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The first No1 single of the new millennium in the United Kingdom is I Have A Dream by Westlife. The song is a cover version of a 1979 hit by ABBA.
Jean Michel Jarre plays the second of his two The Twelve Dreams Of The Sun concerts at The Pyramids Of Giza, Egypt, Africa.
Melvern Noll, owner of Fun Land amusement park in Highland, Illinois, USA, reports to local police that he has seen a brightly illuminated UFO "about the size of a football field" above his parking lot at 4.00am. The sighting is confirmed by other observers, including police officers, later that morning. The incident will inspire Sufjan Stevens to write his 2005 song Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois.
D. A. Pennebaker's Bob Dylan documentary Don't Look Back is released on DVD. It includes an alternate version of the Subterranean Homesick Blues video and four new sound tracks.Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife, Tish, become parents of a baby girl, Noah Lindsey Cyrus.
During a hearing about crack cocaine possession charges at a Criminal Court in Queens, New York, USA, Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard makes lewd comments to a female district attorney, asking her if she thinks he is ‘horny’. He also ignores Judge Charles Heffernan and nods off to sleep at one point during the proceedings.Beatrice Rutman, Bob Dylan's mother, dies at the age of 84, in St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
American folk singer and songwriter Derrol Adams dies aged 75 in Antwerp, Germany, Europe.
Columbia Records announces that two new members, Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams, have joined Destiny's Child.
Vivian Harris, who found fame as a dancer, commedienne, singer, known as the 'voice of The Apollo' because of her long association with the famous Harlem theatre, dies aged 97 in a nursing home in Englewood, New Jersey, USA. She is estimated to have made over 10,000 appearances at The Harlem Apollo.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.
Bob Dylan plays the 1170th concert of his Never-ending Tour schedule at the Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, California, USA.Calne-based rock star Julian Cope (formerly of The Teardrop Explodes) presides over the first day of the Cornucopea Festival at Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank, London. The two-day event features performances by Cope, Krautrock legends Ash Ra Tempel, electronic extremists Coil and blues rock veterans The Groundhogs.
Calne-based rock star Julian Cope (formerly of The Teardrop Explodes) presides over the second day of the Cornucopea Festival at Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank, London. The two-day event features performances by Cope, Krautrock legends Ash Ra Tempel, electronic extremists Coil and blues rock veterans The Groundhogs
Sony Music Entertainment announces plans to make its first commercial digital downloads available to consumers in the USA. This first batch will include about 50 hit songs from Lauryn Hill, Pearl Jam, Michael Jackson, Mary Chapin Carpenter and others.
No Doubt release their fourth LP, Return Of Saturn, on Interscope Records.Mariah Carey's sister Alison claims in her newly-published book, Mariah and Me, that she worked as a prostitute to support Mariah at the beginning of her career.
Oasis release a new single, Who Feels Love? in the UK, and play at the Chicago Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Neal Matthews of Elvis Presley's gospel backing group The Jordanaires dies of a heart attack at home in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, aged 70.
King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden invests Bob Dylan with the Royal Swedish Academy of Music's Polar Music Award at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
The Eagles file suit against the Hotel California restaurant in Dallas, Texas, USA, alleging trademark violations relating to the title of their hit single and album Hotel California.Compilation album The Best Of Bob Dylan Volume 2 enters the UK albums chart where it will peak at No22 during a two-week run.
In Paris, France, Europe, Noel Gallagher decides to quit the current European tour by his band Oasis.
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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.
Jazz pianist Arnold Ross, who worked with Charlie Parker, Glenn Miller, Harry James, Maureen O'Hara, Lena Horne, Spike Jones, Lester Young and others, dies.
Radiohead begin a European tour at the Theatre Antique d'Arles, Arles, France. On the same day, Oasis cancel their gig in Hamburg, Germany, stating that vocalist Liam Gallagher is too ill to perform because of a chest infection. He's not too ill, however, to get roaring drunk in the bar of the city's Hyatt Hotel that same night.
For a fee of $55, Natalie Maines of The Dixie Chicks marries actor Adrian Pasdar at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
A court in New York City, USA, orders Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones to reveal the extent of his fortune, in order to determine how much he should pay to support the child he fathered by Italian actress Luciana Morad.Mark-Anthony Turnage, Asian Dub Foundation, Blur, Cicala Mvta Clinic, Evan Parker, Jarvis Cocker, Jim O'Rourke, Luc Bondy, the Richard Alston Dance Company and Radiohead play at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK, as part of the Meltdown Festival, curated by Scott Walker.
Mark-Anthony Turnage, Asian Dub Foundation, Blur, Cicala Mvta Clinic, Evan Parker, Jarvis Cocker, Jim O'Rourke, Luc Bondy, the Richard Alston Dance Company and Radiohead play at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK, as part of the Meltdown Festival, curated by Scott Walker.
Coldplay play in the King Tut Tent at T In The Park, Balado, Kinross, Scotland, UK, Europe.
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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.
Oasis play the second of two nights at Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Doves and Happy Mondays.
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Jazz pianist Sir Charles Thompson plays the first 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.
Juliet Peters is arrested at her Canning Town, London home, on charges of threatening the life of UK pop singer Billie Piper.Billie Piper enters the UK pop singles chart with Something Deep Inside, which will peak at No4.
The compilation album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol 3 is awarded a gold disc in the USA.
Blur release a new single, Music Is My Radar, on Food Records in the UK. It will peak at No10 in the UK singles chart.
The Q Awards are held in London. David Gray wins the Best Single Award for Babylon. Liam Gallagher of Oasis gets into an argument with Daily Mirror showbiz reporter Polly Graham, and ends up spanking her over his knee.
Carleen Anderson plays the second of two nights at The Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.The fourth Terrastock Festival, promoted and organised by Melksham-based music journalist/entrepreneur Phil McMullen, comes to an end at the Showbox in Seattle, Washington. Artists appearing today, the last of the festival's three nights, include Bardo Pond, Country Joe McDonald, The Alchemysts, Six Organs Of Admittance and Bevis Frond.
Internationally famed musical humourist Victor Borge, aged 91, dies peacefully in his sleep, in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
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