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Jan 27 1984
While filming a tv commercial for Pepsi Cola in the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, Michael Jackson's hair is accidentally set alight. He is taken first to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for treatment, then to Brotman Medical Center, Culver City. (1984)

 Jan 27 2002
Brian Wilson, founder and leader of the Beach Boys, plays a solo concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Attending Wilson's three nights of performances of Beach Boys classics plus the entire Pet Sounds album, are Eric Clapton, Roger Daltrey of The Who, Elvis Costello, Richard Ashcroft, James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Chemical Brothers, Ray Davies (The Kinks), Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Karl Wallinger (World Party), Suprgrass, Teenage Fanclub, Paul Weller and Glenn Tilbrook. (2002)
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