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A Malawian court confirms that Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie have adopted a one-year-old boy, David Banda.
Madonna
Lead singer Justin Hawkins announces he is leaving mock rockers The Darkness ("I Believe in a Thing Called Love"). He blames his addictions to drugs and alcohol for the decision.
The Darkness
Justin Hawkins / British Whale
Country star Keith Urban checks himself into rehab. You'd do the same if you'd been married to Nicole Kidman for two months.
Keith Urban
Tommy Lee is injured during a pyrotechnics display at a Motley Crue concert in Casper, Wyo. He is treated at a nearby hospital, but the drummer's injuries are not serious.
Mötley Crüe
Tommy Lee
Country star George Strait's 50 Number Ones compilation debuts at No. 1, after a recount of weekly sales. Usher's Confessions, initially declared No. 1, has to do with second place. Punk band Good Charlotte's The Chronicles of Life and Death bows at No. 3.
George Strait
Good Charlotte
Usher
Aussie rockers Silverchair issue a statement denying that they've split up. Their management adds, "the band currently has no recording or touring plans but that certainly doesn't mean that they won't ever record or tour again."
Silverchair
Tickets for the reunited Duran Duran's U.K. comeback show at London's Kentish Town Forum sell out in four minutes.
Duran Duran
50 Cent wins Album of the Year at the Source Awards for Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Nelly is named Male Artist of the Year, and Lil' Kim wins Female Artist of the Year.
50 Cent
Nelly
Lil' Kim
Christina Aguilera files suit against former manager Steven Kurtz, claiming he used "improper, undue, and inappropriate" influence over Aguilera's professional activities.
Christina Aguilera
In Arkansas, Don Henley is sued by a fan who says he hit her on the head with a maraca at a concert after she tried to take a flash photograph of him. Well, we can see his point. It's on the top of his head.
Don Henley
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Center in Antigua opens. The addiction recovery center charges $9,000 for a 29-day recovery program. The next year, Clapton auctions off his collection of guitars to benefit the center.
Eric Clapton
Bob Dylan
Columbia finally releases Bob Dylan's historic 1966 "Judas" concert from Manchester, England's Free Trade Hall as The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert."
Bob Dylan
The U.S. Supreme Court turns down a request to reinstate a lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne charging him with encouraging two teens to commit suicide.
Ozzy Osbourne
Bob Dylan plays the U.S. Army academy West Point in upstate New York, breaking out his old chestnut "Masters of War." Hey, we didn't book him.
Bob Dylan
Great English band the Stone Roses discover their former record company is planning on suing them for libel after they decorate Silvertone's Wolverhampton offices with flung paint. The group also dumped a bucket of white paint over label boss Gary Birch, his girlfriend, and their Mercedes.
The Stone Roses
Led Zeppelin begin rehearsing in preparation for a new album. The band would release In Through the Out Door in 1979.
Led Zeppelin
In Los Angeles, Neil Young has a growth scraped from his vocal cords.
Neil Young
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr and their respective spouses go to London's Savoy Theatre to see Mary Hopkin perform. McCartney produced her hit "Those Were the Days."
Mary Hopkin
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney
John Lennon records "Julia," the last song for The Beatles. It's the only solo recording Lennon makes for the group.
John Lennon
The Beatles
The Beatles begin recording "Drive My Car." Brian Epstein flies to the U.S. to see footage from their first performance at Shea Stadium.
The Beatles
Beatlemania begins as the Beatles appear on the BBC's Sunday Night at the Palladium show. Some 15 million people watch the program, with thousands crowding the streets around the London theater to get a look at the band.
The Beatles
In today's issue of Billboard, there's an article on new hit-makers the Teddy Bears. According to the magazine, "18-year-old Phil Spector, who wrote and arranged their hit 'To Know Him Is to Love Him,' is studying to be a court reporter."
Phil Spector
Having decided to quit rock 'n' roll, Little Richard flies back to Los Angeles. His label arranges for him to record eight more songs before he is baptized as a Seventh Day Adventist.
Little Richard
Mississippian R&B singer Dorothy Moore ("Misty Blue") is born in Jackson.
Dorothy Moore
Neil Aspinall is born. He first worked for the Beatles as a road manager, then later ran their Apple Corps. George Harrison once said he was a candidate for the title of "fifth Beatle."
George Harrison
The Beatles
Jazz great Pharaoh Sanders is born in Little Rock, Ark.
 
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