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July 2, 1991

At a Guns N’ Roses show in St. Louis, Axl Rose grows irate when he sees someone in the crowd taking pictures, and he leaves the stage, announcing, “Thanks to the lame-ass security, I’m going home.” A riot follows, and the band’s equipment is destroyed.

July 3, 1971

Jim Morrison of The Doors is found dead in a bathtub at age 27. No autopsy is performed, and while drugs are suspected, the official cause is listed as “heart attack induced by respiratory problems.”

July 4, 2008

The movie Mamma Mia!, featuring the music of ABBA and based on the musical, opens in Sweden where the group attends the screening, briefly reuniting Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and Agnetha Faltskog.

July 5, 2008

Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” hits #1 in the US, where it stays for seven weeks. Perry’s first chart-topper, it’s a startling turnabout from just seven years earlier, when she was a gospel singer recording under her real name: Katy Hudson.

July 6, 1972

David Bowie performs “Starman” on Top Of The Pops, causing an uproar among the conservative British audience by singing with his arm coquettishly draped around the shoulder of guitarist Mick Ronson – a move that makes him a household name overnight.

July 7, 1984

“When Doves Cry” goes to #1 on the Hot 100, giving Prince his first chart-topper on the tally. The song is from his upcoming movie Purple Rain.

1980

In West Berlin, Led Zeppelin played their last concert with drummer John Bonham, who died in September.

July 8, 1972

Bill Withers’ “Lean On Me” hits #1 in America. The song endures as a message of compassion and goodwill; in 1989 it is used as the theme to the movie Lean On Me, about a troubled school and its no-nonsense principal.