This Day in Rock History

July 30th

2007: Shortly after Jimmy Page testified, Robert Langley pleaded guilty to trademark & copyright infringements after having more than $22,000 worth of bootleg Led Zeppelin cd’s & dvd’s seized at a record convention in Glasgow in 2005.

2003: Approximately 450,000 attended the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto benefit concert which was held at Downsview Park. Headliners included The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, The Guess Who & Justin Timberlake.

1991: A police officer tore up a traffic ticket given to the limousine Axl Rose was traveling in after the limo made a wrong turn. Axl threatened to cancel that night’s Guns N’ Roses concert at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles if the ticket was issued.

1987: The North American portion of David Bowie’s Glass Spider tour, which featured Peter Frampton as his guitarist kicked off in Philadelphia, PA at Veterans Stadium.

1965: The Beatles’ album Yesterday and Today went to number one on the Billboard 200 album chart for the first of five consecutive weeks.

Birthdays:
Buddy Guy born in 1936
Paul Anka born in 1941
David Sanborn born in 1945
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond-bassist for Jethro Tull born in 1946
Kate Bush born in 1958


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