April 5th, 1968
An important date in the history of The Who. During the morning, the band met up with New York photographer Art Kane for a photo session intended for the June 1968 edition of 'Life Magazine' about the new music and the people making it. Art took the group to the Carl Schurz Memorial in Morningside Park, Manhattan, where he photographed them asleep, draped in a Union Jack flag. One of these iconic photographs was used 11 years later for the cover of the 1979 movie soundtrack album 'The Kids Are Alright'.
It's rumoured that the four members of The Who really were asleep under the flag, having spent the night on their tour bus due to being evicted from three New York hotels because of Keith Moon's hotel antics with fireworks and cherry bombs!