July 3
TODAY IN 1973, AFTER 182 ZIGGY STARDUST CONCERT PERFORMANCES, DAVID BOWIE ANNOUNCED HE WAS RETIRING FROM LIVE PERFORMING. BUT IT TURNS OUT HE WAS RETIRING THE “ZIGGY STARDUST” STAGE PERSONA, NOT BOWIE HIMSELF.
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, RELEASE THEIR NINTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘SEVEN TURNS’ TODAY IN 1990 FEATURING THE HIT SINGLE “GOOD CLEAN FUN”. IT’S THEIR FIRST STUDIO ALBUM SINCE THE 1981 LP ‘BROTHERS OF THE ROAD’.
ON THIS DAY IN 1996 AT THE KEMPER ARENA IN KANSAS CITY, ALICE IN CHAINS PLAY THEIR LAST SHOW WITH LEAD SINGER LAYNE STALEY, WHO DIES IN 2002. DESPITE STALEY’S DETERIORATING PHYSICAL CONDITION DUE TO HEROIN ABUSE, HE DELIVERS A STELLAR PERFORMANCE
