Music Features
The Rock History Report for June 16th
1967 - The Monterey Pop Festival kicked off at California’s Monterey Fairgrounds. The three-day event featured the first major American appearances by Jimi Hendrix and The Who.
1970 - Woodstock Ventures, sponsors of the original event, announced that they lost over $1.2 million on the festival.
1975 - John Lennon filed a lawsuit against the United States government, claiming that officials tried to deny his immigration through selective prosecution.
1977 – The show Beatlemania opened on Broadway.
1982 - James Honeyman Scott of The Pretenders died of a drug overdose at the age of 25.
1982 - 38 Special’s Donny Van Zandt was arrested on stage in Tulsa, Oklahoma for drinking in public.
1993 – The United States Postal Service released seven stamps featuring Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Clyde McPhatter, Otis Redding, Ritchie Valens, Dinah Washington and Elvis Presley.
1994 - Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff died of a heroin overdose at the age of 26.
1995 - Pearl Jam began a tour without Ticketmaster, opting instead to use a mail order ticket service.
1999 - Phil Collins earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2004 - Scotland's University of St. Andrews announced that it would present Bob Dylan with an honorary doctor of music at its June 23rd graduation ceremony.
Birthdays:
1953 Ian Mosley of Marillion
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