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11/26/1968 Cream does its final concert at Royal Albert Hall

 

 

The legendary power trio Cream with Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker did its final concert on this night in 1968 with opening sets from Yes and Rory Gallagher at  Royal Albert Hall in London.

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on November 26 include....

1945 Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie born.

1969 John Lennon in the studio with the other Beatles for the final time mixing You Know My Name (Look Up The Number).

1973 New York Dolls make their UK debut in London.

1976 Sex Pistols release Anarchy In The UK.

1979 Audience in Tempe, Arizona boos Bob Dylan for playing too many religious songs during his concert.

1982 Tina Turner marries Ike Turner.

1988 Soviet cosmonauts aboard Soyuz space craft play a cassette of Pink Floyd's Delicate Sound of Thunder.

2005 Defense contractor throws party for his daughter in New York that includes performances by Steven Tyler & Joe Perry, Tom Petty, Don Henley & Joe Walsh.  

2010  Willie Nelson is charged with possession of 6 ounces of pot when his tour bus is stopped at border checkpoint west of El Paso.

2016 $6 million in Punk Rock memorabilia burned by late wife of Sex Pistols manager and her son in protest of Punk London cultural program.

2021 Deep Purple releases Turning to Crime covers album...