That same day, The Jackson 5 leave Motown for CBS Records, but the brothers are forced to change their name to The Jacksons because Motown owns the Jackson 5 name. June 30 – Cher and Gregg Allman are married in a Las Vegas hotel suite.June 24 – " Gens du pays", the unofficial national anthem of Quebec, is performed for the first time by Gilles Vigneault in a concert on Montreal's Mount Royal.June 23 – Alice Cooper falls off the stage during a concert in Vancouver, Canada, breaking six ribs.June 20 – Talking Heads perform their first show at CBGB in New York.June 1 – The Rolling Stones open their North American Tour in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.May 10 – Stevie Wonder performs before 125,000 people at the Washington Monument as part of Human Kindness Day festivities.The occasion was guitarist Ronnie Wood's debut with the band. May 1 – The Rolling Stones announce their forthcoming North American tour by performing Brown Sugar from a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue in New York City.April 28 – Tom Snyder interviews John Lennon on the Tomorrow Show.April 24 – Pete Ham, founder of the group Badfinger, is found hanged in his London garage.April 18 – Alice Cooper's first television special, Welcome to My Nightmare: The Making of a Record Album airs.April 17 – Cambodian singer-songwriter Sinn Sisamouth and his pregnant wife are among millions forced out of Phnom Penh by the Khmer Rouge.April 7 – Ritchie Blackmore plays a final show with Deep Purple in Paris before quitting to form his own group, Rainbow.DiOrio drops the charges the following day. April 3 – Steve Miller is arrested and charged with setting fire to the clothes and personal effects of a friend, Benita DiOrio, and resisting arrest.It is the first album to be released using just his name. March 29 – Jeff Beck releases the album Blow by Blow.March 26 – The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London.It's the largest benefit concert in history to date. Almost 60,000 people come to see The Grateful Dead, The Doobie Brothers, Santana, Jefferson Starship, Tower of Power, Eddie Palmieri, Joan Baez, Graham Central Station and Neil Young joined by members of The Band along with a surprise appearance by Bob Dylan. (Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks) charity concert at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, California, to benefit the city's educational system. March 23 – Promoter Bill Graham stages the S.N.A.C.K.March 22 – In the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, the Dutch group Teach-In wins with the song " Ding-A-Dong".The elaborate show is among the largest stage spectacles of the decade. March 21 – Alice Cooper, now a solo artist, begins the Welcome to My Nightmare tour in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Linda is arrested for having 170 to 225 grams (six to eight ounces) of marijuana in her pocketbook.
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