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The Rock Report
The Rock Report
7/3/2009
Today in History
In 1973 David Bowie announced his retirement from show business at a show at the Hammersmith Odeon. He closed the show with "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide." It was the last concert of his 60-date tour. In 1974 Squeeze played its first live concert. In 1982 Captain Sensible's "Happy Talk" hit number one on the UK pop singles chart. The Stray Cats' album "Built For Speed" and Men At Work's album "Business As Usual" broke into the album chart. In 1995 Courtney Love's request to spread her late husband Kurt Cobain's ashes was rejected by officials as Seattle's Lake View Cemetery. Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland pled innocent to drug charges. In 2002 Sharon Osbourne had surgery for colon cancer. Her condition prompted Ozzy Osbourne to postpone the start of the Ozzfest tour by five days. Her surgery took place the day before the Osbourne's 20th wedding anniversary. In 2003 Poison launched a tour with a show in Universal City, California. In 2004 The White Stripes' Jack White announced that he was working with country legend Loretta Lynn on her next album, "Van Lear Rose."<