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P J Harvey announces "This is the last show I will ever play" while headlining a show at Paris' Studio 287. In a bizarre coincidence, London rockers The Libertines play their last gig as her support act.
PJ Harvey
The Libertines
Rapper and "God's Son" Nas turns himself in to police and is charged with assault for allegedly throwing a bottle at a man during a fight in the Greenwich Village club Ciclo.
Nas
American Idol winner Ruben Studdard tops the charts with his debut album Soulful. The second highest new entry is Phillie soul star Musiq with his album, er, Soulstar, at No. 13.
Ruben Studdard
Musiq Soulchild
Moody alt.rockers Remy Zero, whose song “Save Me” became the theme for the WB TV drama Smallville, split.
Remy Zero
Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey of K-Ci & JoJo allegedly exposes his JoJos at a Los Angeles radio show. 150 people leave the Shrine Auditorium after K-Ci drops trou.
K-Ci & JoJo
According to one Internet hoax, rapper Eminem was alleged to have died today in a car crash. A fake CNN News page appeared on the Web trumpeting his demise, but Em's still with us.
Eminem
When an autograph hunter hands Keith Richards a guitar to sign outside New York's Russian Tea Room, the Rolling Stone walks off with the instrument. The victim opts not to press charges, reasoning, "It's Keith, man."
Keith Richards
The Rolling Stones
According to the London Sunday Times, British Prime Minister John Major has received several applications requesting that the Beatles be knighted.
The Beatles
Keith Richards performs with his band the X-Pensive Winos at London's Town & Country Club.
Keith Richards
Paula Abdul performs at the America Has Heart benefit in Universal City, Calif. The concert raises money for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, which is currently feeling overtaxed due to the San Francisco earthquake and the onslaught of Hurricane Hugo.
Paula Abdul
Robert Plant plays with his old group, the Band of Joy, in Folkestone, England. Plant performs Led Zeppelin numbers as a solo artist for the first time, including "Trampled Underfoot" and "Misty Mountain Hop."
Robert Plant
Band of Joy
Led Zeppelin
Paul and Linda McCartney's limousine catches fire while the couple drives to Newcastle, England for a television taping. The McCartneys escape unharmed.
Paul McCartney
Linda McCartney
The Doobie Brothers play a reunion concert in Palo Alto, Calif., to benefit charity. .
The Doobie Brothers
Walter Scott of the R&B vocal quintet the Whispers ("Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong") dies.
The Whispers
The Who perform one of their first last farewell concerts at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. Rock fans everywhere purchase the concert on pay-per-view.
The Who
Fifteen-year-old Christopher Tyrer sees the metal group Saxon in Wolverhampton, England and head-bangs along to their set. When he wakes up the following morning, Tyrer discovers that he is paralyzed down one side and can't speak. His condition deteriorates and dies on Christmas Day. A coroner rules it was "death by misadventure."
Saxon
At Harlem's Apollo Theater, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear at a benefit for the families of victims of the Attica State Prison riots.
Yoko Ono
John Lennon
The Beach Boys perform at London's Royal Albert Hall by Princess Margaret's royal command.
The Beach Boys
John Lennon tells the world he's organizing a peace festival in Toronto to take place in July 1970.
John Lennon
Pink Floyd release "Point Met At the Sky" in England. It's their fourth 45, and their last single release in the UK for 11 years. Candy, a film based on Terry Southern's cult novel and starring Ewa Aulin and Ringo Starr, receives its New York premiere. Critic John Simon grumps, "As an emetic, liquor is dandy, but Candy is quicker."
Ringo Starr
Pink Floyd
Terry Southern
In London, John Lennon and George Harrison hold a party for the area secretaries of the Official Beatles Fan Club. The guests are treated to sneak previews of the films Magical Mystery Tour and The Beatles at Shea Stadium.
John Lennon
George Harrison
The Beatles
Country Joe & the Fish perform at a Benefit for Legalization of Marijuana at San Francisco's California Hall.
Country Joe & the Fish
R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills is born in Orange, Calif.
R.E.M.
No. 1 in the pop and country charts today is Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons."
Tennessee Ernie Ford
The Emotions' vocalist Sheila Hutchinson is born in Chicago exactly two years after her sister Wanda.
The Emotions
Wanda Hutchinson, a vocalist in the Emotions with her sisters Sheila and Jeanette, is born in Chicago. The Emotions' biggest hit was the 1977 No. 1 "Best of My Love."
The Emotions
Reggae drummer Carlton "Carlie" Barrett is born. He went on to perform behind Bob Marley on many of his most influential records.
Bob Marley
Paul Rodgers, whose hard-rockin' tones have graced records by Free and Bad Company, is born in Middlesborough, England.
Bad Company
Paul Rodgers
Free
Paul Butterfield, whose Sixties band was largely responsible for white musicians' embrace of the blues during that time, is born in Chicago.
Paul Butterfield
Flamboyant New Orleans R&B pianist James Booker III, who used to drive up to the stage at festival appearances in a Rolls Royce, is born.
James Booker
Tommy Steele, the pop vocalist who had one of England's first homegrown rock hits with "Rock with the Caveman," is born in Bermondsey.
 
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