In May 1975, Led Zeppelin played five sold-out nights at the Earls Court Arena in London, at the time the largest arena in Britain.
Following the band’s disbandment, the live album USA was released in May 1975, formed of recordings from their 1974 North American tour.
Lemmy was dismissed from Hawkwind in May 1975 after being arrested in Canada for drug possession; he said “the band dismissed me for doing the wrong drugs”. Now on his own, Lemmy decided to form a new band called Motörhead, the name being inspired by the final song he had…
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The next two albums, Babe Ruth and Stealin’ Home , were released in 1975. In 1975 Babe Ruth received the Gold Leaf Award for outstanding sales of their first album, First Base . Babe Ruth’s concert in Jardin des Étoiles, Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 9 April 1975, was filmed for…
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Accompanying the album and stage show was the television special Alice Cooper: The Nightmare , starring Cooper and Vincent Price , which aired on US prime-time TV in April 1975. The Nightmare (which was later released on home video in 1983 and gained a Grammy Award nomination for Best Long…
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Following the positive experience of recording with Dio, Blackmore decided to leave Deep Purple, playing his last show with them in Paris in April 1975.
The band then toured Japan from mid-April to the beginning of May. They were greeted by thousands of screaming fans and played eight times in seven cities.
Blackmore announced on 26 March 1975 to his co-musicians in a room of the Arabella Hotel in Munich that he was quitting the band.
With Hotter Than Hell quickly dropping off the charts, Kiss was pulled from its tour to quickly record a new album. Casablanca head Bogart stepped in to produce the next album, trading in the murky, distorted sound of Hotter Than Hell for a cleaner and slightly poppier sound. Dressed to…
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The film premiered on 18 March 1975 to a standing ovation.