There doesn't seem to be any good footage from Janis Joplin's final concert at Harvard Stadium in August of 1970, so check out this stunning performance of "Cry Baby" from Festival Express cut just a few weeks later. Many lyrics reflect this, particularly "The Show Must Go On" and "These Are The Days Of Our Lives." They made a video for the latter that showed just how frail Mercury looked shortly before his death in 1991, and how determined he was to craft one final masterpiece. When Queen went into the studio to cut Innuendo in 1990 Freddie Mercury knew that he was losing his battle against AIDS. One night in June of 1977 in Rapid City, Iowa he sat down at the piano and belted out a gorgeous rendition of "Unchained Melody." Knowing he'd die just two months later makes this video even more gut-wrenching to watch. There were, however, moments of brilliance. As you can tell from the video, Morrison was in far from peak form.Įlvis Presley's final few tours were sad affairs where an increasingly bloated King huffed and puffed his way through limp versions of his hits. Woman is the last known footage of Morrison playing with the group. This 1971 Australian TV clip of The Doors playing "Crawling King Snake" from L.A. When Jim Morrison died in 1971 he was just 27, but years of hard living made him look at least a decade older. Here's audio from the final encore of "Heart Shaped Box." Cobain killed himself just over a month later. It wrapped up March 1st, 1994 in Munich, Germany. People often point to Nirvana's MTV Unplugged concert in November of 1993 as their final performance, but they actually hit the road for a brief tour afterwards. There's no video of the gig, but here's audio of "All Along The Watchtower" from the show. The tour wrapped up September 6th, 1970 at the Isle of Fehmarn Festival in Germany. Burned out from endless roadwork and heavily addicted to drugs and alcohol, Hendrix played some rather sloppy shows – once even leaving the stage after just two songs. Jimi Hendrix was in pretty rough shape when he toured Europe in the summer of 1970. "It's an old Beatle number I've never sang before and we just about know it." Lennon came out to sing "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" and "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" before closing with "I Saw Her Standing There." "We thought we'd do a number by an old, estranged fiance of mine named Paul," Lennon says in the clip. For John Lennon, it was an Elton John concert at Madison Square Garden in November of 1974. For all of these artists we tried to find some of the last available footage of them either onstage or in the studio. Number One (by a fairly wide margin) was John Lennon. The feedback was overwhelming – and now we've compiled a top 10 based on your votes. Last week we gave our readers the slightly morbid task of voting for their favorite dead rock star.
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