Ground was broken on the Rock Hall Of Fame on this day in 1993 along the lake shore in Cleveland. Pete Townshend, Chuck Berry and Billy Joel participated in person. The 150,000 square foot building designed by architect I.M. Pei officially opened on September 2, 1995 and a commemoration concert at nearby Municipal Stadium included performances by Bob Dylan and James Brown.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on June 7 include...

 

1944 Byrds Clarence White born.

1966 Stone Temple Pilots Eric Kretz born.

1967 Red Hot Chili Peppers/Jane's Addiction Dave Navarro born.

1969 Blind Faith does its only London concert in Hyde Park.

1970 The Who perform Tommy at the Metropolitan Opera House in new York City.

1977 Sex Pistols members arrested for attempting to disrupt UK's Silver Jubilee Celebration by playing God Save the Queen on a floating stage in the Thames River.

1982 Graceland opens to the public in Memphis 5 years after Elvis Presley dies.

1993 Prince changes his name to a symbol.

1994 Jefferson Airplane and Starship singer Grace Slick draws a sentence of 200 hours of community service and attendance at AA meetings for pointing a gun at a policeman three months earlier.

1994 Stone Temple Pilots release Purple,

1994 Stevie Nicks releases Street Angel.

1997 Iggy Pop dislocates shoulder in stage dive during Columbus, Ohio concert when no one catches him.

2007 Jackson Browne inducted into Songwriters Hall Of Fame.

2007 Paul McCartney does club concert in London, Jeff Beck and David Gilmour attend.

2008 Bo Diddley funeral takes place in Gainesville, Florida.

2008 John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page perform with the Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium.

2012 Former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch commits suicide.

 

2019 Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford reunite during Berlin concert on Follow You Follow Me.