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Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood fails in his bid to buy The Cricketers, the pub at the end of his road in Richmond, England.
On their Renegades in the Fast Lane tour, Styx play at The Venetian Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Percy Sledge plays the second of six nights at the Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, UK.
Prince is once again named Best International Male Artist at the 15th annual BRIT Awards held at Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, London, England, UK.Travis Tritt gets down on one knee and proposes to Theresa Nelson, offering her a six-carat diamond ring, at home near Marietta, Georgia, USA, just a year after they first met. She accepts.
On their X-Factour tour, Iron Maiden play the first of two nights at The Palace, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The soundtrack album to Spike Lee's latest film, Girl 6, comprising material by Prince And the New Power Generation, is released in the USA.
Backstreet Boys release their debut album, Backstreet Boys, internationally excepting the USA and Canada.
The Allman Brothers Band plays the second of five [non-consecutive] nights at The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.The Allman Brothers Band plays the third of five [non-consecutive] nights at The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Allman Brothers Band plays the fourth of five [non-consecutive] nights at The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On his first solo tour, Mark Knopfler (formerly of Dire Straits) plays the first of three nights at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Firemen arrive at the home of guitarist Eric Clapton to find him running in and out of the burning building, trying to save his guitar collection. The house is gutted, sustaining about $3m worth of damage.
Placebo release their self-titled debut album in the UK. It will peak at No5 on the UK Albums Chart.
The annual two-day long T IN THE PARK festival begins in Strathclyde Park, Scotland, with Radiohead, Alanis Morrissette, Foo Fighters, Bluetones, Beck, Pulp, Black Grape, Prodigy, Teenage Fanclub, Manic Street Preachers, Dogstar and others. Attendance at the event is reported to be 30,000.
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Some Gave All by Billy Ray Cyrus becomes the first debut album by a country artist to be certified for wholesale sales of 9m copies.Dinner With Delores by Prince peaks at No36 in the UK pop singles chart during a two-week chart stay.Oasis, Manic Street Preachers, The Charlatans, Cast, Dreadzone and Kula Shaker play on the second of two nights at Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK, Europe.
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Iron Maiden come to the end of their The X Factour Tour with a show at Auditorio Coca Cola, Monterrey, Mexico, North America.
Guys Do It All The Time by Mindy McCready reaches No1 in The Billboard Hot Country Singles And Tracks chart in the USA.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the National Stadium, Bucharest, Romania, Europe.Bob Dylan is nominated for Nobel Prize for Literature by professor Gordon Ball of the Virginia Military Institute. He doesn't win.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia, to an audience of 50,000.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at the Chamsil Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea, to an audience of 50,000.
Wiltshire's most successful blues band The Hoax release a new album, Unpossible, on East West Records.
The New York Times reports that a statue in memory of the great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald has been placed in Trolley Barn Plaza at the corner of Buena Vista Avenue and Main Street in Yonkers, new York, USA.
The album So, by Peter Gabriel is awarded a five times Platinum Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A. The album was recorded at Gabriel's Real World Studios complex in Box.
On his HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson arrives at Mumbai airport in India, where he is greeted by actress Sonali Bendre, who puts the traditional Hindu "tilak" mark on his forehead.
William Clarke, whose skills on harmonica made him a sensation in blues circles during the late '80s and early '90s, is admitted to hospital after collapsing onstage in Fresno, California, USA, with a bleeding ulcer.
A new series, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, begins on BBC2-tv in the UK. The show takes the form of an irreverent music quiz. Guests on the first episode are Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Richard Fairbrass of Right Said Fred and Mathew Priest of Dodgy.
R'n'b keyboardist Bill Doggett, who
enjoyed American chart success in 1956 with Honky
Tonk, Parts 1 and 2, dies of cancer at Lennox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, USA..
Jazz saxophonist Art Porter Jr drowns when a boat in which he is sailing on the Kratha Taek reservoir in Sai Yok, Thailand, Asia, sinks.
Tiny Tim collapses and dies during a performance at a gala benefit hosted by the Women's Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He had let his third wife ("Miss Sue") know before the show that he was not feeling well, but did not want to disappoint his fans. He suffers a heart attack on stage in the middle of a rendition of his hit, Tiptoe Through the Tulips and never regains consciousness. EMTs perform on-site CPR and transport him to Hennepin County Medical Center, where after repeated revival attempts, he is pronounced dead at 11:20 pm.Lalo Schifrin records the album Gillespiana, live at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Cologne, Germany. First recorded in 1960, the work is an homage to Dizzy Gillespie in the form of a five-movement concerto.
Lalo Schifrin records the album Gillespiana, live at The Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Cologne, Germany, Europe. First recorded in 1960, the work is an homage to Dizzy Gillespie in the form of a five-movement concerto.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of three nights at the Burswood Dome, Perth, Australia, to an audience of 20,000.
The 36-song, three-CD set, Emancipation, by 
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of two nights at the Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan, to an audience of 40,000.
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