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Top country music hat act Garth Brooks (37) announces his intention of trying out for the San Diego Padres in Arizona, USA. Brooks insists it isn’t a publicity stunt, saying "I'm excited. I'm nervous. I'm scared. You know, it's going to be neat. I want to be a 10th man, a utility man."
Elton John appears as an animated version of himself in I'm With Cupid, an episode of tv series The Simpsons in the USA.
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Bob Dylan and Natalie Merchant play at Lehigh University, Stabler Arena, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs of Oasis is jailed for being drunk and disorderly outside a new Tommy Hilfiger store in London, England, UK, Europe, but is later released with no charges made.
Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction attends a symposium in the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, California, USA, on modern day slavery in Sudan and Mauritania. At the symposium, Farrell meets John Eibner, CEO of the humanitarian group Christian Solidarity International, who will in due course take Farrell to The Sudan on a mission to rescue slaves.
Two albums by Robbie Williams, Life Thru A Lens and I've Been Expecting You, are certified by the BPI as having each achieved 1.8m sales in the UK.
Marti Pellow of Wet Wet Wet is rushed to hospital after collapsing on the floor of his room at The Conrad Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe. He had gone on a booze bender after an argument with his fiancee, model Eileen Catterson.On their Psycho Circus tour, Kiss play at Filaforum, Milan, Italy, Europe. The tour features 3-D visual effects in some sections, for which the audience is given special 3-D glasses to enable them to see the effects properly.
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Wu Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard is stopped by police in Harlem, New York City for driving without licence plates. Police then discover that he is driving on a suspended licence, and he is arrested.
Catatonia play at The Forum, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by A Concert For Linda, in memory of Paul McCartney's wife, Linda McCartney, takes place at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. Performers include George Michael, Tom Jones, Elvis Costello, Sinead O'Connor, Des'Ree, Heather Small, Johnny Marr, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Neil Finn, The Pretenders, The Duke String Quartet and Eddie Izzard.
Billie Piper releases her fifth single, Honey To The Bee, in the UK. It will peak at No3 in the UK singles chart.
Garth Brooks is named artist of the decade at the 34th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, in the USA.
Iron Maiden release Ed Hunter, on EMI/Chrysalis Records in The UK. The album is a 2-CD compilation including a computer game based on the band's mascot, Eddie. The tracks on the album form the sountrack to the computer game, and were chosen by fans who voted for those tracks via the band's internet site.A four-day long Bob Dylan Festival enters its second day at Burg Plankenstein castle in Austria. Artists appearing include Luigi Catuogno, Who Cares, Peter Del Bello and The Plankenstein Allstars. The CD The Plankenstein Tapes is recorded during the event.
The live album Dylan - A Tribute To His Bobness, Vol. 1 is recorded at the "Dylan-Festival" at Forum Wasserturm in Meerbusch, Germany.is recorded live at the Dylan-Festival at Forum Wasserturm in Meerbusch, Germany. Artists taking part include The Beatlesons, The Jokermen, Robert Berger, Uncle Willy and Digger's Fake.
Phil Collins receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
It is reported that Hollywood spiritualist Father Gilberto has performed an exorcism on former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee to banish evil demons which his wife, Pamela Anderson, believes have been affecting his behaviour.
Mark Sandman of Morphine dies of a heart attack while onstage during the Nel Nome del Rock festival in the Giardini del Principe, Palestrina, Italy.
Iron Maiden play the first of two nights at The Hammerstein Theatre, New York City, USA.
The third Terrastock Festival, promoted and organised by Melksham-based music journalist/entrepreneur Phil McMullen, begins at the University Of London. Artists appearing today, the second of the festival's three nights, include Bevis Frond, Alchemysts & Simeon, Damon & Naomi, Tom Rapp and The Lothars
Louis "Moondog" Hardin, the enigmatic New York City, USA. street performer who dressed in elaborate garb and garnered great acclaim as a composer and conducter, dies of heart failure, aged 83.Sheryl Crow plays a concert in Central Park, New York City, USA, with live guests including Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton and Chrissie Hynde. The show is recorded and released as an album, Sheryl Crow and Friends Live From Central Park. On the same day, the guitar that John Lennon of The Beatles was playing on the day he met Paul McCartney in a church hall in Liverpool, UK, is sold at auction in London for £140,000.
Ed Cobb dies in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He had been a member of The Four Preps before going on to a successful career as a record producer and songwriter, working with The Strandells, Gloria Jones, Brenda Holloway and others. In his lengthy career Cobb earned thirty-two gold and platinum records, plus three Grammy Award nominations.
Former Ozark Mountain
Daredevils' member Stephen Canaday dies when the vintage
aeroplane in which he is riding crashes into a vacant house in
Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Pretenders play the first of two nights at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK.
The Pretenders play the first of two nights at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK.
On their Liquid Skin promo Tour, Gomez play at Metro, Chicago, Illinois, USA. While in Chicago, they are interviewed by Johnny Black of Mojo magazine.
Wiltshire's most successful blues band The Hoax release a new album, Live Forever, on East West Records.Bebop trumpet and flugelhorn player Art Farmer, who worked extensively both as a leader and as a sideman to many of the greats of his era, dies of a heart attack, aged 71.
The Family Values Tour, featuring Korn, Limp Bizkit, Staind and others plays at The Allstate Arena, Rosemont, near Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Chicago release a new album, Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert, in the USA. It will become the first Chicago album to fail to chart.
Paul McCartney enters the UK albums chart with Run Devil Run which will peak at No12 during an eleven-week run.
Neil Finn of Crowded House throws his brother Tim out of the band during their first gig at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, the 20th LP by Prince, reaches No42 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart in the USA.Virtuoso jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd dies of lung cancer in the King of France Tavern of the Maryland Inn, Annapolis, Maryland, USA.
During a performance at The Astoria, London, England, UK, Europe, DJ Sid of American shock-rockers Slipknot throws himself off a 35ft high balcony. Apparently uninjured, he does it again later, this time falling backwards. 
Jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr collapses from a heart attack in a New York City tv studio shortly after taping four songs for a performance on CBS-tv's Early Show. He is taken to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, where he is pronounced dead.Country music star Hank Snow dies of a heart attack in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. In a long career, Snow placed more than seventy singles on the Billboard country charts.
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