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This is a summary of 1972 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. ==Events== *20 January – The premiere of Pink Floyd's ''Dark Side of the Moon'' at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties. ''Dark Side of the Moon'' would be played in its entirety the following night, but it would be a full year before the album was released. *21 January - Keith Richards jumps on stage to jam with Chuck Berry at the Hollywood Palladium, but is ordered off for playing too loud. Berry later claims that he did not recognize Keith and would not have booted him if he did. *9 February – Paul McCartney's new band, Wings, make their live debut at the University of Nottingham. It is McCartney's first public concert since The Beatles' 1966 US tour. *13 February – Led Zeppelin's concert in Singapore is cancelled when government officials will not let them off the airplane because of their long hair. *19 February - Paul McCartney's single "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (which was inspired by the "Bloody Sunday" massacre in Ireland on 30 January 1972) is banned by the BBC *25 March – The 17th Eurovision Song Contest is held in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland. The only time (as of 2012) Scotland hosted the contest *16 April – Electric Light Orchestra make their live debut at the Fox and Greyhound pub in Park Lane, Croydon, England. *2 May – Stone the Crows lead guitarist Les Harvey is electrocuted on stage during a show in Swansea, Wales, by touching a poorly connected microphone. Harvey died in a hospital a few hours later. The band's lead singer, Maggie Bell, Harvey's longtime girlfriend, was also hospitalized, having collapsed on stage after the incident. *1 June - premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's ''The Triumph of Time'' in London.〔Kendall, Alan. ''The Chronicle of Classical Music''. Thames & Hudson, 2000: p. 248〕 *12 July - first performance of Peter Maxwell Davies's opera ''Taverner'' at the Royal Opera House.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1972 in British music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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