2003

Ellis Hooks plays at Dingwalls, Camden Town, London, UK.

US tv network CBS reports that Madonna is putting her Wiltshire country estate up for sale, just one year after buying it, because she feels she does not have enough privacy, and dislikes English blood sports ' in which her husband Guy Ritchie, participates.

Punk quartet Violent Delight release a new single, I Wish I Was A Girl, on Warners Records in the UK.

Van Morrison plays at the Palacio de Congresos, Madrid, Spain.

Masked & Anonymous, a film starring Bob Dylan as Jack Fate, is premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

On their Overgrown Eden tour, Inme play at The Mean Fiddler, London, England, UK.

Chris Martin of Coldplay writes to Mendip District Council to plead that Glastonbury festival, which is under threat of losing its licence, should be allowed to continue. "I believe that the loss of this extraordinary event would be a tragedy," he states.

Stone Sour play at The Astoria, London, England, UK.

Hip-hop/rap duo Los Aldeanos plays its first concert to a small audience in La Lisa, Cuba, Caribbean.

UK pop idol and actor Adam Faith dies of a heart attack in hospital just hours after appearing in the play Love And Marriage at the Regent Theatre, Stoke On Trent, UK.

Finch play at The University, Newcastle, England, UK.

Finch play at Barrowland, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Finch play at The Waterfront, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.

Finch play at The Astoria, Charing Cross, London, England, UK.

The tribute album The String Quartet Tribute to Bob Dylan is released. The album includes cover versions of songs written by Bob Dylan, performed by a string quartet.

Singer-songwriter John Martyn has his right leg amputated from below the knee. The leg had become poisoned when a cyst behind his knee burst.

Massive Attack play during five consecutive nights at Brixton Academy, London, England, UK, Europe. They are the first band to achieve this many nights at the venue.

Brooks And Dunn begin their third annual Neon Circus And Wild West Show tour in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA, supported by Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley, Aaron Lines and Jeff Bates.

Young British jazz star Jamie Cullum plays in the Jazz Marquee at the Outlet Village as part of the second Swindon Arts Jazz Festival .

Barry White suffers a stroke in Los Angeles, California, USA, while undergoing dialysis because he is waiting for a kidney transplant. This will prove to be the end of White's public life.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds play at the Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Bon Jovi play at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Avant-garde rock guitarist Robert Fripp, with Andrew Keeling, David Singleton and The Metropole Orkest conducted by Jan Stulen, records The Wine Of Silence at The Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe. The live recording will be released nine years later.

The Dixie Chicks perform at The American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, USA, despite an anonymous threat that group member Natalie Maines would be shot on stage. Maines had recently made controversial comments about President George W. Bush, and the Iraq war. Maines is escorted to the show by police and afterwards directly to the airport.

Just hours before Coldplay take the stage at the Splendour In The Grass Festival in Sydney, Australia, singer Chris Martin is arrested on Seven Mile Beach, Byron Bay, for smashing the windscreen of a car belonging to photographer Jon Lister.

Rascal Flatts come under fire from conservative groups because their video for the song I Melt includes brief glimpses of nudity, (guitarist Joe Don Rooney's bare buttocks, and model Christina Auria taking a shower in the nude). There are calls for the video to be banned from airplay on CMT and Great American Country. Eventually, Rascal Flatts will release an edited version of the video, which aired during daytime hours on the two country music-oriented networks.

R.E.M. play at the Stadio Euganeo, Padova, Italy.

The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Justin Timberlake, Rush, The Guess Who, The Isley Brothers, The Flaming Lips and Sass Jordan play in Canada's biggest-ever rock concert, attended by over 450,000 people in Downsview Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show is intended to counteract the effects on tourism of the recent SARS epidemic which had killed over three dozen Canadians earlier in the year. Facing a heavily rock-oriented audience, Justin Timberlake is booed and pelted with bottles when he takes the stage.

Brother play at Gunther-Murphy's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Aerosmith's former manager, David Krebs, files a libel suit in New York City, USA, against the band for allegations made by them during their recent VH1 "Behind the Music" special, suggesting that he and his business partner stole or otherwise hid money from the band.

The Stereophonics announce that their drummer Stuart Cable, a founder member of the band, has been sacked because of lack of commitment to the band.

Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice plays in The Aladdin Club, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Liverpool band Shack play at The Cockpit, Leeds, England, UK.

R.E.M. play at The Tweeter Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes play at The Stables, Milton Keynes, UK.

Tom Paxton plays at The Stables, Milton Keynes, UK.

Lindisfarne play at The Stables, Milton Keynes, UK.

It is announced that Elton John has signed a

Alabama play at The Allstate Arena, Rosemont, near Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The Star Spangles play at The Metro, London, England, UK.

Ryan Adams plays at The Riviera Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Dave Matthews And Friends play at The Allstate Arena, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Emmylou Harris.

The Nation Of Islam issues a statement denying that it has taken over any of Michael Jackson's business affairs, or that it is taking a central role in his defence strategy over recent child molestation charges.