2002Widespread Panic headlines the first Bonnaroo Music Festival, held on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee. The inaugural four-day event - named for the Creole slang for "good stuff," borrowed from a Dr. John album - focuses on jam bands and folk acts, welcoming Trey Anastasio, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Jurassic 5, and The String Cheese Incident to the line-up.
1994A judge rules against George Michael in his lawsuit against his record label, Sony, derailing his music career for two years.More
1988After a six-month delay while they wait to clear the Star Trek samples used on three tracks (notably Spock's "Pure Energy" on "What's On Your Mind"), Information Societyrelease their self-titled major-label debut album. They quickly become one of the top techno/freestyle acts of the late '80s.
1970Who guitarist Pete Townshend, while waiting for his flight at the airport in Memphis, likens the band's latest album, Tommy, to the atomic bomb, causing officials who misheard the remark to search the facilities for a real bomb.
1967Must be the Summer of Love: There's a free concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park celebrating the Summer Solstice. The Grateful Dead, Big Brother & the Holding Company, and Quicksilver Messenger Service all perform.
1948The Columbia label announces its new technological breakthrough, a "long-playing" vinyl phonograph record that can hold up to 23 minutes of music on a side.
2011Crossfade return after five years with We All Bleed - the band's first album after being dropped by Columbia Records in 2008.
2011Bon Iver, the self-titled second album by Bon Iver, is released. The album reaches #2 in the US.
2010Tam White, the Scottish singer and actor who was the first person to sing live on Top of the Pops in 1975 with a rendition of "What in the World's Come Over You," dies of a heart attack at age 67.
2007After dating for 18 years, Tony Bennettmarries teacher Susan Crow.
2001Bluesman John Lee Hooker dies of natural causes at age 83.
1994Bone Thugs-N-Harmony release the EP Creepin on ah Come Up, which eventually goes platinum four times.
1990Little Richard finally gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Says Richard: "Like everything I got, it took a long time to get."
1988The Rascals reunite onstage for the first time in eighteen years.
1982The first "Fête de la Musique," a music festival also known as "World Music Day" and taking place on June 21 every year, is launched in France. Its purpose is to promote music in two ways:
1) Amateur and professional musicians are encouraged to perform in the streets. The slogan "Faites de la musique" (Make music), a homophone of Fête de la Musique, is used to promote this goal.
2) Many free concerts are organized, making all genres of music accessible to the public. Two of the caveats to being sanctioned by the official Fête de la Musique organization in Paris are that all concerts must be free to the public, and all performers donate their time for free. The Fête de la Musique has spread to many countries throughout the world.
1) Amateur and professional musicians are encouraged to perform in the streets. The slogan "Faites de la musique" (Make music), a homophone of Fête de la Musique, is used to promote this goal.
2) Many free concerts are organized, making all genres of music accessible to the public. Two of the caveats to being sanctioned by the official Fête de la Musique organization in Paris are that all concerts must be free to the public, and all performers donate their time for free. The Fête de la Musique has spread to many countries throughout the world.
1981Brandon Flowers (lead vocalist of The Killers) is born in Henderson, Nevada.
1981Walter Becker and Donald Fagen announce the split of Steely Dan and begin work on solo projects. They would re-form in 1993.
1980Bert Kaempfert, composer of "Strangers in the Night" and "Moon Over Naples," dies after suffering a stroke at age 56.
1979Angus MacLise (original drummer for The Velvet Underground) dies of hypoglycemia and tuberculosis at age 41.
1976Mike Einziger (guitarist for Incubus) is born in Los Angeles, California.
The Spice Girls Say They'll Be There
2007
The Spice Girls announce that they're getting back together, with the five original Spices reuniting.
With all five of the original members present, the Girls hold a press conference in London to announce they will reunite for a one-off tour. Initially consisting of 11 dates across six continents, the North American and European sections are later expanded to 47 dates, and the other shows across the world are cancelled. The tour makes over $70 million, but does not lead to a permanent reunion.
The Spice Girls are one of the biggest "girl bands" in the UK, comprised of five sassy Brits, each with their own style and personality. After their debut single, "Wannabe," from their first album topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic - spearheading the pop-music assault of the "Second British Invasion" - they became huge worldwide stars and remain media darlings despite having not released any new music in eight years. As well as their three studio albums - Spice (1996), Spiceworld (1997), and Forever (2000) - they also starred in a feature film, Spice World, in 1997, which featured cameos from a host of stars including Meat Loafand Elton John.
Although the group never officially split, Geri Halliwell left the band in 1998, and the remaining four members have been on an indefinite hiatus since 2000. The band members have all launched solo careers with varying success. Melanie Brown ("Mel B") topped the British Charts with "I Want You Back" (a duet with Missy Elliott), and Melanie Chisholm ("Mel C") also launched her post-Spice Girls career with a duet, appearing on Bryan Adams' "When You're Gone." Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton have also had #1 hit singles since leaving the band, but Victoria Beckham has focused on her career as a fashion designer, and as such is the only one of the five who does not perform a solo song in the reunion shows - instead appearing on a catwalk in a mock fashion show.
The Spice Girls are one of the biggest "girl bands" in the UK, comprised of five sassy Brits, each with their own style and personality. After their debut single, "Wannabe," from their first album topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic - spearheading the pop-music assault of the "Second British Invasion" - they became huge worldwide stars and remain media darlings despite having not released any new music in eight years. As well as their three studio albums - Spice (1996), Spiceworld (1997), and Forever (2000) - they also starred in a feature film, Spice World, in 1997, which featured cameos from a host of stars including Meat Loafand Elton John.
Although the group never officially split, Geri Halliwell left the band in 1998, and the remaining four members have been on an indefinite hiatus since 2000. The band members have all launched solo careers with varying success. Melanie Brown ("Mel B") topped the British Charts with "I Want You Back" (a duet with Missy Elliott), and Melanie Chisholm ("Mel C") also launched her post-Spice Girls career with a duet, appearing on Bryan Adams' "When You're Gone." Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton have also had #1 hit singles since leaving the band, but Victoria Beckham has focused on her career as a fashion designer, and as such is the only one of the five who does not perform a solo song in the reunion shows - instead appearing on a catwalk in a mock fashion show.
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