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April 30, 1978
The Clash are among the acts at a “Rock Against Racism” concert, playing to over 50,000 in London’s Victoria Park to combat the National Front, a neo-Nazi group in the UK whose slogan is “Keep Britain White.”

May 1, 1991
For the first time, MTV Unplugged features rap acts, with De La Soul, MC Lyte, A Tribe Called Quest and LL Cool J performing. LL steals the show with a shirtless rendition of “Mama Said Knock You Out.”

May 2, 1997
The James Bond spoof Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery hits theatres. The theme is “Soul Bossa Nova,” a song by Quincy Jones from 1962 – the same year the first Bond movie appeared. Yeah baby!

May 3, 1986
Propelled by a memorable video where lookalike models vamp the song, Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love” hits #1 on the Hot 100.

May 4, 1970
Later memorialised in the Neil Young song “Ohio,” the United States National Guard fires on protesters at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four students, two of whom weren’t even protesting. This shameful event in American history leads to the formation of Devo, as Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale are both on campus and horrified by the events.

May 5, 2009
Tina Turner, 69, closes out her 50th Anniversary Tour with a show in Sheffield Arena that turns out to be her last concert. “I don’t want people to come to a show and think that I used to be great,” she says.

May 6, 1965
At a hotel in Clearwater, Florida, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones can’t sleep because there’s a guitar riff running through his head. He rolls a tape, falls asleep and wakes up the next morning to find he’s recorded the riff to “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”