June 5
• 1971: Grand Funk Railroad sell out Shea Stadium in 72 hours (less time than The Beatles)
• 1983: With Barry Fey promoting the show, U2 records Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, later included in Rolling Stone’s “50 Moments that Changed Rock and Roll”
June 6
• 1990: 2 Live Crew’s As Nasty As They Wanna Be LP is deemed obscene by a federal judge in Florida
June 9
• 1915: Les Paul is born
June 10
• 1971: During a performance by Jethro Tull at Red Rocks, 1,000 people without tickets break through a police line to see the show. When police release tear gas, it drifts over the paying fans and the band, leading to a five-year ban on rock concerts at the famous venue
June 11
• 1969: David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” is released to coincide with the first lunar landing
