History Highlight:

Today in 1984, Bruce Springsteen kicked off the first leg of his Born in the USA Tour with a three-night run at the St. Paul Civic Center (now the site of the Xcel Energy Center) in Minnesota's capital city. The day before the show, director Brian DePalma (Wiseguys, The Untouchables, Scarface) filmed the video for Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" inside the St. Paul Civic Center with the participation of 200 audience extras and a 20-year-old Courteney Cox as the young fan pulled onstage to dance with Bruce. Springsteen's Born in the USA tour would go on to comprise a total of 156 shows before concluding 15 months later on Oct. 2, 1985, in Los Angeles.

Also, Today In:

1969 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience played at Mile High Stadium in Denver in what was to be their final gig together.

1975 - An upbeat Elton John turned up unannounced at a concert at the Oakland Coliseum featuring the Eagles and The Doobie Brothers; he sang with both bands.

1985 - John Lennon's 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V limousine, with psychedelic paintwork, sold for a record sum of $3,006,385 at a Sotheby's auction in New York.

1988 - The Guardian newspaper reported that many music CDs would fade and distort over the next few years due to manufacturing faults, sending shockwaves through the music industry.

1994 - Oasis made their debut on BBC TV's Top Of The Pops performing their new single "Shakermaker."

1996 - Record producer George Martin received a Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his services to music.

2007 - Lily Allen was questioned by police over an alleged assault on a photographer outside a nightclub in London. She was freed on police bail after questioning.

Birthdays:

Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice is 67.

Colin Hay, singer-songwriter and former Men at Work frontman, is 62.