June June 2 – Alice Cooper performs at Sammy Hagar's club, Cabo Wabo, in Mexico. It will be recorded and released, the following year, as a live album. June 8 – Tracy Bonham becomes the first female solo artist to reach number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with the single "Mother Mother". June 12 – Julia Fischer, the German violinist and pianist, wins the final of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1996 competition in Lisbon, Portugal. June 15–16 – San Francisco holds the first Tibetan Freedom Concerts. June 19 – Japanese duo Chage and Aska become the first Asian group to participate in MTV Unplugged. June 21 – The Sex Pistols start their reunion tour in Lahti, Finland. June 25 – Jay-Z releases his debut album Reasonable Doubt. June 26 – Sammy Hagar leaves Van Halen. June 27 – DJ Screw, creator of chopped and screwed rap and leader of Screwed Up Click, records the 35 minute long June 27 freestyle with Houston rappers Big Moe, Bird, Key-C, Yungstar, Big Pokey, DeMo, Haircut Joe and Kay-Luv. June 28 – Kiss kicks off the Alive/Worldwide reunion tour at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, the first tour by the original lineup of the band since 1979.
June June 2 – Alice Cooper performs at Sammy Hagar's club, Cabo Wabo, in Mexico. It will be recorded and released, the, following, year, as a live album. June 8 – Tracy Bonham becomes the first female solo artist to reach number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with the single "Mother Mother". June 12 – Julia Fischer, the German violinist and pianist, wins the final of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1996 competition in Lisbon, Portugal. June 15–16 – San Francisco holds the first Tibetan Freedom Concerts. June 19 – Japanese duo Chage and Aska become the first Asian group to participate in MTV Unplugged. June 21 – The Sex Pistols start their reunion tour in Lahti, Finland. June 25 – Jay-Z releases his debut album Reasonable Doubt. Jun,e 26 – Sammy Hagar leaves Va.n Halen. June 27 – DJ Screw, creator of chopped and screwed rap and leader of Screwed Up Click, records the 35 minute long June 27 freestyle with Houston rapp!ers Big Moe, Bird, Key-C, Yungstar, Big Pokey, DeMo, Haircut Joe and Kay-Luv. June 28 – Kiss kicks off the Alive/Worldwide reunion tour at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, the first tour by the original lineup of the band since 1979.