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On June 10, 1971, a sold-out Jethro Tull show at Red Rocks Amphitheater was marred when a mob of fans who couldn’t get tickets decided to climb the hills behind the venue to get in for free; [...]

On June 5, 1983, U2 staged a star-making performance at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater. A half-capacity crowd risked foul weather to witness the show, which the Irish rockers released as a [...]

On June 4, 1977, REO Speedwagon’s “Ridin’ the Storm Out” peaked on the Billboard singles chart. The band wrote the song after being stuck in a nasty storm around a show at Tulagi, the [...]

On June 1, 1959, Wheat Ridge’s Gary Stites’ peaked on the Billboard singles chart with “Lonely for You.”

Of German birth and descent, composer and pianist Peter Kater moved to Boulder in 1977 at the age of 18, finding stimulation in the beautiful terrain of the Rocky Mountains, “the movements and [...]

On May 23, 1976, Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue was taped in Fort Collins for the “Hard Rain” television special.

On May 21, 1988, Treat Her Right’s “I Think She Likes Me” peaked on Billboard’s mainstream rock chart. The song was inspired after an incident in Fairplay, Colorado.

On May 19, 1976, Billy Joel’s Turnstiles album was released, recorded in part at Caribou Ranch near Nederland, Colorado.

Little Richard, one of rock ’n’ roll’s most colorful icons, died on May 9, 2020 at 87. The cause of death was related to bone cancer.

On May 8, 1976, the Starland Vocal Band’s “Afternoon Delight” was issued on John Denver’s Windsong label—one of the biggest “one-hit wonders” of all time. Check out CoME’s new John Denver video [...]