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March 11, 2019 Danny Kustow of the Tom Robinson Band dies at 63.
January 16, 2019 At the Forum in Los Angeles, the surviving members of Soundgarden play their first show together since Chris Cornell's passing as part of the star-studded I Am the Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell concert.More
December 6, 2018 Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley, a founder of the group and their main songwriter, dies from a heart attack at 63. "Pete Shelley wrote perfect three-minute pop songs," Tim Burgess of The Charlatans tweets. "The soundtrack to being a teenager." The band soldiers on with guitarist Steve Diggle taking over on vocals.
November 2, 2018 The Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, starring Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, opens in theaters. It wins four Oscars, including Best Actor for Malek.More
May 10, 2018 Scott Hutchison, the 36-year-old lead singer of the Scotish band Frightened Rabbit, is found dead after going missing a day earlier.
May 5, 2018 The musical Jagged Little Pill, based on Alanis Morissette's 1995 album of the same name, debuts at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.More
April 23, 2018 After a screening of her documentary Horses: Patti Smith And Her Band at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, Bruce Springsteen joins Smith to perform "Because The Night." Springsteen wrote the music and chorus lyrics to that song in 1976, and Smith filled in the verses a year later. When it appeared on her Easter album in 1978, it became her biggest hit.
April 14, 2018 Beyoncé, who had to cancel the previous year because of her pregnancy, headlines Coachella in lavish fashion, with over 70 performers and a reunion of Destiny's Child. She becomes the first black woman to headline the festival.More
April 14, 2018 Dire Straits are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but with frontman Mark Knopfler skipping the ceremony, nobody inducts them and they do not perform.More
April 9, 2018 The chain is broken: Fleetwood Mac announce that Lindsey Buckingham has been fired from the band and will be replaced with Mike Campbell and Neil Finn on their upcoming tour.
March 25, 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.
February 12, 2018 Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton announces he will no longer tour with the band due to Parkinson's disease, which he was diagnosed with in 2008. Andy Sneap takes his place.
January 24, 2018 Elton John announces his retirement from touring, ending with a five-year Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.More
October 24, 2017 Marilyn Manson boots longtime bassist Twiggy Ramirez from his band in response to allegations from Jack Off Jill singer Jessicka Adams that he raped and abused her.
October 17, 2017 Gord Downie, leader of the Canadian band The Tragically Hip, dies at 53 after a battle with cancer.
October 17, 2017 The reality show Stray Kids debuts on Korean TV. Unlike most competition shows, in this one the band (Stray Kids) is already formed, and viewers watch as they develop into a K-pop juggernaut.
October 2, 2017 Tom Petty dies at age 66 after going into cardiac arrest the previous evening at his home in Malibu, California. He is found unconscious by his wife, Dana, and is rushed to UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, but cannot be revived. On the night of October 2, after his friends and family gather, Petty is taken off life support.More
September 12, 2017 Stevie Wonder, Demi Lovato and Dave Matthews are among the performers at the "Hand in Hand" telethon, which benefits victims of hurricanes Harvey and Irma.More
July 27, 2017 Journey members Jonathan Cain, Arnel Pineda and Ross Valory get a tour of the White House and a photo with President Trump in the Oval Office thanks to Cain's wife, Paula, who is chairwoman of Trump's evangelical advisory board and delivered the invocation at his inauguration. The visit doesn't sit well with the band's guitarist, Neal Schon, who blasts Cain on social media and accuses him of using the band to promote his religious views.More
June 19, 2017 In Matal v Tham, the United States Supreme Court rules 8-0 that Asian-American rock band The Slants can copyright their name in spite of its disparaging racial meaning.
June 13, 2017 Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z welcome twins, a girl named Rumi and a boy named Sir.
June 9, 2017 Gene Simmons of Kiss files a trademark application for the devil horns hand gesture, which he claims he invented in 1974.More
May 27, 2017 Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band dies at age 69 after a battle with liver cancer.
May 26, 2017 Chris Cornell is laid to rest at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles next to Johnny Ramone. Mourners at the funeral service include Dave Navarro, Tom Morello, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Courtney Love and his Soundgarden bandmates Matt Cameron and Kim Thayil. Cornell hanged himself on May 18.More
May 17, 2017 After performing with Soundgarden in Detroit, Chris Cornell is found dead from an apparent suicide at the age of 52.More
May 12, 2017 To commemorate the 30th anniversary of their acclaimed 1987 album, The Joshua Tree, U2 embarks upon The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, with an opener in Vancouver, Canada. The band plays through the entire album, including rare treats "Exit" and "Trip Through Your Wires," which haven't been performed since the '80s, and a live first for "Red Hill Mining Town."
May 12, 2017 Harry Styles becomes the second One Direction member (following Zayn Malik) to release a solo album. The eponymous album is a departure from his boy band material in 1D, with meaty songs like "Sign of the Times" and "Sweet Creature." It goes to #1 in many countries (including the US and UK) and establishes Styles as a solo artist.
April 11, 2017 J. Geils, guitarist and founding member of J. Geils Band, dies at age 71.
April 7, 2017 Pearl Jam, Nile Rodgers, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey, Joan Baez, Tupac Shakur and Yes are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.More
April 5, 2017 Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder Paul O'Neill is found dead in a Tampa, Florida, hotel room. The band announces the 61-year-old rocker died from a chronic illness.
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