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Noteworthy Then

7/2 Foreigner lV released (1981) Into the Great Wide Open (1991) released

 

 

1937 Jethro Tull keyboardist/arranger Dee Palmer born.

1949 E Street Band keyboard player Roy Bittan born.

1962 Army discharges Jimi Hendrix.

1969 Leslie West and Felix Papalardi form Mountain.

1971 Queen's first concert with the Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor lineup.

1973 Brain Eno leaves Roxy Music.

1979 Neil Young & Crazy Horse release Rust Never Sleeps.

1980 Bob Weir & Mickey Hart of Grateful Dead arrested for obstructing drug bust in San Diego. 

1981 Brendan Byrne Arena in New Jersey hosts first concert - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.

1982 Elvis Costello releases Imperial Ballroom.

1984 Dio releases The Last In Line.

1991 Tom Petty releases Into The Great Wide Open.

1991 Axl Rose triggers riot when he jumps into St. Louis concert crowd to go after a fan with a camera during Guns N' Roses concert. 50 injured,15 arrested,

1997 Bruce Springsteen awarded Polar Music Prize by Sweden, donates the money to a teen protection agency.

2001 Liverpool renames it airport John Lennon Airport.

2005 Live 8 Concerts staged in several countries.   

2009 Robert Plant in a car accident in North London.  

2009 Canada issues a Bryan Adams postage stamp. 

2014 Styx & Foreigner tour buses catch fire in Philadelphia parking the day before the lot before Let Freedom Rock concert at Susquehana Bank Park.