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Robert Fripp, founder and leader of King Crimson, plays the third of four concerts in Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Michael Braun, enigmatic author of the book Love Me Do, about The Beatles early career, is found dead in his apartment in New York City, USA, where he had been working on rehearsals for the upcoming Broadway musical Titanic.It's A Little Too Late by Mark Chesnutt reaches No1 in the Billboard Country Singles Chart in the USA.
Ben And Jerry's Ice Cream company launches a new flavour, Phish Food, in honour of the band Phish. The ingredients are chocolate ice cream with marshmallow (15%), caramel (10%) and fish-shaped chocolate chunks (7.5%). All of the band's profits from the venture go to a project to clean up Lake Champlain, which straddles the borders between Canada, New York State and Vermont, USA.
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao is born in Cojímar, Eastern Havana, Cuba, Caribbean. She will find success first as a member of all-female singing group Fifth Harmony and then as a solo performer.
The 3-D sci-fi short film Captain EO, starring Michael Jackson and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, closes at Disneyland, Pasadena, California, USA, and at the Epcot Centre, Disneyworld, Orlando, Florida.
In this day's edition of popular US tv series Ellen, the lead character, played by Ellen DeGeneres, reveals that she is a lesbian [as is DeGeneres in real life]. Disturbed by the revelation, Gospel duo Angie and Debbie Winans write and release the controversial openly anti-gay song Not Natural.
Blood On The Dancefloor by Michael Jackson reaches No1 in the UK pop singles chart.
Gracie Katherine McGraw is born, the first child of country music stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine play at the The Arts Centre, Salisbury, supported by Groop Dogdrill.
The Tribal Gathering 1997 festival, a two day event, concludes at Luton Hoo Estate, Luton, England, UK, Europe. Artists appearing over the two days include Daft Punk, Faithless, Kraftwerk, Paul Oakenfold, Orbital, Cornershop, GusGus, Fluke, Two Lone Swordsmen and Audioweb.
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Columbia Records announces that Bob Dylan has been hospitalised and diagnosed as suffering from histoplasmosis, a potentially fatal heart infection.
Jazz trumpet pioneer Adolphus Anthony 'Doc' Cheatham dies of a stroke in Washington, DC, USA, aged 91.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the Nordmark Sportfeld, Kiel, Germany, to an audience of 55,000.
When U2 play the first of two nights at at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California, support band Oasis premieres two new songs, Be Here Now and D?You Know What I Mean?
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at the Parc Des Princes, Paris, France, Europe, to an audience of 65,000.
Former lead guitarist of Kiss, Vinnie Vincent, files a $5.5m lawsuit against the band in Los Angeles, California, USA, alleging royalty payment fraud.The three-day long Larmer Tree Festival near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, begins. Acts appearing over the weekend include Jazz Jamaica, Rory McLeod, Helen Watson, Pronghorn and Flook!.
The three-day long Larmer Tree Festival near Salisbury begins. Acts appearing over the weekend include Jazz Jamaica, Rory McLeod, Helen Watson, Pronghorn and Flook!.
It is reported that eight people who attended this year's Glastonbury Festival have been admitted to hospital after contracting the e-coli bug which claimed the lives of 22 people in Scotland earlier in the year.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the Stade de l'Ouest, Nice, France, to an audience of 35,000.
UK prime minister Tony Blair hosts a private party at No10 Downing Street, London, England, to celebrate the success of the UK music industry, with guests including Oasis and Pet Shop Boys.
Just before the encore of U2's show at Vallehovin, Oslo, Norway, Europe, the band's four members find themselves trapped, Spinal Tap-style, inside a 40ft-high metallic lemon-shaped 'pod' high above the stage. The device was supposed to open and let the group emerge but on this night, the mechanism failed.On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the Wellington Hippodrome, Oostende, Belgium, to an audience of 60,000.
Jean Michel Jarre achieves his 4th entry in the Guinness Book Of Records when he plays a concert to celebrate the 850th birthday of Moscow at the State University, Moscow, Russia, Europe, for an audience of 3.5m people.
The live double album British electronic music trio Dario G release their debut single, Sunchyme, on Warner Records in the UK. The track extensively samples the vocal chant from the Dream Academy single Life In A Northern Town.
The Rolling Stones Stones play a surprise gig at The Double Door, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
BBC-tv in the UK broadcasts an advertisement for itself in the form of a lavish all-star single Perfect Day, featuring Lou Reed, Bono, David Bowie, Suzanne Vega, Elton John, Boyzone, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Robert Cray, Joan Armatrading, Tom Jones. The song was composed by and originally released by Lou Reed in 1972.
The Robbie Williams releases his solo debut album, Life Thru A Lens, in the UK. On the same day, The Verve release their album Urban Hymns, which enters the UK chart at No1.
Michael Jackson begins the South African leg of the HIStory World Tour, with the first of two nights at Greenpoint Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa, to an audience of 36,000.
Joni James, a popular singer and recording artist in the 1950s, marries retired Air Force General Bernard Adolph Schriever.
Dylan's album Time Out Of Mind enters the UK albums chart where it will peak at No6 during an eighteen-week run.
Jefferson Airplane [without Grace Slick and Jorma Kaukonen] and Country Joe McDonald play at Beach Chalet Meadow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA.
Garth Brooks plays the third of six nights at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Motley Crue play at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. During the show, Crue members Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee hurl racial slurs at John Allen, an allegedly over-zealous African-American security guard, and encourage the audience to assault Allen.
The triple album Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol 1, by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is certified as a platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard of the Wu-Tang Clan is arrested for failing to keep up with child support payments to his wife and their three children. Subsequently released on $4,500 bail, Ol' Dirty returns home to discover that his wife has filed for divorce.
Bob Dylan plays the fourth of five nights at the El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, California. In his Never-ending Tour schedule this is concert No935.
Wiltshire's most successful-ever blues band, The Hoax, play at The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, England, UK.Jan |