor at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Eye Of The Tiger’
1993 Meat Loaf at No.1 in Australia with “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)”
1999 Enrique Iglesias at No.1 on the US chart with ‘Ballamos’
2005 McFly at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Wonderland’ the group’s second No.1 album.
2010 Taio Cruz at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Dynamite’
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