- Jerry Cantrell received Stevie Ray Vaughan award in Los Angeles on May 31st. (Rolling Stone)
- Ronnie Wood was born in Middlesex, England on June 1, 1947. Listen to his weekly radio program at ronniewoodradio.com.
- Alanis Morissette was born in Ottawa, Ontario on June 1, 1974.
- Guns N' Roses banned fans from wearing Slash t-shirts to their UK gigs. (NME)
- Tom Petty reveled in a recent interview "The Rolling Stones were so worried they'd ripped me off Mick Jagger wrote me a note". (Q Magazine)
- David Bowie released his first album, David Bowie, on June 2, 1967.
- Charlie Watts was born on June 2, 1941 in London, England.
- Neil Young joined artist Shepard Fairey's gallery opening in Los Angeles for his paintings for Young's Americana album. (Rolling Stone)
- The Kinks Ray Davies traveled round trip from New York to London to re-record one word from "Coca-Cola" to "Cherry Cola" in the song Lola on June 3, 1970 due to an advertising ban at BBC Radio.
- The Doors released Light My Fire on June 3, 1967. The song became the number one single two months later.
- Blues guitarist Pete Cosey died on May 30 in Chicago. He was 68. (NY Times)
- Green Day confirm release dates for their upcoming trilogy "¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré!" in September, November and January. (NME)
- The first Beatles recording session took place at Abbey Road studios on June 6, 1962. They recorded four tracks including Love Me Do.
- Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch died of an apparent suicide in Nashville on June 7. He was 66. (MSNBC)
- Prince was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7, 1958.
- Post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin was born in Paris, France on June 7, 1848. (Getty Museum) (MOMA)
- Legendary Les Paul was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin on June 9, 1915. (Youtube)
- Drummer Bun E Carlos was born in Rockford, Illinois on June 12, 1951. (Youtube)
- John Lennon made his last TV appearance on "Salute To Sir Lew Grade" on June 13, 1975.
- Mick Jagger was knighted on June 14, 2002.
- Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool, England on June 18, 1942.
- Ray Davies was born in London on June 21, 1944.
- Cyndi Lauper was born in New York on June 22, 1953.
- Jeff beck was born in Wallington, England on June 24, 1944. (Youtube)
- The Stone Roses reunited for its first major performance in Manchester’s Heaton Park since 1996 split. (NME)
