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Official UK anti-drugs czar Keith Hellawell praises Noel Gallagher of Oasis for making public his 'change of heart' about the misuse of drugs.
Stevie Nicks plays the first of two nights at The Sun Theater, Anaheim, California, USA.
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.
Ralph Stanley is inducted by Patty Loveless as a new member of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.Beatrice Rutman, Bob Dylan's mother, dies at the age of 84, in St Paul, Minnesota.
Friedrich Gulda dies, aged 69, of heart failure at his home in Weissenbach, Austria, Europe. He had been successful as a pianist and composer, working in both classical and jazz music.Cowboy Take Me Away by The Dixie Chicks reaches No1 in the Billboard country singles chart in the USA.
Blues pianist Mark Naftalin plays at Manchester Public Library, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA.
Columbia Records announces that two new members, Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams, have joined Destiny's Child.
Polish-born pianist, composer and singer Walter Dana, best-known for his work in the field of polka music, dies aged 97 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.Eric Clapton becomes the first three-time inductee into The Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, USA - as a member of The Yardbirds, as a member of The Cream and as a solo artist.
Beatlejazz, a group specialising in jazz interpretations of The Beatles songs, release their debut album, A Bite Of The Apple.
Fifteen-year-old Katie Melua gets her first big break when she wins the Stars Up Their Nose talent show segment of UK children's tv show Mad For It, singing Without You.
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.
A federal appeals court in the USA upolds a $5.4m jury decision that Michael Bolton plagiarized parts of the song Love is a Wonderful Thing in his song of the same name. The original was released in 1966 by the Isley Brothers.
Bob Dylan plays his smallest gig in twenty-five years at the five hundred capacity New Theatre, Horsens, Denmark, Europe. His fee is raised by local businessmen keen to improve the town's cultural image.Dylan plays his smallest gig in 25 years at the 500 capacity New Theatre, Horsens, Denmark. His fee is raised by local businessmen keen to improve the town’s cultural image.
Tito Puente, bandleader, vibraphonist and percussionist known as the King Of The Mambo, dies aged 77 in New York City, USA. He had suffered a massive heart attack requiring surgery to repair a heart valve, but complications developed and he died. The Offspring and Napster enter into a deal whereby Napster will manufacture and sell Offspring t-shirts and the profits will go to charity.
Associated Press reports that an accountant for Andy Summers, former guitarist of The Police, has pleaded guilty to forging the musician's signature on two checks for $25,000, and now faces a possible thirty years in jail.
Noel Gallagher has rejoined the band yet again when Oasis play at Lansdowne Road Stadium, Dublin, Eire, supported by Supergrass.
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Cornell Zachary of Los Angeles, California, USA, files a lawsuit against Duran Duran claiming that, because his phone number was mistakenly given out as their contact number, he has been flooded with calls, resulting in invasion of privacy and emotional distress. More specifically, Zachary claims to have suffered "life-threatening high blood-pressure episodes" and developed a sleeping disorder.
Alan Caddy, guitarist with UK instrumental hitmakers The Tornados, dies aged 60. The band is best-remembered for their international hit single Telstar, written and produced by the controversial Joe Meek.
The second annual Source Hip-Hop Awards Show in the Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California, USA, is cut short when a brutal fight erupts in the audience, resulting in injuries to Havoc of Mobb Deep and Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The incident overshadows the real purpose of the event, which is the presentation of lifetime achievement awards to Dr. Dre and Ice Cube.
Having recently made death threats against Swindon-born singer Billie Piper, Juliet Peters is remanded in court in London, UK.
A 'psychedelic' jacket worn by Radiohead's Big Top tour plays the last of three nights at Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, London, 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.
Los Angeles-based jazz trombonist Bingam Britt Woodman dies aged 80 in Hawthorne, California, USA, of respiratory problems. In a long, respected career, he worked with Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus, John Coltrane and Miles Davis, to name just a few.Liverpool all-girl band Atomic Kitten enter the UK singles chart with Follow Me which will peak at No20 during a five-week run.
Larrikin Management's Ted Gardner, co-founder of Lollapalooza and Tool's manager of eight years, files a $5m lawsuit against Tool in Los Angeles Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA. The suit alleges "fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract, quantum merauit, and contract rescission" by the band. 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
In New York City, USA, Bob Dylan records his version of the Dean Martin hit Return To Me, for use in the tv series The Sopranos.Internationally famed musical humourist Victor Borge, aged 91, dies peacefully in his sleep, in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
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