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KoRn perform the song "Politics" twice during their headlining set at the Family Values Tour concert in East Troy, WI, so 10 fans with handheld cameras can capture additional footage (of the general craziness) for a ?Politics? video. The concertgoers with the cameras are given all-access passes. 2006
1960's


Singer Shirley Manson (Garbage) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland. 1966

Counting Crows guitarist, Dan Vickrey, has a birthday. He's a native of Walnut Creek, CA. 1966

Jimi Hendrix releases "Purple Haze." 1967

The Beatles attend the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi`s seminar at University College in Bangor, North Wales. Paul McCartney says the group has given up drugs, dismissing their highly publicized usage as a "phase." 1967

The Beatles? best selling single, "Hey Jude," is released in the U.S. "Revolution" is on the B-side. The single is the debut release on The Beatles' label, Apple Records. 1968

No Doubt drummer Adrian Young enters the world. 1969

1970's The Isle of Wright Pop Festival kicks off. Jimi Hendrix is on the bill. It`s one of his last concerts. 1970

Duane Allman starts recording with Derek & The Dominos. Eric Clapton credits Allman with being "the catalyst" for the "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" album. 1970

The Hollies release "Distant Light" which contains the hit single "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)." 1972

Aerosmith hits the cover of Rolling Stone. 1976

The Pretenders play their first gig. 1977

At the Redding Festival, Phil Collins joins Peter Gabriel for a rendition of Genesis` "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway." 1979

The youngest member of The Donnas, guitarist Allison Richardson (Donna R.), is born. 1979

1980's Tom Peterson quits Cheap Trick for the usual "personal and musical differences." The bassist returns eight years later but is replaced in the interim by Pete Comita. 1980

It's another U.S. film premiere for David Bowie. This time it`s for his starring role in "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence." 1983

Don Henley's "The End of the Innocence" rises to #8 on the pop charts. 1989

1990's ?Leisure,? the debut album by Blur, is released in the U.K. where it eventually goes gold. 1991

The Voices For Choices benefit concert in Santa Monica, CA, has Heart, Melissa Etheridge and Shawn Colvin. 1993

The Blur/Oasis battle for supremacy of the U.K. pop chart reaches its zenith when Blur?s ?Country House? nails #1. Selling 50,000 fewer copies, ?Oasis? ?Roll With It? is stuck at #2. 1995

Then, exactly one year later, just minutes before the plane is scheduled to take off to the U.S. for Oasis? tour, vocalist Liam Gallagher bolts. His brother, guitarist Noel, handles singing duties until Liam rejoins the group a few shows into the trek. 1996
2000's

A bout of bronchitis prevents Ozzy Osbourne from performing with Black Sabbath in Camden, NJ. Rather than cancel, the group recruits Rob Halford of Judas Priest. Judas Priest is on the Ozzfest tour with Sabbath. 2004

Velvet Revolver, the Darkness, Metallica and Lostprophets are winners at the 11th annual Kerrang! Awards in London. The U.K. Hard Rock magazine's yearly event adds Green Day to the Kerrang! Hall of Fame. 2004

Poker Faces. Guitarist Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction) and drummer Tommy Lee (M?tley Cr?e) participate in the first "Vegas Rock Star Poker Tournament and Sweepstakes" at the Palms Casino Resort. Sweepstakes winners get a chance to play side-by-side with Rockers and compete for a $10,000 grand prize over three days. 2004

Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek and former Eagles guitarist Don Felder appear at the 13th annual Hands Across The Valley benefit in Rutherford, CA. The event takes place at director Francis Ford Coppola's Rubicon Estate winery and raises funds for hunger-relief programs in California's Napa Valley. 2006

KISS bassist Gene Simmons films a surprise message for an Israeli soldier seriously wounded during his country's 34-day war with Lebanon. Ron Weinreich, a major KISS fan, was paralyzed from the chest down during fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas. The Israeli-born Simmons calls Weinreich a "hero" in the televised statement. 2006

Slipknot unfurl their fourth album, "All Hope Is Gone." "I think it's the best thing I've ever made," says singer Corey Taylor. "And I challenge anyone to prove me wrong." The disc's first single is "Psychosocial." 2008

Three Days Grace?s concert DVD Live At The Palace 2008 is screened at various U.S. theaters. The DVD was released a week earlier. 2008

Rush's ?81 album, "Moving Pictures," is downloadable for the Rock Band video game. The seven song set contains "Limelight" and "Tom Sawyer." Judas Priest's "Screaming For Vengeance" and the Cars' self-titled debut are also available. 2008

An "official" bootleg, "Live In Paris & Ottawa 1968" from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, is released. Among the set?s dozen tracks is a cover of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Meanwhile, Led Zeppelin issues their "Mothership" retrospective in a vinyl box set with audiophile-quality. But that?s not all. "Old Records Never Die: The Mott the Hoople/Ian Hunter Anthology," a two-CD set containing 32 tunes, rolls out. One disc focuses on Mott's ?70s output and the other chronicles Hunter?s three decade long solo career (from his ?75 self-titled debut to ?07's "Shrunken Heads"). 2008

Pink Floyd is presented Sweden's Polar Music Prize for their contributions to music at a ceremony in Stockholm. Founding bandmembers Roger Waters and Nick Mason accept the $157,000 prize, which is presented by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf. 2008

Everclear and Daughtry perform acoustic sets at a Democratic National Committee-related benefit for the Grammy Foundation during the Democratic convention in Denver. 2008
2010's The video for Linkin Park?s single "The Catalyst" premieres on MTV, VH1, MTV2, mtvU, MTV Hits and MTV Tr3s, and is broadcast online at both MTV.com and VH1.com. 2010

It?s Slash Day in Hollywood. The former Guns N' Roses guitarist is honored at the Sunset Strip Music Festival. Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, Motorhead's Lemmy and Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains are on hand for the tribute. ?We've both faced a lot of demons,? says Sixx. ?And it's insane we both have the same hair styles as we did 20 years ago.? 2010

?A Day In The Life? is #1 on Rolling Stone?s list of the Top 10 Beatles songs. ?I Want To Hold Your Hand? is #2 while ?Strawberry Fields Forever" sits at #3. George Harrison has two songs on the survey, ?While My Guitar Gently Weeps? (#10) and ?Something? (#6). Paul McCartney is represented by ?Let It Be? (#8), ?Hey Jude? (#7) and ?Yesterday? (#4). John Lennon has ?Come Together? (#9) and ?In My Life? (#5). 2010

In an interview with Parade magazine, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney names his favorite bands. The list includes Aerosmith, The Killers and the Beach Boys. A handful of Country performers also make Romney?s short list. 2012

Green Day release the DVD documentary of ?Cuatro!. Directed by Tim Wheeler, the film covers the making ?Uno,? ?Dos? and ?Tre.? The DVD also features footage of the band's ?12 tour. 2013

Chuck Berry receives the Polar Music Prize, one of the greatest musical honors. "Chuck Berry, he just leapt out of the radio at me," says Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. "Such a great voice, such a great player and also such a great showman ? it was all in one package." The Swedish award aims to "break down musical boundaries by bringing together people from all the different worlds of music." 2014

Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Avril Lavigne, Gwen Stefani (No Doubt), Alanis Morissette and Sammy Hagar (Van Halen) are on hand as Chelsea Handler wraps up her E! network talk show Chelsea Lately. 2014