![National Guardsmen patrolling Detroit’s Grand River Avenue in front of the Olympia, Thursday, July 27, 1967](https://mcrfb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/MONKEES-Detroit-Olympia-Concert-Canceled-1967-1024x682.jpg)
J U L Y 2 9 , 1 9 6 7 : T O D A Y I N M U S I C H I S T O R Y
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In Detroit, the Monkees scheduled concert at Olympia Stadium was immediately canceled days earlier due to widespread rioting, shootings, fires, and block-to-block looting — affecting local and federal mandated curfews imposed over the entire city through a four day period, week of July 23-27. Sponsored and scheduled by Dick Clark Productions and WKNR for Saturday, July 29, the concert would later be rescheduled for another date in August.
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Today In Pop Music History: July 29, 1967
MCRFB NOTE: Previously featured on Motor City Radio Flashbacks, July 29, 2014
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![1967 DETROIT RIOT -- July 23-27, 1967](https://mcrfb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Detroit-Riots-67.jpg)
WKNR ANNOUNCEMENT — DETROIT MONKEES CONCERT POSTPONED
J. Michael Wilson * Wednesday, July 26, 1967
SPECIAL THANKS to Greg Innis for the WKNR J. Michael Wilson audio byte above.
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Nice picture