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On this day, 21 May 1971, legendary American funk collective Parliament Funkadelic played Cardiff University on their first ever UK tour.
The collective's origins date back to the doo-wop group the Parliaments, formed by Clinton in the late 1950s in suburban Plainfield, New Jersey. Under the influence of late-1960s artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, and Frank Zappa, Clinton later relocated to Detroit and began the sister groups Parliament and Funkadelic, with the former playing an eclectic and more commercial form of funk, and the latter incorporating more influence from psychedelic rock.
Funkadelic we’re about to release their third album Maggot Brain whilst Parliament had released their debut album Osmium the previous July.
