Between songs, Jimi pled with audience members to stop rushing the stage. Floor seats cost $6.50 ($51.20 adjusted for inflation).īy the time the Jimi Hendrix Experience took the stage to blaze through a spirited set, live concert sound had drastically improved from the time of the Beatles baseball stadium tours, but crowd control was still a major concern.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience were booked to perform on Apwith opening acts Chicago Transit Authority (soon-to-be renamed Chicago) and Cat Mother & The All Night Newsboys, the latter of whom shared management with the headliners. Among the earliest concerts held there was Aretha Franklin in January 1968 and the Cream farewell tour with opening act Deep Purple in October of that year. Designed by famed architect Charles Luckman (who also designed New York’s rebuilt Madison Square Garden), this multi-purpose venue opened in 1967 as the home of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team and Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, but also began to serve as a music venue. This wide scale public interest coincided with the construction of new arenas for sporting events, among them the Forum in Inglewood, CA.
Pre-order The Jimi Hendrix Experience Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969: įollowing the massive success of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1967-68 studio album trifecta ( Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Electric Ladyland), the trio had developed into the most popular international touring attraction in rock music.
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