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Incidents
1976 : Bruce Springsteen, fresh from a Memphis concert, tries to climb over the fence at Elvis Presley's Graceland estate in an attempt to see Presley. He is escorted off the premises by guards who inform him the King is not at home, anyway. |
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Band Dynamics (1)
| 1999 : Following his reunion with Pamela Anderson Lee, Tommy Lee quits Mötley Crüe to devote time to his new band, Methods of Mayhem, and his family. |
Births (17)
Charts (2)
Concerts and Festivals (3)
| 1967 : A 14-hour jam at London's Alexandra Palace features Pink Floyd, Arthur Brown, Pretty Things and Soft Machine. |
| 1980 : Black Sabbath launch their first tour with Ronnie James Dio as lead vocalist, replacing Ozzy Osbourne. |
| 2007 : Rage Against The Machine plays its first show in seven years to close the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, CA. |
Deaths (2)
| 1993 : Mick Ronson, a guitarist best known for his work with David Bowie, dies of cancer at age 46. |
| 2007 : Mstislav Rostropovich |
Debuts (1)
Health Issues (1)
Incidents (2)
| 1976 : Bruce Springsteen, fresh from a Memphis concert, tries to climb over the fence at Elvis Presley's Graceland estate in an attempt to see Presley. He is escorted off the premises by guards who inform him the King is not at home, anyway. |
| 1998 : Steven Tyler tears his ACL during an Aerosmith show in Anchorage, Alaska. The band postpones the rest of the tour and Tyler has surgery on May 14th. |
Marriages and Breakups (2)
| 1992 : Paula Abdul marries actor Emilio Estevez in what at the time was an A-list union. |
| 1995 : Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility, while Shakur is serving a four-and-a-half-year jail term for sexual assault. |
Miscellaneous (1)
Movies (1)
| 2003 : The movie, Only The Strong Survive (with many R&B legends, including Jerry Butler) premieres in New York. |
Recordings (1)
| 1959 : Ronnie Hawkins, "Mary Lou" |
TV, Radio, Press (1)
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