Almanac: May 15, 2017
On This Day:
1967 - Paul McCartney met Linda Eastman for the first time at a Georgie Fame concert in London.
1968 - The film Wonderwall premiered at the Cannes Film Festival with George Harrison and Ringo Starr in attendance. Meanwhile, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were holding a press conference to announce they were no longer associated with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
1971 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono show their films Apotheosis and Fly at the Cannes Film Festival.
1974 - Frank Zappa and his wife welcomed Ahmet Rodan.
1975 - Fleetwood Mac, in the new configuration with Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine and John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, plays live for the first time in El Paso, TX.
1977 - Procol Harum played their last concert (up to that time) in New York.
1980 - The Sex Pistols film, The Great Rock and Roll Swindle, is released.
1981 - Public Image Ltd, led by John Lydon, were booed off the stage in New York when they "performed" by standing behind a video screen while pre-recorded music played.
1982 - Ricky Skaggs joined the Grand Ole Opry.
1984 - Nils Lofgren joined Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band.
1994 - Sting and Nancy Wilson receive Honorary Doctorates of Music from the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
1995 - R.E.M. resumes their Monster tour after Bill Berry's recovery from an aneurysm.
1995 - Scott Weiland was arrested for trying to buy drugs.
1997 - Courtney Love sold the mansion she shared with Kurt Cobain.
1997 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted The Bee Gees, Joni Mitchell, The Young Rascals, The Jackson 5, King Records founder Syd Nathan, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Bill Monroe.
1998 - Sonny & Cher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2000 - Bob Dylan and Isaac Stern received Sweden's Polar Music Prize.
2002 - Jay Kay of Jamiroquai was assaulted and received facial injuries after seeing Star Wars II: The Attack of the Clones.
2003 - The manager of t.a.t.u. is arrested by Russian authorities after fans riot in Red Square.
2004 - The Beastie Boys played a secret show in London to promote their new album, To the 5 Boroughs.
2004 - Terri Clark was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry.
2008 - Shania Twain and Mutt Lange announced they were separating.
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