The culminating US Amnesty International Concert  at Giants Stadium took place on this day in 1986.  The six series tour included dates in San Francisco (6/4), Los Angeles (6/6), Denver (6/8), Atlanta (6/11) and Chicago (6/13). All but the Denver concert sold out.  The collective tour featured performances by U2, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Bryan Adams, Lou Reed, Steven Van Zandt, the Neville Brothers, Jackson Browne and Joan Baez.

 

 

Other noteworthy events on June 15 in Classic Rock include...

1941 Harry Nilsson born.

1943 Spencer Davis Group bassist Muff Winwood, Steve Winwood's older brother, born.

1951 Steve Walsh of Kansas born.

1957 Night Ranger, Rubicon guitarist Brad Gillis born.

1963 Queensryche drummer Scott Rockenfield born.

1967 Future Fleetwood Mac member Peter Green leaves the John Mayall Band.

1976 The Sex Pistols record their first studio demos.

1978 Bob Dylan releases Street Legal.

1979 Dire Straits releases Communique.

1982 Steve Miller releases Abracadabra.

1992 Bruce Springsteen opens first tour without the E Street Band in Stockholm.

1993 Eric Clapton and BB King play Apollo Theater in Harlem.

1993 Neil Young Unplugged released.

1996 KISS does first concert since 1983 1998 REM plays outside the Capitol to protest US China policy.

2010 Tom Petty releases Mojo.

2010 Steve Miller Band releases Bingo.

2010 John Mellencamp releases On The Rural Route 7609 box set.

2016 Jimmy Page testifies in Led Zeppelin copyright infringement case over Stairway To Heaven melody.