On this day in music history…
In 1984, Bruce Springsteen released his seventh studio album, titled Born in the U.S.A. The album was a huge success, topping the U.S. chart for seven weeks and yielding seven top 10 singles. In addition to doing so in the U.S., Born in the U.S.A. also went to number one in ten other countries. Springsteen and his E Street Band began an international tour later that month. By the end of the tour 15 months later, Springsteen had performed 156 concerts, grossing between 80 and 90 million dollars in ticket sales.
In 1986, a concert tour raising awareness for Amnesty International kicked off at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. The tour was called “A Conspiracy of Hope,” and the lineup consisted of U2, Sting, Bryan Adams, Peter Gabriel, Joan Baez, and The Neville Brothers, along with special guests at certain locations. There were six concerts on the tour, and five of them were sold out.