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Lorrie Morgan, Sammy Kershaw, Lee Ann Womack and Brooks And Dunn perform at the inaugural celebrations for president George W. Bush in Washington DC, USA.
Buster Bloodvessel, frontman of 80s hitmakers Bad Manners, is hospitalised in Perugia, Italy, Europe, after collapsing on stage because of a strangulated hernia.
Liverpool band Ladytron release their debut album, 604, on the Emperor Norton/Invicta Hi-Fi labels in the UK.
Judy Garland's rendition of Over The Rainbow is chosen by The US National Endowment for the Arts, in conjunction with the RIAA, as No1 in the Top Ten songs of the 20th century. Over the Rainbow first appeared in the movie The Wizard Of Oz in 1939, but it was almost dropped from the film because MGM chief executive Louis B. Mayer and producer Mervyn LeRoy felt that it slowed down the action too much.
Pure And Simple, the first single by Hear'Say (a group manufactured from winners of reality tv show Popstars), enters the UK singles chart at No1. The song is a cover of a Girl Thing album track that was released only in Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Neil Finn of Crowded House fame begins a week of solo shows at the St James Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania. During the week he is joined on stage by guests including his brother, Tim Finn, plus Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Lisa Germano, Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway of Radiohead, Johnny Marr of The Smiths and Sebastian Steinberg of Soul Coughing.
Biffy Clyro release a new single, 27, on Beggar's Banquet Records in the UK.
The 1967 compilation Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits is awarded a five times platinum disc.
Orianne Cevey, third wife of Phil Collins, gives birth to their first son, Nichols.
Singer, guitarist and songwriter Ernie Graham, best known as a member of Eire Apparent, dies in London, UK. It is said that his "strong alcohol dependence" contributed to his demise.
The Blind Boys Of Alabama play at The Bottom Line, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Lou Reed appears in the New York City tv studios of Saturday Night Live to confirm that widespread rumours of his death from an overdose of Demerol have been somewhat exaggerated.
R.E.M. release the album Reveal in the UK. On the same day, the band's singer Michael Stipe reveals in a Time magazine interview that he is gay.
Brian Pendleton, the original bassist/guitarist for The Pretty Things, is found dead, aged 57, by the door of his flat in Maidstone, Kent, UK. He had been suffering from lung cancer.
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings play at The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
The album Steers And Stripes by Brooks And Dunn is awarded gold status by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
A three-mile segment of Highway 92 in Paulding County, Georgia, USA, is renamed as the Travis Tritt Highway. Signs are also erected billing the county as the "Home of Country Music Star Travis Tritt".
A four year old boy, Daniel Karven Veres, drowns in a Malibu, California, swimming pool during a birthday party at the home of Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee.
Blues giant John Lee Hooker dies in his sleep, at home in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California, USA.
Composer, arranger, bandleader and trumpet player Chico O'Farrill dies aged 79 in New York City, USA. He found fame as one of the main guiding lights in the emergence of Afro-Cuban Jazz in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
George Harrison, formerly of The Beatles, is in hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, being treated for a cancerous brain tumour.
The Eagles play at Lucca festival, Lucca, Italy, Europe.
It is revealed in the UK press that teen pop star Billie Piper has quit the music business to launch a career in acting.
Jim Carroll plays at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
Beatlejazz, a group specialising in jazz interpretations of The Beatles songs, release their second album, Another Bite Of The Apple.
Aaliyah dies when the plane flying her to Florida crashes on Abaco Island in the Caribbean. On the same day, forty-five audience members are injured in a crowd surge during Eminem's appearance at the On the Green Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. The show is stopped for thirty minutes while police help the injured, and eleven fans are taken to hospital for treatment.
When Metallica tribute band Creeping Death play at the Metallibash 2001 in San Francisco, they are unexpectedly joined onstage by two bona fide members of Metallica, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett.
The Dixie Chicks file suit against Sony Music Entertainment in New York's District Court, alleging that the company has defrauded the trio of $4m (£2.7m) in unpaid royalties from their 20m album sales.
Madonna plays at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The innovative video for Fatboy Slim's Weapon Of Choice, which features charismatic actor Christopher Walken dancing in a hotel, wins six awards at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Sound Tribe Sector 9 play at The Music Farm, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Ted Nugent plays at The House of Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Singer-songwriter Barb Jungr spends the first of three days at Mark Angel Studios, London, recording her album Every Grain Of Sand : Barb Jungr Sings Bob Dylan for Linn Records. Every song on the album is written by Dylan.
Rapper Jay-Z pleads guilty in court to having stabbed record producer, Lance 'Un' Rivera, in an argument about bootlegging.
The tribute album Forever Young: A Tribute To Bob Dylan is released. The album includes cover versions of songs written by Bob Dylan, performed by folk artists including Fairport Convention, The Albion Band, Show Of Hands and Magna Carta.
On their Jubilee Tour, Jane's Addiction play at Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Support act Courtney Love plays so badly that the promoters have her unplugged and physically carried off the stage by security men.
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Hawkwind play at The Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK.
Juan Jinojosa dies in a car accident in dense fog near Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. As a founder member of Los Fabulosos Cuatro, Jinojosa was a pioneer of Tejano music.
Mick Jagger, Lenny Kravitz and Lifehouse are among the artists performing live at the My VH1 Music Awards show which is broadcast from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, USA. Gwen Stefani, Jewel and Dave Matthews are also in attendance. Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi perform a tribute to the recently deceased George Harrison of The Beatles.
Bjork plays at Haskolabio, Reykjavik, Iceland, Europe.
U2's Elevation tour comes to an end at the American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida, USA.
Weezer play at Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction spends the third of eight days in the Sudan, North West Africa, as part of a mission, organised by he humanitarian group Christian Solidarity International, to free Southern Sudanese slaves from their Northern masters.
Sting appears in an episode of US tv series Friends, called The One With Monica's Boots.
New York District Court awards The Sugarhill Gang $165,000 in compensatory damages plus $2.8m in punitive damages in a case against the Snapple Beverage Corporation and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. Snapple had used a live video performance of the group's single Rapper's Delight without permission in a 1998 tv commercial for the Goodwill Games, an event produced by Turner Broadcasting.
Bianca Butthole, who had found acclaim as the singer and bassist for two hard rock bands, Betty Blowtorch and Butt Trumpet, dies in a car crash after accepting a lift from a drunk driver in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Singer songwriter Clifford T. Ward dies aged 57, from pneumonia, in Tetbury Wells, Worcestershire, England, UK.
It is reported that chart-topper Gordon Haskell has cancelled his upcoming gig at Swindon Arts Centre, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, because he has become too famous to play such a small venue.
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