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Today in Rock (June 26)

• 1949 - John Illsley (Dire Straits) was born.
• 1955 - Mick Jones (Clash - guitarist) was born.
• 1957 - Egypt bans Rock & Roll claiming the music is “against public morals” and is an “imperialist plot.”
• 1964 - The Moody Blues form.
• 1961 - Terri Nunn (Berlin - vocalist) was born.
• 1968 - Colin Greenwood (Radiohead - bass) was born.
• 1973 - Mick Jagger takes a blood test to prove his “innocence” in a paternity suit.
• 1977 - Elvis Presley delivers his last live performance, at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.
• 1996 - Sammy Hagar splits from Van Halen after the group (sans Hagar) offers a return engagement to former lead singer David Lee Roth.
• 2004 - One of Eric Clapton`s prize guitars, “Blackie,” a black-and-white Fender Stratocaster, sells for $959,500 at an auction that raises more than $7.4 million for Crossroads Centre, a drug treatment facility. “Lenny,” the guitar Stevie Ray Vaughan played from the 1970s until his death in 1990, sells for $623,500. The guitar was donated by Vaughan`s estate.
• 2009 - Yes and Asia launch a joint North American tour. Steve Howe performs with both bands. “This is a monumental event and even though it will be a challenge, I am up for it,” says the guitarist. Indio, CA, is the first stop.
• 2009 - Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd launch a six-week edition of their Rock and Rebels tour in West Palm Beach, FL. The two acts toured together in 2008
• 2009 - It’s Def Leppard Day in Hamburg, NY. The proclamation urges locals to enjoy the group’s music “today and for years to come.” Def Leppard is performing in town that evening with Cheap Trick and Poison.