25 March

Pick a Day

25 MARCH

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2022 Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, 50, dies in Bogotá, Colombia, while on tour with the band.

2020 It's the 15,561st day since Elvis Presley died, the exact number of days he lived, making him now dead longer than he was alive.

2018 Founding member Steven Page, who left the Barenaked Ladies nine years earlier, performs with the band at the Juno Awards, where they are honored for their induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip, who died the previous year, earns Artist of the Year.

2016 Two weeks after Major Lazer made history as the first US act to perform in Cuba since democratic relations eased between the two countries, The Rolling Stones play their first-ever Cuba gig, performing a free show for 1.2 million fans at Havana's Cuidad Deportiva. The Stones spend around $7 million to finance the trip, which follows President Obama's historic visit to the island.

2015 One Direction fans freak out when Zayn Malik announces he is leaving the group.More

2009 Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley) dies of cancer at age 61.

2008 The Raconteurs release Consolers of the Lonely.

2007 Elton John sets the record for the most performances at New York's Madison Square Garden when he performs there for the 60th time – on his 60th birthday.

2006 Country musician Buck Owens dies of a heart attack at age 76, hours after giving his final performance at the Crystal Palace music hall in Bakersfield, California.

2004 "Suspicion," the final episode of The Chris Isaak Show - an adult comedy starring Chris Isaak - airs on Showtime.

2003 Linkin Park release Meteora, the follow-up to their smash debut, Hybrid Theory. The nu-metal album features the hit singles "Numb" and "Breaking The Habit."

2001 Bob Dylan wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Things Have Changed" from the movie Wonder Boys.

2001 At the Academy Awards, where she is nominated for Best Song from her movie Dancer In The Dark, Bjork wears a swan dress complete with a purse that looks like an egg, which she "lays" on the red carpet. Such bold fashion would not be seen again until Lady Gaga's emergence.

2000 The Razzies aren't done with Madonna yet. After saddling her with three prizes for Worst Actress (Shanghai Surprise, Who's That Girl, Body of Evidence) and one for Worst Supporting Actress (Four Rooms) throughout her film career, the Golden Raspberry Awards names her Worst Actress of the Century. Will Smith is also a star of the evening at the 20th annual ceremony, where he wins Worst Original Song for "Wild Wild West." The movie of the same name (which he also starred in) is named Worst Picture.

1997 Kenny Moore, a songwriter who was Tina Turner's musical director, dies of apoplexy at age 45.

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Carpool Karaoke Debuts

2015

Mariah Carey joins James Corden for the first installment of Carpool Karaoke.

It's a new segment on the Late Late Show where Corden drives singers around town (in this case, Los Angeles) and plays their hits on the radio, hoping they'll sing along. When Corden puts on "Always Be My Baby," Carey tells him, "I'm not singing today. I was up all night," but then starts belting it out. Bits of "Fantasy," "Vision Of Love" and "Thirsty" follow, with the host enthusiastically singing backup. Future ride-alongs feature Stevie Wonder, Carrie Underwood and Adele. "There's an ease and an intimacy to it where you'd never ever see stars quite so unguarded," Corden says of the segment's success. "Seeing a huge megastar sing their hits in the same environment that you and I sing in on our way to work - it's humanizing."

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