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Following pressure from Sony Records, today’s edition of music trade magazine Billboard in the USA does not include a planned anti-fur advertisement which directly attacked Sony artist Jennifer Lopez for wearing fur clothing, and for marketing fur in her Sweetface fashion line.
An announcement is posted on the Static-X website declaring that the band has parted company with guitarist Tripp Eisen, who was recently arrested on charges of under-age sex.
Lisa Marie Presley appears on US talk show Oprah, and speaks about her marriage to Michael Jackson, currently on trial in Santa Maria, California, on child molestation charges. Asked if she felt Jackson really loved her, she replies, "Yes, as much as he was capable of loving somebody."
The Backstreet Boys comeback tour plays at the House of Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 
It is revealed that The Killers’ former drummer is suing the band, claiming that he wrote the hit single Mr Brightside.
On their Up Close And Personal tour, The Backstreet Boys play at The House Of Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Popular singer Laura Canales, known as the Queen Of The Tejano Wave, undergoes gall bladder surgery at Christus Spohn Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. She will, however, contract pneumonia and other complications from which she will die a few weeks later.
A feature in Australian newspaper the Sun-Herald argues persuasively that downloading of music from the internet is likely to focus consumers’ attention on individual tracks, thus spelling death for the album. 
The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial in Santa Maria, California, USA, allows the prosecution to introduce previous allegations against Jackson as evidence, even though the singer was never charged with a crime.Rapper Master P (Percy Robert Miller) and his younger brother Silkk The Shocker (Vyshonn King Miller) are charged in Los Angeles, California, USA, with carrying unregistered loaded guns, following their arrest two months earlier.
The Finn Brothers play the first of three nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
It is reported that hip-hop mogul P.Diddy is about to launch a new line of custom-designed aluminium automobile rims under the name 'Sean John Wheels' at a cost of between $700-$3,000 each.
Neil Diamond plays the last of four non-consecutive shows during this month at The Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
Tony Christie is awarded the freedom of the city of Amarillo, Texas, USA, by Mayor Trent Sisemore. Christie's huge hit single, (Is This The Way To) Amarillo, prompted thousands of hits on Amarillo's tourist website and encouraged visits to the town.
Rich Cronin, lead singer of teen heartthrobs LFO is diagnosed as suffering from acute myelogenous leukemia. He is hospitalized at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre near his home town of Boston, Massachusetts, USA.