2017Pearl Jam, Nile Rodgers, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey, Joan Baez, Tupac Shakurand Yes are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.More
2009The jukebox musical Rock of Ages, a celebration of glam metal and classic rock of the '80s, opens at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.More
2008Bob Dylan gets an honorary Pulitzer Prize for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture." He's the first rock musician to win the award.
1998Mary Bono, who was married to Sonny Bono when he died in a skiing accident four months earlier, wins a special election to claim her husband's seat in California's 44th Congressional District. Mary, who had no previous political experience, holds office until 2013.
1998George Michael is arrested for disorderly conduct at a park restroom in Beverly Hills, California, after an undercover officer observes him performing a "lewd act." Michael comes out as gay soon after.More
1990Bonnie Raittemerges from a career slump with her first #1 album, Nick Of Time, unseating Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl.More
1990Farm Aid IV takes place at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. Two very memorable events take place:
1) Guns N' Roses play their last show with drummer Steven Adler, whose drug addiction is taking a toll on his playing. He is booted from the band before their next performance.
2) Elton John arrives after holding vigil for Ryan White, an 18-year-old who is one of the first high-profile AIDS victims (he contracted the disease from a blood transfusion). Elton dedicates his performance of "Candle In The Wind" to White, who dies the next day.
1) Guns N' Roses play their last show with drummer Steven Adler, whose drug addiction is taking a toll on his playing. He is booted from the band before their next performance.
2) Elton John arrives after holding vigil for Ryan White, an 18-year-old who is one of the first high-profile AIDS victims (he contracted the disease from a blood transfusion). Elton dedicates his performance of "Candle In The Wind" to White, who dies the next day.
1985Wham! becomes the first Western pop group to play in China when they perform at the Worker's Gymnasium in Beijing. Footage from their trip appears in the video for their song "Freedom."More
1978Prince releases his debut album, For You. It reaches #163 in the US and contains his first Hot 100 entry: "Soft and Wet," which reaches #92.
1971The Rolling Stones announce their own record label, Rolling Stones Records, which they vow to make a "small operation we can handle" so as not to suffer the pitfalls of The Beatles' Apple Records.
2015Don McLean's original manuscript to his lyric for "American Pie" sells at auction for $1.2 million. Says McLean: "I thought it would be interesting as I reach age 70 to release this work product on the song 'American Pie' so that anyone who might be interested will learn that this song was not a parlor game."
201425-year-old Peaches Geldof, daughter of the Live Aid mastermind Bob Geldof, is found dead in Kent, England, after overdosing on heroin. Her mother, Paula Yates, died in 2000 when Peaches was 11.
2013Andy Johns (engineer for Led Zeppelin, Television, and The Rolling Stones) dies at age 62 of complications from a stomach ulcer.
2008The newly reunited Stone Temple Pilotsannounce a 65-date reunion tour and play for the first time since 2002.
1999Shania Twain's third album Come On Over is certified Diamond (10 million in sales) by the RIAA, making her the first female artist with back-to-back Diamond albums; her second album, The Woman in Me, was certified in 1997.
1998Drummer Carlos Vega (James Taylor's band) dies at age 41 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound the day before he is scheduled to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show alongside James Taylor.
1987Whitesnake slides into hair metal with their seventh, self-titled album. It's by far their most successful, with the MTV hits "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love?"
1987Jazz singer Maxine Sullivan, known for her 1937 swing version of "Loch Lomond," dies after suffering a seizure at age 75 in New York City.
1984New British Invasion: 40 of the artists on the US Top 100 singles chart are Brits - a new record.
1979Rickie Lee Jones is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. She performs her hit "Chuck E.'s In Love" and does a full-beatnik rendition of "Coolsville," complete with cigarette and beret.
1978The Police release "Roxanne" in the UK. BBC Radio 1 refuses to play it, which tanks the song, but when the band tours America a year later it catches on in that country, becoming their first hit.
1975After a show in Paris, Ritchie Blackmore leaves Deep Purple to form Rainbow. He is eventually replaced by Tommy Bolin.
1970B.J. Thomas wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The song was written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, and hit #1 on the US charts.
1968At the Generation Club in New York, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, B.B. King, Richie Havens and Buddy Guy take the stage for a jam session in tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., who was killed three days earlier.
American Idol Comes To An End (The First Time)
2016
After 15 years of memorable performances, cringeworthy auditions, and shocking eliminations, the American Idolstage finally goes dark, but not before one more winner is crowned: Trent Harmon.
Harmon's surprise win against fellow Mississippian powerhouse (and fan favorite) La'Porsha Renae is almost overshadowed by Idol's grand farewell. The two-hour-plus extravaganza includes solo and group performances from past winners and also-rans such as Carrie Underwood, David Cook, Ruben Studdard, Taylor Hicks, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, and a medley of hits from Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson. Even judges Keith Urban, Harry Connick, Jr. and Jennifer Lopez get in on the action, with Lopez performing her latest single, "Ain't Your Mama." Perhaps the most memorable guest of the evening, however, is notoriously acerbic former judge Simon Cowell who admits, "I'm feeling quite emotional now."
The show lies dormant for just two years: In 2018, ABC revives the show, launching Season 16 with Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan as judges.
The show lies dormant for just two years: In 2018, ABC revives the show, launching Season 16 with Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan as judges.
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