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6/16/1972 Ziggy Stardust released by David Bowie

1967 Monterey Pop Festival opens.    Jimi Hendrix, the Who and Janis Joplin make their primary US live debuts during the three day festival.

1969 Steve Miller Band releases Brave New World.

1970 Woodstock organizers file a loss of $1.2 million on hte August, 1969 festival.

1972 David Bowie releases The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in the UK.

 

1972 Roxy Music releases self-titled album.

1975 John Lennon files suit over selective prosecution to prevent him from becoming a US citizen.

1977 Beatlemania opens on Broadway.

1980 Blues Brothers movie debuts in Chicago.

1982 James Honeyman Scott of the Pretenders dies of overdose.

1982 .38 Specials Donnine van Zant arrested at Tulsa, Oklahoma concert for drinking in public.

1995 Pearl Jam opens tour bypassing Ticketmaster.   

1998 Little Feat releases Under The Radar.

1998 Van Morrison releases Philosopher's Stone.

1998 Ringo Starr releases Vertical Man. 

1999 Phil Collins gets a Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

2007 Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster get married in Italy.

2016 Meat Loaf hospitalized after an on stage collapse during a concert in Edmonton, Canada.

2022 Paul McCartney welcomes Bruce Springsteen to the stage during his MetLife Stadium concert in East Rutherford, NJ and the two do versions of Glory Days and the early Lennon/McCartney song  I Wanna Be Your Man that the Rolling Stones also recorded.  Jon Bon Jovi also leads the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to Paul two days before he turns 80.