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The Go-Betweens' Grant McLennan dies in his sleep, aged 48. During the 1980s, the literate jangle pop band were considered Australia's answer to The Smiths.
The Go-Betweens
Grant McLennan
W. Axl Rose announces on Eddie Trunk's syndicated radio show that the long-awaited Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy will be released this fall.
Guns N' Roses
Axl Rose
Audioslave play a two-and-a-half-hour show at the La Tribuna Antimperialista Jose Marti in Havana, Cuba, that is quickly dubbed "historic." Castro stays in power.
Audioslave
Alt.rock troubadour Ryan Adams shuts down his Web site as a mark of respect after the sitcom Friends airs its final episode.
Ryan Adams
Latin pop star Ricky Martin ("She Bangs") is sued by his ex-manager Angelo Medina, who alleges Martin reneged on an agreement to retain Medina to manage his career in his native Puerto Rico.
Ricky Martin
50 Cent is sued by a New York surgeon who claims the rapper still owes him $32,000 for treating his gunshot wounds in 2000.
50 Cent
Ja Rule's record company Def Jam is ordered to pay TVT Records $131 million after being found guilty of fraud. TVT alleged they spent $1 million on recording a Ja Rule album that Def Jam refused to release.
Ja Rule
John Mellencamp addresses Indiana University's Class of 2000. "Take the pressure off yourself," he says. "I'm not talking about being lazy. I'm talking about taking time for yourself and finding out who the hell you are. If someone were to ask me casually about life, I would simply say, 'Play it like you feel it, baby. And live it up, kid. You'll be all right.'"
John Mellencamp
Boston indie heroes the Throwing Muses temporarily reunite, as Tanya Donelly, David Narcizo, Bernard Georges, and Robert Rust join Kristin Hersh onstage during a "fan appreciation" gig.
Kristin Hersh
Throwing Muses
Tanya Donelly
Jerry Lee Lewis' home in Mississippi is raided by federal agents when it's discovered the Killer has neglected to pay $1.6 million in taxes.
Jerry Lee Lewis
Willie Nelson
Frederick's of Hollywood offers a $1,000 reward for Madonna's bustier after it's stolen from the store's lingerie museum during the Rodney King riots.
Madonna
Tina Turner releases her comeback single "What's Love Got to Do With It."
Tina Turner
Diana Ross has a star dedicated to her on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Diana Ross
Bay City Rollers manager Tam Paton is sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty to being "shamelessly indecent" with 10 teenage boys.
Bay City Rollers
The Bee Gees announce a series of benefit concerts for UNICEF at a United Nations press conference.
The Bee Gees
Dolly Parton makes her New York debut at the Bottom Line.
Dolly Parton
Paul Simon kicks off his first solo tour since splitting with Art Garfunkel at Boston's Music Hall.
Paul Simon
Art Garfunkel
Ike & Tina Turner are awarded a gold disc - the only one they never received - for their recording of "Proud Mary."
Ike and Tina Turner
The Who's Keith Moon gives an interview in which he advises, "To get your playing more forceful, hit the drums harder."
Keith Moon
The Who
'Twas on this day that Keith Richards said he fell asleep in a Clearwater, Fla., hotel room and woke up to find he had composed the "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" riff on his tape recorder. Well, if it worked for Coleridge...
Keith Richards
Bob Dylan performs at the Indian Neck Folk Festival in Branford, Conn., and meets painter and singer/songwriter Bob Neuwirth, who would become his longtime friend.
Bob Neuwirth
Bob Dylan
Miles Davis and Gil Evans enter the studio for their first collaboration, Miles Ahead.
Miles Davis
Gil Evans
Detroit rocker Bob Seger is born today in Dearborn, Mich. And he's still working on those night moves.
Bob Seger
The Hindenburg airship crashes in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 people. A photograph of the disaster is later used as the cover art for Led Zeppelin's first album.
Led Zeppelin
 
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