ANNIVERSARIES
1962-The Beatles made their first TV appearance in Britain when they appeared on Granada TV's People And Places, singing "Love Me Do".
1969-The Kinks are finally able to launch their first US tour in over four years.
1980-Bruce Springsteen's The River is released.
1981-Thieves trying to steal Rolling Stones tickets in Maryland shot one man dead and injured another.
1990-Steppenwolf's 1968 rocker, "Born to Be Wild" re-entered the Top 10 in Holland on the strength of the amount of airplay it received in recent movies and commercials.
2010-Gene Simmons threatened to "sue the pants off" a group of hackers who infiltrated SimmonsRecords.com and GeneSimmons.com.
2015-Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh announced via Facebook that he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer.





