United Kingdom

1974
Genesis (band) Counting Out Time

“Counting Out Time” and ” The Carpet Crawlers ” were released as singles in 1974 and 1975, respectively.

Black Sabbath shifted management

In the same year, the band shifted management, signing with notorious English manager Don Arden .

The Beatles unreleased jam session

Other than an unreleased jam session in 1974, later bootlegged as A Toot and a Snore in ’74 , Lennon and McCartney never recorded together again.

King Crimson voted out of the group

Following the album’s release, the band began to divide once more, this time over performance. Musically, Fripp found himself positioned between Bruford and Wetton, who played with such force and increasing volume that Fripp once compared them to “a flying brick wall”, and Cross, whose amplified acoustic violin was consistently…
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Black Sabbath began a world tour

The band began a world tour in January 1974

The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road opened

Later that year, the off-Broadway musical Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road opened.

The Who work had begun

By 1974, work had begun in earnest on a Tommy film .

The Beatles $10 million for a reunion concert

Promoter Bill Sargent first offered the Beatles $10 million for a reunion concert in 1974.

The Who Odds & Sods

Towards the end of the year, the group released the out-takes album Odds & Sods , which featured several songs from the aborted Lifehouse project.

The Rolling Stones Ladies and Gentlemen

Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (released in 1974)