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Kaizers Orchestra is formed in Stavanger, Norway, Europe.
NSync perform at The Blaisdell Center, Hawaii, USA.
Metallica, Creed, Kid Rock and Sevendust play at Gund Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
On their World Domination tour, Slipknot play at Super Toad Entertainment Center, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
Jazz Composer Nat Adderley (brother of Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley) dies aged 68 from complications arising from diabetes.
Stevie Nicks plays at The House Of Blues, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Metallica, Creed, Kid Rock and Sevendust play at the Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
After several days of Grand Jury testimony, including that of rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs (Puff Daddy), Manhattan District Attorney's office indicts rapper Shyne (real name Jamal Barrow) for attempted murder, arising from a 27 December, 1999 shooting at Club New York in Manhattan.
A VH1 channel poll of 700 music industry experts selects Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone as the fourth greatest rock song of all time.
A VH1 channel poll of 700 music industry experts selects Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone as the fourth greatest rock song of all time.
The David Cassidy Story, a television movie based on the life and short-lived success of teen pop idol David Cassidy, is premiered on NBC-tv in the USA.
Metallica, Creed, Kid Rock and Sevendust play the last of three non-consecutive nights at The Target Centre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Matt Goss, formerly of UK hit-making duo Bros, makes his American stage debut at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, in the benefit concert, Sounds Of A Better World, Small Voices Calling, a charity event for children.
Fans of shock-rock band Slipknot are arrested when there is trouble at their gig in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Hotly-tipped indie band Terris release their second single, Cannibal Kids on Blanco Y Negro Records in the UK.
The Spice Girls appear in the High Court, London, UK, where they are being sued by Italian motor scooter manufacturers Aprilia. The company had signed a £500,000 marketing deal with the band to make scooters bearing their five-girl silhouette logo, before Geri Halliwell left. The logos were now rendered obsolete, damaging sales prospects.
William Orbit's album Pieces In A Modern Style is re-released by WEA Music in the UK.
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Acclaimed British jazz singer and recording artist Cab Kaye dies in Amsterdam, Holland, Europe. Kaye rose to some prominence in the 1950s, working with the Ted Heath Orchestra and Humphrey Lyttelton. His son, Caleb Quaye played guitar for Elton John.
Oasis play at The Bataclan, Paris, France, Europe.
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Terris play at The ULU, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Coldplay.
Jay Kay, leader of Jamiroquai, becomes involved in a scuffle with a photographer outside the Attica Club in London. The incident will result in Kay being charged with assault later in the year.
Elliott Smith releases his final LP, Figure 8, on DreamWorks Records in the USA.
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What My Heart Has Seen, an exhibition of art by singer Tony Bennett, opens at the Catto Gallery in London, UK.
The hit single Day & Night by Billie Piper is awarded a UK Silver Disc by the BPI.
Rapper 50 Cent is shot nine times while sitting in a car outside his grandmother's house in Queens, New York, USA, allegedly because his song Ghetto Qua Ran upset Kenneth McGriff, the gangster-connected owner of Murder Inc. Records.
Billie Piper enters the UK pop singles chart at No1 with Day And Night.
Charley Pride and Faron Young are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame by The Country Music Association in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Lorraine Blue, owner of famous 60's club Mother Blues in Chicago, Illinois, USA, dies of lymphoma, aged 73, in Sacramento, California. Mother Blues showcased a broad range of up-and-coming performers, from Buddy Guy to Big Brother And The Holding Company (with Janis Joplin), Jefferson Airplane, Spanky And Our Gang, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf.
It is confirmed that Liam Gallagher of Oasis has split from his wife Patsy Kensit.
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Roger Waters, formerly of Pink Floyd, plays at Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, during his In The Flesh tour.
Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, is detained on arrival in Israel and deported just hours later because the intelligence service believes that Islam has funded Hamas, the Islamic terrorist group, to the tune of tens of thousands of pounds.
It is revealed that Kate Bush has a one year old son, Bertie, who she has kept secret from the world, and who is being brought up at her home in Berkshire, UK.
Jazz pianist Sir Charles Thompson plays the second of two nights at the Jazz Showcase, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The shows are recorded and tracks will appear on Thompson's album Robbins' Nest - Live At The Jazz Showcase.
Rock DJ by Robbie Williams reaches No1 in the UK singles chart.
Travis release a new single, Turn, in the UK on Independiente Records.
Saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, aged 66, dies of a stroke, in New York City, USA.
Radiohead's Big Top tour plays the second of three nights at Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, London, UK.
Bob Dylan plays at The Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Europe.
Roy Harper plays at the The Arts Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.
Billie Piper enters the UK pop singles chart with Something Deep Inside, which will peak at No4.
A two-day long Bob Dylan tribute event begins at Gillestugan, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe, featuring artists including Valdemar, Ulf Dageby and The Lannart Zimmerman Band. The live album Not Dark Yet In Gothenburg is recorded during the event.
Maximum Joy by Liverpool band Frankie Goes To Hollywood enters the UK pop albums chart, where it will peak at No54 in its week of entry.
Bob Dylan's latest single, Love Sick, enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No64 during a one-week run.
Ray Charles plays at L'Olympia, Paris, France, Europe.
When Smashing Pumpkins play a 'Farewell Concert' at Metro, Chicago, Illinois, USA, they are joined by guitarist Rick Neilson of Cheap Trick for the encore.
Revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and Cuban singer Silvio Rodriguez, unveil a bronze statue of John Lennon of The Beatles sitting on a bench in John Lennon Park, in the Velado district of Havana, Cuba, West Indies. Castro, who formerly castigated The Beatles as decadent, now describes Lennon as
The star Monoceros RA 8h 6m 46s D-2' 37' is re-named Jessica Dragonette, in honour of the popular American singer of that name, by the International Star Registry in Switzerland, Europe.
Stevie Wonder plays in his fifth annual Stevie Wonder House Full of Toys benefit show at the E2 nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
In New York City, Bob Dylan records his version of the Dean Martin hit Return To Me, for use in the tv series The Sopranos.
Milt Hinton, aka 'the bassist of the stars' dies aged 90 in Queens, New York City, USA. Hinton played with Cab Calloway, Pearl Bailey, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong before memorably contributing the bass licks for the hit version of Mack The Knife by Bobby Darin.
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