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Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam bandmates Jeff Ament and Mike McCready join John Doe and Exene Cervenka of punk band X onstage at an Inauguration Day party in the Tractor Tavern, Seattle, Washington, USA.
David 'Fathead' Newman, a jazz/r'n'b saxophonist who worked with Ray Charles, Herbie Mann, Stanley Turrentine and others, dies aged 75 from compilcations of pancreatic cancer, in Kingston, New York State, USA.
President of the United States, Barack Obama, in his inauguration speech, states, "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America." In
another example of the extent to which popular songs are integrated and influential in society and politics, Obama is almost directly quoting the lyric of the 1936 Jerome Kern song Pick Yourself Up.
Animal Collective release the CD and digital versions of their eighth album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, on Domino Records in the USA.
Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Sting, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, will.i.am, and Faith Hill perform live for US President Barack Obama at the Washington Convention Center, Washington DC, USA, during ABC's The Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration.
Los Angeles Assistant Chief of Coroners, Ed Winter, rules that Paula Goodspeed, an alleged stalker whose body was found in her car outside American Idol judge Paula Abdul's estate in Sherman Oaks, committed suicide.It is announced that The Who's song My Generation is to be the new anthem for drinks giant Pepsi's latest ad campaign.