On this day in rock (May 3rd)
1969 "Badge" by Cream peaks at Number 60 on the pop chart.
1969 Jimi Hendrix is arrested for possession of heroin at Toronto International Airport and released on $10,000 bail.
1976 Paul McCartney kicked off his first U.S. solo tour with Wings, dubbed the Wings Over America tour, at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth.
1977 "Life In The Fast Lane" by the Eagles is released.
1977 Van Halen signs their first contract with Warner Bros. Records.
1986 "Addicted To Love" by Robert Palmer hits Number One on the pop chart, the same day that Riptide peaks at Number Eight on the album chart.
1986 "Harlem Shuffle" by the Rolling Stones peaks at Number Five on the pop chart. That same day, Dirty Work peaks at Number Four on the album chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1994 The Rolling Stones hold a press conference for Voodoo Lounge on a pier on the west side of New York City. To get to the event, the band sails down the Hudson River on the Honey Fitz, a yacht once owned by former President John F. Kennedy.
2000 Deep Purple performs at the Museum Of Radio and Television in New York City as part of a national broadcast.
2000 The Offspring's Smash is certified six-times platinum for sales of over six million copies.
2000 In San Mateo, California, Metallica delivers over 60,000 pages of information to Napster's corporate offices, listing more than 1.4 million copyright violations of 95 Metallica songs and recordings by 335,435 distinct Napster users.
2001 Ian Hunter performs at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland to promote his album Rant.
2002 A 50th anniversary TV special about American Bandstand features performances from Pink Floyd, the Doors, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Bon Jovi, John Mellencamp, Kiss, Blondie, and the Beach Boys, among others.
2003 Gov't Mule plays their Deepest End concert at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans. The show, which ran over six hours, featured guest bassists including Deep Purple's Roger Glover, Jack Casady from Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, Phish's Mike Gordon, former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, and Conrad Lozano from Los Lobos, among many others.
2003 Heart's Ann & Nancy Wilson do an in-store autograph session at the Tower Records in Seattle for their Alive In Seattle DVD.
2003 Metallica shoots their MTVicon tribute show, with Avril Lavigne, Sum 41, Snoop Dogg, Staind, Korn, and Limp Bizkit, among others.
2003 Twisted Sister plays the first of three shows at U.S. military bases in South Korea.
2004 Courtney Love appears in court to negotiate a deal in which prosecutors will drop drug charges against her if she enters a treatment program. Prosecutors reveal that Love tested positive for cocaine, along with several other drugs, after being arrested the previous October.
2005 Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry releases his self-titled album.
2005 The DVD The Strat Pack - Live In Concert is released, featuring Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Joe Walsh from the Eagles, Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, Mike Rutherford from Genesis, and the first-ever performance from Free and Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers and Queen guitarist Brian May, which helped lead to the Queen & Paul Rodgers world tour.
2005 Drummer Stewart Copeland gives a lecture about his career with the Police, as well as his other musical accomplishments, at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland.
2006 Bob Dylan's radio show Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan premieres on the XM satellite radio service.
2007 Bon Jovi premieres the video for "(You Want To) Make A Memory" on CMT Top 20 Countdown.
2007 Alice Cooper appears on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.
1969 Jimi Hendrix is arrested for possession of heroin at Toronto International Airport and released on $10,000 bail.
1976 Paul McCartney kicked off his first U.S. solo tour with Wings, dubbed the Wings Over America tour, at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth.
1977 "Life In The Fast Lane" by the Eagles is released.
1977 Van Halen signs their first contract with Warner Bros. Records.
1986 "Addicted To Love" by Robert Palmer hits Number One on the pop chart, the same day that Riptide peaks at Number Eight on the album chart.
1986 "Harlem Shuffle" by the Rolling Stones peaks at Number Five on the pop chart. That same day, Dirty Work peaks at Number Four on the album chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1994 The Rolling Stones hold a press conference for Voodoo Lounge on a pier on the west side of New York City. To get to the event, the band sails down the Hudson River on the Honey Fitz, a yacht once owned by former President John F. Kennedy.
2000 Deep Purple performs at the Museum Of Radio and Television in New York City as part of a national broadcast.
2000 The Offspring's Smash is certified six-times platinum for sales of over six million copies.
2000 In San Mateo, California, Metallica delivers over 60,000 pages of information to Napster's corporate offices, listing more than 1.4 million copyright violations of 95 Metallica songs and recordings by 335,435 distinct Napster users.
2001 Ian Hunter performs at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland to promote his album Rant.
2002 A 50th anniversary TV special about American Bandstand features performances from Pink Floyd, the Doors, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Bon Jovi, John Mellencamp, Kiss, Blondie, and the Beach Boys, among others.
2003 Gov't Mule plays their Deepest End concert at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans. The show, which ran over six hours, featured guest bassists including Deep Purple's Roger Glover, Jack Casady from Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, Phish's Mike Gordon, former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, and Conrad Lozano from Los Lobos, among many others.
2003 Heart's Ann & Nancy Wilson do an in-store autograph session at the Tower Records in Seattle for their Alive In Seattle DVD.
2003 Metallica shoots their MTVicon tribute show, with Avril Lavigne, Sum 41, Snoop Dogg, Staind, Korn, and Limp Bizkit, among others.
2003 Twisted Sister plays the first of three shows at U.S. military bases in South Korea.
2004 Courtney Love appears in court to negotiate a deal in which prosecutors will drop drug charges against her if she enters a treatment program. Prosecutors reveal that Love tested positive for cocaine, along with several other drugs, after being arrested the previous October.
2005 Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry releases his self-titled album.
2005 The DVD The Strat Pack - Live In Concert is released, featuring Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Joe Walsh from the Eagles, Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, Mike Rutherford from Genesis, and the first-ever performance from Free and Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers and Queen guitarist Brian May, which helped lead to the Queen & Paul Rodgers world tour.
2005 Drummer Stewart Copeland gives a lecture about his career with the Police, as well as his other musical accomplishments, at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland.
2006 Bob Dylan's radio show Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan premieres on the XM satellite radio service.
2007 Bon Jovi premieres the video for "(You Want To) Make A Memory" on CMT Top 20 Countdown.
2007 Alice Cooper appears on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.
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