thebuzzr | music history | the week coming up

June 18

•   1942: Paul McCartney is born

June 20

•   1942: Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is born

•   1983: Grace Potter is born

June 21

•   2002: The very first Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival begins in Manchester, Tennessee

June 25

•   1984: Prince’s album Purple Rain sets a record when 1.3 million copies are sold in one day

June 27

•   1971: New York’s Fillmore East, the heralded rock venue, is closed

•   1989: At New York’s Radio City Music Hall, The Who perform their rock opera Tommy in its entirety for the first time in 17 years

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