On This Day:
In 1975 Richie Blackmore left Deep Purple.
In 1981 Early Who manager Kit Lambert died after falling down a flight of stairs at his mother’s home in London.
In 1998 Bonnie Raitt released the album “Fundamental.”
In 2003 Incubus announced that bassist Dirk Lance left the group.
In 2008 The first official Stone Temple Pilots reunion show took place in Los Angeles.”
In 2016 Bruce Springsteen cancelled a concert in North Carolina, joining business groups in condemning a state law that rolled back protection for gay and transgender people.
In 2017 Joan Baez, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, 2Pac Shakur, and others inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2020 John Prine, American country folk singer-songwriter, died of COVID-19 complications at 73.
In 2023 ABBA guitarist Lasse Wellander died at the age of 70 from cancer.
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