On This Day:
In 1964 The Moody Blues formed in Birmingham, England.
In 1973 Led Zeppelin opened its 1973 U.S. tour, billed as the, quote, “biggest and most profitable rock and roll tour in the history of the United States.”
In 1976 Kiss performed their first concert in New York City.
In 1979 Frank Zappa released the album “Orchestral Favorites.
In 1987 Bluesman Paul Butterfield died. He was 44.
In 1990 David Bowie’s ex-wife Angela told the press that Bowie had slept with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.
In 1995 John Fogerty was awarded one-point-three-five-million-dollars in a copyright lawsuit in San Francisco.
In 2004 Former Guns N’ Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan sued singer Axl Rose for one-million-dollars, claiming Rose turned down offers to use the band’s music on movie soundtracks without consulting them.
In 2005 Audioslave arrived in Cuba for a three-day cultural exchange visit to the communist country. During the trip the band played a free concert in Havana, marking the first time an American band gave a free show in the island nation.
In 2007 Evanescence guitarist John LeCompt said he had been fired from the band. He also revealed that drummer Rock Gray had left the group.
New Order’s Peter Hook told a UK radio station that the band had split up.
In 2010 Bret Michaels was released from a Phoenix hospital following 12 days of treatment after he suffered a brain hemorrhage. Doctors said that while Michaels was out of the hospital, he was still recovering from the condition and still “very sick.”
In 2012 The Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Yauch died in New York after a long battle with cancer. He was 47.
In 2016 The Rolling Stones asked former President Trump to stop using their music while on the campaign trail.
In 2023 Tom Petty posthumously received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the University of Florida.
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