September 3rd
2002: The Rolling Stones kicked off their 40th anniversary tour in Boston in support of their compilation album Forty Licks.
1999: Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx was arrested after a concert in Raleigh, NC on charges on inciting a riot in Greensboro, NC in October of 1997. Sixx also faced charges of assault and disorderly conduct.
1992: David Bowie became the first person to appear on the cover of Architectural Digest in four years.
1991: Ike Turner was released from prison after serving eighteen months of a four-year prison term. Turner would later claim that he spent $11 million on cocaine before he kicked his habit during his prison term.
1988: Triumph performed their last concert with guitarist and singer Rik Emmett until 2008 at the Kingswood Music Theatre at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, ON outside of Toronto.
1982: The US Festival kicked off the first of three days in San Bernardino, CA. Artists on the bill included The Police, Talking Heads, The Ramones, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Cars, The Kinks, Santana, Fleetwood Mac, & the Grateful Dead.
1977: Heart peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with Barracuda, their third top 40 hit.
1970: It was reported that Bob Dylan’s bootleg album Great White Wonder has sold over 350,000 copies.
Birthdays:
Al Jardine-guitarist for The Beach Boys born in 1942
Don Brewer-drummer for Grand Funk Railroad born in 1948
Steve Jones-guitarist for the Sex Pistols born in 1955
