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Jon Lee, drummer in Feeder, is found in his home in Miami, Florida, having committed suicide by hanging. He was 33.
The Concert For A Landmine-Free World at Hammersmith Odeon, London, features Elvis Costello, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith and John Prine.
Songwriter/producer Hank Cosby who worked with Smokey Robinson, The Supremes and The Jackson 5, and also played saxophone for Marvin Gaye, John Lee Hooker, The Temptations and Mary Wells, dies after a protracted illness.
Tex-Mex legend Freddy Fender receives a life-saving kidney transplant from his daughter, Marla Huerta Garcia, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The White Stripes play at The Corner, Melbourne, Australia.
Indigo Girls play at The Fox Theatre, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
The NME/Carling Awards are held in London, with results as below:
  • Band Of The Year - The Strokes
  • Album Of The Year - The Strokes - Is This It
  • Single Of The Year - Ash - Burn Baby Burn
  • Best Solo Artist - Ian Brown
  • Best New Act - The Strokes
  • Best Music Video - Radiohead - Pyramid Song
  • Best Live Act - U2
  • Best Live Venue - Brixton Academy, London
  • Musical Event Of The Year - Carling Weekend
  • Best Radio Show - Evening Session
  • Best hip-hop act - Missy Elliott
  • Best R&B - Aaliyah
  • Best Dance Act - Basement Jaxx
  • Best Metal Group - Lost Prophets
  • Best Pop Act - Kylie Minogue
  • Philip Hall On Award - The Coral
  • Godlike Genius - Nick Kent / Pennie Smith
  • Outstanding Contribution To NME - The Charlatans.
Isaac Hayes, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, The Ramones, The Talking Heads, Brenda Lee and Gene Pitney are inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA.
Soul-jazz organist Big John Patton dies of diabetes and renal failure, aged 66, in Montclair, New Jersey, USA.
French jazz composer/pianist Jacques Loussier files a $10m lawsuit in New York City claiming that the backing track to Eminem's Kill You has copied his jazz fusion song Pulsion.
Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees buys his childhood home in Manchester, UK.
A letter appears in UK newspaper The Guardian, protesting about US attitudes towards the use of chemical weapons. It is signed by Brian Eno, Robbie Williams, Peter Gabriel, Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox (Eurythmics) , Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Joe Strummer (The Clash), Robert Wyatt (ex-Soft Machine), Robert Fripp (ex-King Crimson), Holly Johnson ex-Frankie Goes To Hollywood, and other politically-concerned celebrities.
Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes of TLC dies, aged 30, when her Mitsubishi 4WD crashes near Juticalpa while on holiday in Honduras, Central America.
Legendary songwriter/producer Otis Blackwell, composer of Don't Be Cruel, All Shook Up and many others, dies aged 71, of a heart attack in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Madonna treads the boards of the Wyndham Theatre, London, starring in the play Up For Grabs, which opens today.
Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzfest is held at Donington Park, UK, featuring Black Sabbath, Tool, Slayer and System Of A Down.
The 19th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, a three day event, begins in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Acts appearing over the course of the event include Bo Diddley, David 'Honeyboy' Edwards and James Cotton.
The 19th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, a three day event, comes to an end in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Acts appearing over the course of the event have included Bo Diddley, David 'Honeyboy' Edwards and James Cotton.
When Cooper Temple Clause play at Hultsfred Festival in Sweden, Europe, keyboardist Kieran Mahon breaks two fingers after punching an acrobat during a game of football.
Elvis Costello plays at the Beacon Theater, New York City.
The three-day long jam-orientated Bonnaroo Festival begins in Manchester, Tennessee, with acts including The Grateful Dead bassman Phil Lesh, Trey Anastasio, Ben Harper, Jurassic 5, Bela Fleck, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Ween, Norah Jones, Del McCoury, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Disco Biscuits and others. On the same day, Pulp play at Roseisle Forest, Elgin, Scotland.
Sharon Osbourne, wife of Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath, has two lymph nodes removed in a test to establish whether he cancer has spead. It has, so she will require further treatment.
Renowned record producer Gus Dudgeon, who worked with Elton John and David Bowie, dies aged 59 when his car swerves off the M4 motorway between Reading and Maidenhead, England, UK, Europe.
Hell Is For Heroes, Biffy Clyro and Kinesis play at The Road House, Manchester, UK.
Noel Gallagher of Oasis plus bass player Andy Bell and keyboard player Jay Darlington are taken to hospital when their taxi collides head-on with another vehicle. All three are ordered to rest by doctors, so this evening's gig at The Murat Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, is cancelled.
Eminem's Anger Management tour plays at the Molson Center, Montreal, Canada.
Paulina Rubio plays at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Paul McCartney plays at The United Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bon Jovi releases a new album, Bounce, in the USA.
The fifth Terrastock Festival, promoted and organised by Melksham-based music journalist/entrepreneur Phil McMullen, comes to an end at the Axis, Boston, Massachusetts. Artists appearing today, the last of the festival's three nights, include Sonic Youth, Bardo Pond, Bevis Frond, Lilys and The Spacious Mind.
Kanye West is involved in a serious car crash near the W Hotel in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, while driving home from a recording studio. The incident, in which West's jaw is broken, will provide inspiration for his debut single, Through The Wire.
Revered Grammy-winning record producer Tom Dowd dies aged 77 of emphysema, in Aventura, Florida, USA. In a career that spanned over fifty years, he worked with Ray Charles, The Coasters, John Coltrane, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin and countless others.
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives play at Metro, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Michael Jackson reveals during an interview that he doesn't like pop music. The revelation comes in the wake of Jackson having purchased some classical music CDs during a shopping trip in Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Michael Jackson reveals during an interview that he doesn't like pop music. The revelation comes in the wake of Jackson having purchased some classical music CDs during a shopping trip in Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Disturbed play at Manchester Academy, Manchester, England, UK.
Michael Jackson, limping from a spider bite, returns to court in Santa Maria, California, USA, to testify in the Marcel Avram Millenium concerts lawsuit. Reporters pepper Jackson with questions but he answers all queries with the words "Merry Christmas".
[Spunge], Farse and Spankboy play at The University, Liverpool, England, UK.
Manic Street Preachers play at The SECC, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Pretty Girls Make Graves and Your Enemies Friends play at King Tuts, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Murderdolls and The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster play at The Leadmill, Sheffield, England, UK.
Idlewild and The Star Spangles play at The Academy, Birmingham, England, UK.
Idlewild and The Star Spangles play at Leeds University, Leeds, England, UK.
Murderdolls and The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster play at The Forum, London, England, UK.
Manic Street Preachers play at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK.
Stiff Little Fingers play at The Windmill, Brixton, London, England, UK.
Idlewild and The Star Spangles play at Manchester Academy, Manchester, England, UK.
Bree Sharp plays at Schubas, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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