1983: Kiss play their last concert with their makeup; at least until 1996 when they reform with all four original members.
1983: Van Halen breaks a record when they get paid $1.5 million to play Day 2 (“Heavy Metal Day”) of Apple founder Steve Wozniak’s US Festival. At the time, It’s the most any act has ever been paid for a single performance.
2002: in a very unusual tour pairing, David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar kicked off their co-headlining tour in Ohio.
2009: Ozzy Osbourne filed a lawsuit against Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi for 50% of the Black Sabbath trademark. Ozzy claimed Iommi illegally took sole ownership of the Black Sabbath name. The two would be settle out of court the next year.